If you’ve got a spare Raspberry Pi lying around, you really should put it to good use. If you don’t have a functional project in mind, you could always gamble a bit like maker Data Slayer is doing with this Bitcoin mining project. With a Raspberry Pi Zero alongside a USB Antminer device, he’s taking a chance (a very small chance) that he will luck out and win some serious cryptocurrency.
The way the project works is simple enough. The Raspberry Pi is running Raspberry Pi OS. It’s connected to an Antminer via USB which is responsible for handling Bitcoin mining algorithms. The system is connected to it Bitcoin wallet which will receive a handsome deposit if he’s lucky enough to win an entire hash. Because the system is so small, it’s not practical enough for regular mining and is better suited for what’s called lotto mining. In this case, he has a 1 in 2 billion chance of winning a whole block each day.
