Bitaxe Gamma | 1.3 TH/s

The Bitaxe Gamma (model 601) is an open-source Bitcoin miner for your home – for everyone who wants to start mining without a data centre, without a cloud contract and without a sealed black box. The BM1370 ASIC delivers around 1.3 TH/s at roughly 15 W, and the built-in ESP32-S3 runs the miner on its own: no additional PC or Raspberry Pi required.

At under 15 dB(A) it stays quiet enough to sit in a living room or office without bothering anyone. And at around 15 W, electricity costs about €3 a month (at €0.28/kWh).

Buying a Bitaxe Gamma means getting real hardware for your own setup: miner, power supply, stand, Wi-Fi setup and full control over pool, worker and your own Bitcoin address. When solo mining, your Bitaxe works around the clock on exactly the same task as the large mining farms: finding a valid Bitcoin block. Every single hash is another lottery ticket. If your miner lands the winning one, the entire block reward of currently 3.125 BTC plus transaction fees goes straight to your own Bitcoin address. The ticket costs about €3 of electricity a month – and until then your miner helps secure the Bitcoin network.

• Ready in minutes: plug it in, join your Wi-Fi, enter pool and Bitcoin address – done. No command line, no server configuration.
• Quiet and frugal: under 15 dB(A) and around 15 W. The 40 mm fan follows a curve you define yourself in AxeOS.
• Control instead of cloud mining: the hardware sits in your home. You see hash rate, shares, temperature and frequency in real time – instead of a statement nobody can verify.
• Openly documented: hardware design and firmware are open source. Spare parts, upgrades and community knowledge will still be around in a few years.

You enter your own Bitcoin address into the Bitaxe Gamma. Whatever the miner finds goes through the pool of your choice – or, when solo mining, straight to your address. There is no provider in between.

That is exactly the difference to cloud mining: you can check at any time what your device really does, how warm the ASIC runs and which shares are being submitted. The basics are covered in the Bitaxe miner guide.

All you need is a power socket, your 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi and a browser. Every step is documented with screenshots in the setup guide.

AxeOS runs directly on the Bitaxe. Open the interface in a browser and you see hash rate, efficiency, accepted shares, best difficulty, ASIC temperature and fan speed at a glance.

Pool, frequency, voltage and fan curve are changed in the same place – from frugal 24/7 operation to careful overclocking. Take it slowly: more clock means more power draw, more heat and more fan noise.

For beginners who want to understand Bitcoin mining instead of just booking it. For home miners running a quiet device next to the desk. And for solo miners going after a block find with their own address and realistic expectations.

It is a poor fit if you are looking purely for returns: a single Bitaxe does not replace industrial hardware. If you want considerably more hash rate in a similar format, look at the NerdQaxe++.

The box contains the miner, a 5V/6A power supply, a 3D-printed stand and a quick start guide – beyond that you only need Wi-Fi and a socket.

For continuous operation we recommend an open spot with some airflow, a solid power supply and an eye on temperature. Matching parts are in cooling and accessories.

The Bitaxe Gamma is a setup you can extend later. Depending on where it stands and how you run it, better cooling, a quieter fan, a mount or your own Bitcoin node is the natural next step.

• Mining accessories for fans, power supplies, mounts and setup extensions.
• Cooling for lower temperatures and less fan noise.
• Bitcoin nodes if you want to combine mining with your own infrastructure.

The Bitaxe Gamma is the right choice if you want a compact entry into Bitcoin mining at home and full control over your hardware – open firmware, your own Bitcoin address and support from people who run the same devices.