LabBitcoin: FPGA IoT Testbed for Bitcoin Experiment with Energy Consumption

• Victor T. Hayashi USP http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6672-4296
• Felipe V. de Almeida USP https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2031-6443
• Andrea E. Komo USP

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbseg_estendido.2021.17344

Resumo

This paper describes a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) testbed that enables Bitcoin experimentation in real-time with energy consumption. The Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure enables practical activities considering a remote lab paradigm to allow students and enthusiasts to obtain a deep understanding of Blockchain technology, considering higher cognitive domains according to the Bloom taxonomy. The proposed solution is validated with an open-source Bitcoin miner implementation in Verilog, mobile, and web interfaces for energy consumption monitoring. This testbed may be used to foster Verilog design challenges for FPGA devices that provide a suitable solution considering performance and energy consumption metrics.

Palavras-chave: FPGA, Bitcoin, Energy consumption, IoT

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