TL;DR: To support the launch of the new GekkoScience Compac A2, Kano released cgminer-gekko v4.13.5 in late October 2025. The release introduces support for the Compac A2 with Bitmain BM1370 ASIC (7 nm, up to 1 TH/s), keeps full backward compatibility with the R909 and Compac F, and adds three major new features: a per-API [...]
To coincide with the release of the new GekkoScience USB stick miner Compac A1, Kano has released a new version of the GekkoScience branch of the CGMiner mining software. This new version includes, for the first time, enhancements for displaying ASIC temperature, power consumption, and other telemetry data. I’ll explain the key new features here. [...]
Together with the release of the GekkoScience R909 Pod Miner miner, Kano has released a new version of the CGMiner GekkoScience Mining Software branch. Here I will explain the main innovations and describe installation, build and configuration for Linux, Windows and Mac. CGMiner Gekkoscience Branch Git Repository The original Git repo (master) of Kano can [...]
In stock from the end of October: Limited edition of the bitshopper GekkoScience Compac F Finally available from the end of October: The new USB stick miner from GekkoScience comes with a Bitmain BM1397 ASIC processor like the one that was built into the well-known S17 Pro Blade Miner from Bitmain. This ASIC processor enables [...]
