While some users are desperate looking for valid graphics to mine cryptocurrencies and Nvidia produces specific models for such a task, there are those who go and turn to a Game Boy to mine Bitcoins. Yes, a laptop that Nintendo launched more than thirty years ago.
Mining Bitcoin with a Game Boy
The shortage of chips and the rise of cryptocurrencies is causing a somewhat complicated situation for some sectors and users who, for example, see how trying to buy a good graphics card to play is very difficult. So much so that GPU models with a couple of years behind them are being sold again at prices a bit absurd.
Of course, as that Chinese proverb says about the crisis and opportunities, it has also made some users pull their imagination in order to achieve things that might not have been considered in other circumstances. Or yes, because we already know that there are naturally curious users.
One of them is the head of the YouTube channel Stacksmashing . In a display of knowledge and a lot of imagination, he thought that mining bitcoins with a Game Boy could be something interesting. So he got to work and for them he helped himself with a Raspberry Pi Pico connected through the Game Boy Link cable.
