The author, Ken Shirriff, is an important personality in the retrocomputing scene, who has involved in the restoration of multiple vintage computers. As a programming exercise and entertainment (mainly, it's just about the implementation of SHA-256), he has attempted to mine Bitcoin on various platforms, including pencil-and-paper (7.75e-6 H/s) [0], IBM 1401 (0.012 H/s) [1], and Xerox Alto (1.5 H/s) [2].
And now it's the Apollo Guidance Computer (0.097 H/s)! I think it's particularly hilarious, as the slogan says, Bitcoin to the Moon!
And now it's the Apollo Guidance Computer (0.097 H/s)! I think it's particularly hilarious, as the slogan says, Bitcoin to the Moon!
[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3dqhixzGVo
[1] https://www.righto.com/2015/05/bitcoin-mining-on-55-year-old...
[2] https://www.righto.com/2017/07/bitcoin-mining-on-vintage-xer...
Edit: fixed all incorrect H/s numbers, thanks for spotting that.