Cryptocurrency miner and statistical built-in self tests

Abstract

A cryptocurrency miner includes compute modules and a controller. Each compute module includes a stats store, a manager, and compute engines. The controller is coupled to the compute modules via a serial bus and distributes one or more jobs to the compute modules via the serial bus. Each manager distributes jobs received by its respective compute module among the compute engines of its respective compute module. Each compute engine processes a job and reports a candidate hit found by processing the job. Each manager validates a candidate hit reported by one of the compute engines of its respective compute module, reports the validated candidate hit to the controller; and updates statistical information in the stats store of its respective compute module based on validation of the candidate hit.