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140 Intel’s bitcoin-mining Blockscale chips return from the dead, being given away for free — 256,000 Intel Bonanza Mine ASICs donated by Jack Dorsey’s Block, will be distributed to DIYers and open-hardware projects

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Tom's Hardware · 09/05/2025 12:15 EDT

Intel’s bitcoin-mining Blockscale chips return from the dead, being given away for free — 256,000 Intel Bonanza Mine ASICs donated by Jack Dorsey’s Block, will be distributed to DIYers and open-hardware projects

On September 2, nonprofit hardware collective 256 Foundation tweeted that it had received a delivery of 260,000 Intel BZM2 ASICs Proto.

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