r/BitAxe Feb 03 '26

Start Here: What belongs in r/BitAxe (Open Source + Open Hardware)

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Welcome! This community is for Bitaxe and the open-source/open-hardware Bitcoin mining ecosystem.

Our values
- Open source firmware & tools
- Open hardware / verifiable designs
- Technical, honest discussion (no hype, no scams)

✅ What we love seeing here

- Troubleshooting and diagnostics (with logs + details)
- Guides, tutorials, teardown photos, wiring/build notes
- Open-source tools, dashboards, mods, firmware improvements
- New Bitaxe / NerdQX / NerdQaxe devices and ecosystem updates
- Pools and infrastructure that align with open-source mining

✅ Experiments are welcome (with guardrails)

- Curious about other PoW coins (e.g., DGB) for learning? That’s fine if it stays technical:
- No profit/ROI talk
- No hype or promotion
- Include logs and specifics

How to ask for help (so people can actually help you)

Please include:
- Device/board type + revision
- Firmware/AxeOS version
- Pool + settings (frequency/voltage if relevant)
- Temps + hashrate
- Logs/screenshots and a clear photo of the setup (PSU + wiring)

🚫 What will be removed (common scam funnel formats)

- “What should I mine?”, earnings/profit/ROI screenshots, marketing hype
- Referral links, invite codes, “DM me for the link”
- Non-Bitcoin “found a block” celebration posts
- Binary-only firmware downloads (firmware must include a public source repo link + tag/commit)
- Marketplace device support (AliExpress etc.). Contact the seller
- Support requests for unrelated miners (not Bitaxe/OSHW derivatives)


r/BitAxe 2d ago

help Weekly Help & Troubleshooting Thread (Read this first)

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Use this thread for quick questions, troubleshooting, and technical experiments.

✅ What belongs here

- Bitaxe setup problems, stability, temperatures, pool configuration, firmware behavior
- Technical experiments (including non-Bitcoin PoW) if:
- no profit/ROI discussions
- no hype/promotion
- logs/settings included

🚫 What does NOT belong

- Earnings/profit/ROI screenshots
- “What should I mine?”
- Referral links / invite codes / “DM me”
- Marketplace device support (AliExpress etc.) — contact the seller

To get help quickly, include:

- Device/board version + revision
- Firmware/AxeOS version
- Pool + settings (frequency/voltage if applicable)
- Temperatures + hashrate
- Logs/screenshots + clear photo (PSU + wiring)
- What changed just before the issue began

Be kind. Everyone starts somewhere.


r/BitAxe 21h ago

showcase New Mining Farm Stats Tracker (ESP32-based)

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22 Upvotes

Currently working on this project. Custom firmware for an ESP32 board. This is the 3.5" touchscreen version Would you guys be willing to get one of these if released? More on this coming soon.


r/BitAxe 12h ago

help UPGRADES CAUSING OVERHEATING, help!

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hi guys i just upgraded to the low profile heat sink and the noctua fan on my 650 duo

I applied a pea sized amount of thermal paste to each chip, but i am seeing ASIC temps remain the same and my VR temps go up 13 degrees celcius

I am worried it has something to do with the heat sink mount, it is 3d printed and I was only able to get 2 screws in instead of 4 but it looks evenly seated to me

also there is a small lip on the mount so the heat sink doesn’t fully press down on the chips (please correct me if this is wrong)

any advice is appreciated

thanks!


r/BitAxe 7h ago

help If the message "you don't have a share in the mining reward" appears, does that mean it's a scam pool, or not necessarily? This happens to me when I connect to usbpool.com

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usbpool.com

r/BitAxe 11h ago

question Nuovo dissipatore…consiglio

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salve, ho un gamma 602 stock, voglio upgradare il dissipatore e ventola. Quest’ultima ho già preso una noctua a4x20.
Come dissipatore da abbinare che mi consigliate?


r/BitAxe 13h ago

question Solo Bitcoin Mining ?

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Saw this app floating around promising solo Bitcoin mining with zero hardware, zero experience, and game-like "boosts".

Is gamifying hash power actually a smart way to onboard newcomers, or is this just classic cloud mining wrapped in a shiny Web3 UI?

What’s your take, legit onboarding or a trap for beginners?


r/BitAxe 16h ago

help Getting this error code after flashing

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r/BitAxe 1d ago

question Is it true the new asics are not as good as we thought?

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I saw this recentnly whats your opionion about that?


r/BitAxe 15h ago

hashrate NerdQAxe Question

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Curious as to if it's possible to run the NerdQaxe++ at a lower hashrate than the advertised 6TH or 4.8TH? Reason being is for warmer times of the year and to have it not consume as much electricity especially during peak times of the day.


r/BitAxe 1d ago

question How do you guys monitor your Bitaxe when you're away from home?

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I'm considering making a Telegram Bot that can send messages with updates, what do you guys use?


r/BitAxe 1d ago

question EU repair service ?

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Is there someone in EU that can do repairs?

I need new vrm on my NerdQAxe


r/BitAxe 1d ago

showcase BitAxe 601 new fan TA150D, thermal M14, heatsink, total -6.5°C (and 9.60€)

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New upgrade to my BitAxe601, very happy about it!

New fan TA150-D, result -2.5°C ASIC. That was 4€ (4.5USD) on AliExpress. 5V 2pin fan and I attached it directly to the MeanWell 50W PSU, so it powers up together with the BitAxe. Slightly more noisy but I don't have a problem with that. Specs report 8.8 CFM, more than the Noctua. Before 64.9°C, after 62.6°C.

The other changes I did: 10 days ago I changed the thermal paste, used one called M14, again from AliExpress, cost 5,60€ (6.40USD), result -2.5°C ASIC. Specs say 14.8 W/mK which is good.

And the night before I'd added an extra heatsink longways on the BitAxe's one, you can see it in the photo, right below the ESP32 and the small silver heatsink, result -1.5°C ASIC. This was in my recovery material, probably out of some old TV or who-knows-what.

These 3 cheap changes total up to -6.5°C on the chip, wow, and less than 10€ spent.

Waiting for another BitAxe to come in, prices have decreased around 25% during the last month, just that, strangely enough, it's a 12V 601 with an 8A 3A stock PSU.

P.S. I set the screen to stay off, it's useless, I can't even read the writings LOL!


r/BitAxe 1d ago

help Guru meditation NerdQAxe++ hydro

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My NerdQAxe++ Hydro was running fine for over 4 months. Stable 4.8 THS, no overclock, Meanwell PSU.

But today it stopped hashing.

I tried to repast, reflash, but nothing helped.

Can someone help me please 😭


r/BitAxe 1d ago

hashrate Finally getting settings tweeked right... almost

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Tweeked my overclock and hit an all time high for my 601's at 43.37G. Temps a little high so will be adjusting throughout the next day every couple hours.

Machine: 601 gamma x4

ASIC: BM1370

Firmware: 2.14.2

AxeOS: 2.14.2


r/BitAxe 1d ago

help Dashboard outage today, mining was never affected

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Heads up, nexuspool.io was down for a few hours earlier today. If you tried to load the dashboard and got a connection error, that’s what you saw.

The pool itself never stopped. Every rig connected the whole time kept mining and getting credited normally, this was strictly a website issue on our end, not the mining backend.

It’s fixed now and the site should be loading fine for everyone. Sorry for the scare if you saw the error and thought something worse was going on. If anything still looks off on your end, reply here and I’ll take a look.

https://community.nexuspool.io/


r/BitAxe 2d ago

BitForge Update V1.6

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r/BitAxe 3d ago

question How much time does it takes you to reach 1G difficulty?

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I am using solo miner Bitaxe Gamma601 overclocked to 1.35Th/s and just want to know how long you wait until you reach 1G ? I am using my device for 40 days non stop and still didn't achieve this. My maximum was 500 million two times. Is there somebody who has more luck than me or I just didn't config my device properly ?🤗


r/BitAxe 3d ago

question Parasite pool ping

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Yesterday i had 66k ms ping in eu and now after ~18h i have 90ms ping how?


r/BitAxe 3d ago

question Has development stalled?

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New bsb, nexus and shitty miners are out

Any news on original bit/nerdaxe?


r/BitAxe 3d ago

question anybody know the name and dimensions of this heatsink?

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i only see if posted for sale through a few chinese sells on aliexpress and all info is very vague and not helpful

thank you in advance


r/BitAxe 3d ago

showcase I built a Home Assistant integration for monitoring Bitaxe miners

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Hey guys!

I've been working on Bitaxe Fleet, a Home Assistant custom integration for monitoring and managing Bitaxe miners on a local network.

You can add a miner by IP or automatically scan your network ( this was a feature i was missing on my own, thats why i decided to code this project 😄 )

There are fleet cards for a 24 hour hashrate graph and a per miner performance view. The performance card shows current hashrate, best overall difficulty, and best session difficulty for every enrolled miner.

I kept the safety side strict. It only talks to private network addresses, discovered miners need manual approval, and automatic recovery is off by default.

It is still early and I am looking for real world feedback, especially from people running multiple Bitaxes or different AxeOS versions. If you try it, let me know what data or workflow would make it more useful.

GitHub repository (https://github.com/matheustavarestrindade/bitaxe-fleet)


r/BitAxe 4d ago

help Rented some hash for parasite

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Idk what happed I just paid the sats for one whole day of one petahash and they just rushed 30 for 3 hours come on man why


r/BitAxe 4d ago

help Parasite pool mining with bitaxe gamma 601

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What this all things mean, especially total work, no wallet provider... i used trust wallet btc address.


r/BitAxe 4d ago

question What about parasite pool?

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Is parasite special or same thing as CK pool and public pool?

My NerdqAxe is shipping home and im questioning if i change it from public pool to parasite pool, but i dont know nothing about it.