<p>I suspect that in January 2010, all miners would have been CPU mining with an early version of Bitcoin core (then called just Bitcoin).</p>
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<p>Somewhat related: <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/122061/13866">List of Bitcoin exchanges available in 2009</a></p>
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<p>According to <a href="https://www.nicehash.com/blog/post/the-history-of-cryptocurrency-mining" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Nicehash's History of Bitcoin Mining</a></p>
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<p>The first miner was the official Bitcoin miner.</p>
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<p>It is believed that the first GPU miner was developed by ArtForz, who allegedly mined the first block with his GPU farm on 18th of July, 2010</p>
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<p>In 2012, the first ASIC projects started to emerge</p>
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<p>The first mining pool appears to be bitcoin.cz which started on 18th September 2010.</p>
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<p>All the above reinforces the notion that, in or before January 2010, using Nakamoto's Bitcoin software was the only Bitcoin mining software, service or platform.</p>

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<p>My friend who died few weeks back, He claimed that he mined bitcoin using his personal computer</p>
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<p>back in the days</p>
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<p>he said.</p>
<p>But i had a glimpse of an archive he named</p>
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<p>btc.gz</p>
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<p>which had file made or modified last in January end of 2010, which made me wonder whether his claims were true.</p>
<p>Now i am curious of how he did it, while trying to profile him.</p>
<p>So were they any free bitcoin mining services, platform or software available by January 2010, please provide possible list?</p>

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What were the most popular bitcoin mining softwares, services or platforms in or before january 2010?
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# What were the most popular bitcoin mining softwares, services or platforms in or before january 2010?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-03-15)

My friend who died few weeks back, He claimed that he mined bitcoin using his personal computer

> back in the days

he said.

But i had a glimpse of an archive he named

> btc.gz

which had file made or modified last in January end of 2010, which made me wonder whether his claims were true.

Now i am curious of how he did it, while trying to profile him.

So were they any free bitcoin mining services, platform or software available by January 2010, please provide possible list?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2024-03-15. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

I suspect that in January 2010, all miners would have been CPU mining with an early version of Bitcoin core (then called just Bitcoin).

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Somewhat related: [List of Bitcoin exchanges available in 2009](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/122061/13866)

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According to [Nicehash's History of Bitcoin Mining](https://www.nicehash.com/blog/post/the-history-of-cryptocurrency-mining)

> The first miner was the official Bitcoin miner.

> It is believed that the first GPU miner was developed by ArtForz, who allegedly mined the first block with his GPU farm on 18th of July, 2010

> In 2012, the first ASIC projects started to emerge

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The first mining pool appears to be bitcoin.cz which started on 18th September 2010.

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All the above reinforces the notion that, in or before January 2010, using Nakamoto's Bitcoin software was the only Bitcoin mining software, service or platform.


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