Discovered my 2013 Bitcointalk thread – Celebrating the early days of Bitcoin mining in China

I used to be scrolling by some outdated archives and stumbled upon a chunk of my private Bitcoin historical past. Again in July 2013, I launched one of many early Chinese language mining group hubs known as "Cybtc" (彩云比特).

It was an unimaginable period to be a part of the house—we have been transitioning from GPU mining to the primary technology of ASICs like Avalon and FriedCat (烤猫). Within the thread, you’ll be able to see legendary Bitcointalk moderators like John Ok. becoming a member of the dialogue and early mining initiatives like ASICME checking in.

Trying again from 2026, it’s wild to see how a lot the ecosystem has matured. Again then, it was only a small group of fans exchanging "friendship hyperlinks" and serving to one another arrange {hardware} in our dwelling rooms.

Anybody else right here from the 2013 mining period? What was your first ASIC?