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Butterfly Labs Jalapeño
Infamous preorder era poster child
Hashrate
5 GH/s
Power
30W
Efficiency
6000 J/GH
MSRP
$150
Butterfly Labs sold the Jalapeño as a $150 USB miner promising 5 GH/s. Massive preorder backlogs, lawsuits, and FTC action made BFL a cautionary tale — but the hype showed how hungry the market was for ASIC hardware.