HexFury: The First 11gh/s+ USB Miner

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04 Apr 2014

HexFury: The First 11gh/s+ USB Miner

The HexFury is a new USB miner on the Bitcoin mining scene that throws out the window the 5 gh/s barrier that seemed to be the limit with USB powered miners. It uses 6 BitFury chips and the OneString board design to achieve a high output while drawing the small amount of power available to it through a typical USB powered hub. Rafal from ASIC Runner sent me a sample of one the first production units. HexFury. I have to say I am impressed. It is still tiny. Nearly as small as my BiFury 5 gh/s unit and very cleanly built. I plugged it in and the driver set it up automatically. Then firing up....

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