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Products that do what Reality of running a [Bitcoin] hardware startup does

I am a long term supporter of Bitcoin, and have ordered a couple of specialized mining devices (ASICs) from a well-known individual of the Bitcoin community. This individual, Tom, is known for founding [BTCFPGA](http://btcfpga.com), which sells Bitcoin FPGAs and was one of the first to provide FPGAs to Bitcoin. Recently, he started [BitcoinASIC](http://bitcoinasic.com) to launch ASICs to the Bitcoin mining market. There have been a couple companies who have promised to deliver ASICs, but none of them have delivered yet. Competition is fierce, as ASICs provide significant advantages in…

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    toshis84

    The only link a bitcoiner needs.

    2020

  2. 2SA

    I built this machine so I could generate Bitcoin keys that I could trust. Air-gapped and simple to use and understand (mechanical). The Satoshi 9000 demo: https://youtu.be/bJiOia5PoGE The key value proposition of the machine is that it generates analog randomness in the physical world and converts it into digital (1’s and 0’s) randomness. Seamlessly. But it occurs to me that it may have other uses beyond crypto keys for your own use, such as: * Randomized clinical trials. Clinical trials need a high degree of transparency for ethical reasons; also, for legal reasons should it…

    2024

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    Earn bitcoin by playing games

    2019

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    Offer crypto services to your customers, without overheads

    2021

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    An open source ATM for Bitcoin, Litecoin and Dogecoin

    2016

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    Coins163

    📈 Intuitive crypto portfolios, powered by Blockstack

    2017

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    $50k Investment + 3 Month Program for Web 3.0 Startups

    2021

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    ECOS19

    Mine Bitcoin for 30 days. No hardware. No commitment.

    Apr 2026

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    Coinmine116

    An in-home crypto mining machine

    2018

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    Track the most active Bitcoin Core developers 🛠️

    2017

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    A new kind of hardware wallet for gifting & stacking Bitcoin

    2025

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    Heatbit114

    First-ever Bitcoin-mining heater

    2022

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    Play online games, win Bitcoin jackpots

    2018

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    walbit90

    Trading bot platform with built-in algorithmic strategies

    2022

  16. 16HB

    http://playbitpoker.com Hey, this is my first startup project and I'm pretty excited. I've got to the point where I feel I've got something solid, and I don't know what to do next. I haven't had masses of people using it and testing it with the test-network bitcoins. I have tested it a fair bit with friends and it seems there's no major problems. What should I do? Is this a minimum viable product? Should I try and promote it while it's still in testing, or should I switch over to using real bitcoins before doing that? I'd love to hear any suggestions you might have. P.S. I had…

    2013

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    Bitcoin investing on autopilot

    2019

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    Rentable cryptocurrency mining rigs by the minute

    2018

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    Trade Bitcoin w/ Ease. 1st US bitcoin exchange. (pre-launch)

    2014

  22. 22AB

    A friend(@wolever) and I spent the weekend hacking up a small web app which makes it easy for you to sell digital goods for Bitcoins. Once a customer has clicked the “buy” button, we take care of giving them a unique address, monitoring that address for transactions, then securely notifying your website once a minimum number of confirmations have been received. Oh, ya, and then we send you the Bitcoins :) The website is here: BitWillet: http://www.bitwillet.com and there is a demo on the front page. (full disclosure: BitWillet uses the Willet, http://dev.getwillet.com, platform, of which I…

    2011

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    Hi HN! I've been hacking on this side project for the last month or two with the goal of making it dead simple to use cloud GPUs. I ran into this problem personally during the phd, and built my own tooling around it. I always thought it'd be fun to try to turn that tooling into a more general product... and bitbop.io is the result! All you have to do is run `ssh bitbop.io`, and you get your own personal dev GPU workstation in the cloud. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!

    2024 · twitter.com

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