Open AccessLabBitcoin: FPGA IoT Testbed for Bitcoin Experiment with Energy Consumption
Author(s) -
Victor Takashi Hayashi,
Felipe Valencia de Almeida,
Andrea E. Komo
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.5753/sbseg_estendido.2021.17344
Subject(s) - testbed , field programmable gate array , computer science , verilog , embedded system , energy consumption , internet of things , computer architecture , computer network , engineering , electrical engineering
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.