<p>USB ASIC miners require some sort of control program that sends work to the miners and collects the results. You set them up in that control program. <a href="http://bfgminer.org/" rel="nofollow">BFGMiner</a> is one such program.</p>

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2015-09-11T19:07:17.550Z
2015-09-11T19:07:17.550Z
David Schwartz
<p>How do the USB ASIC miners work?  Do you just plug them into a power source and they start mining?  Do you have to set them up for a first time?  Do you need to use a mining program still?</p>

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How do USB ASIC Miners Work?
Lauthai
# How do USB ASIC Miners Work?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-09-11)

How do the USB ASIC miners work? Do you just plug them into a power source and they start mining? Do you have to set them up for a first time? Do you need to use a mining program still?

**Tags:** asic, mining-setup


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2015-09-11. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

USB ASIC miners require some sort of control program that sends work to the miners and collects the results. You set them up in that control program. [BFGMiner](http://bfgminer.org/) is one such program.


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