In this video, we attempt to mine Bitcoin on the original Game Boy using the Raspberry Pi Pico as a link-cable to USB adapter!
Links:
– Breakout and ROM cart: https://gumroad.com/stacksmashing#wKdGY
– Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/stacksmashing
– Twitter: https://twitter.com/ghidraninja
Code:
– Game Boy code: https://github.com/ghidraninja/game-boy-bitcoin-miner
– ntgbtminer for Game Boy: https://github.com/ghidraninja/game-boy-ntgbtminer
– Raspberry Pi Pico firmware: https://github.com/ghidraninja/game-boy-pico-link
– MVG’s Intro to Game Boy programming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzPTK91EJY8
Also check out the NES miner here: http://retrominer.com
Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro
01:13 – Bitcoin mining explained
02:27 – Hardware setup
03:13 – Game Boy firmware
04:18 – Link Cable Protocol
05:45 – Raspberry Pi Firmware
06:10 – Host computer
07:00 – Let’s mine Bitcoin!
07:53 – Testchain
