Mining real Bitcoin is increasingly out of reach for the average person as the industry is dominated by giant corporations that run warehouses full of supercomputers. But there’s a popular iOS and Android game that turns things into an amusing diversion – and pays you small amounts of real bitcoins just for tapping your phone screen.

Bitcoin Miner is a simple game that lets you mine a number of popular cryptocurrencies such as BTC, ether, DogecoinAnd Solana– and accumulate real Satoshis, the smallest denomination of Bitcoin. And yes, you can withdraw the Bitcoins to a wallet and actually spend them however you want. They are real Bitcoins!

Granted, the amount of crypto you earn is usually tiny, but that is true for all these free crypto games. But it’s a nice bonus for a game that has attracted millions of players and continues to grow and expand. Here’s how to get started with Bitcoin Miner.

What is Bitcoin Miner?

Bitcoin Miner is a free iOS And Android Game by Fumb Games. It’s an idle tapping game where you must build an elite mining operation spanning multiple cryptocurrencies and locations, all presented in vibrant retro-style pixel art with a chiptune soundtrack.

Fumb originally launched the game without any real Bitcoin rewards. As co-founder Paul West told Decrypt‘s GGThe game initially had little appeal.

“Nothing happened. Like, literally nothing happened,” he recalls, saying the game only garnered hundreds of downloads in its first few years.

Only after Fumb partnered with Bitcoin payment startup Zebedee and launched its Lightning Network Technology that enables BTC micropayments – the game started to take off. It has now been downloaded millions of times and the number of daily users is steadily increasing.

How to play Bitcoin Miner

Bitcoin Miner is a “clicker” or “tapper” game, similar to older games like Cookie Clicker and the current generation of Telegram Crypto Games How Noncoin And Hamster CombatTapping a button at the bottom of the screen will earn you game coins for “mining cryptocurrencies.” no, you are not really mining cryptoIt’s a video game – a simulation, if you will.

But that’s not all. As you collect coins, you can unlock new cryptocurrencies to mine as your farm grows. You can also upgrade your equipment for each coin to increase your in-game earnings, invest in development upgrades, assign managers and additional boosts, and more.

The whole thing is handled via menu screens and is pretty easy to understand. Be sure to check out our Bitcoin Miner Guide with several tips to help you make the most of the game’s various boosts that will help you earn not only more in-game coins but also more real Bitcoins.

How much can you earn?

It’s all about the small stuff. We played Bitcoin Miner for hours over several months and in the best case scenario you earn a few cents worth of BTC for every hour you invest in the game. We told you more about it our earning experience in this articleHowever, your experience may vary depending on how actively you play and how frequently you use the different boosts.

Bitcoin Miner does not offer a serious earning opportunity, but regular users can potentially accumulate hundreds of Satoshis – each worth 1/100,000,000 Bitcoin – per day.

And withdrawing is easy: just tap the orange icon button at the top of the screen, connect your Zebedee wallet and click “Redeem.” Bitcoin Miner lets you redeem up to 500 Satoshis per day, but you can also accumulate more in-game and then simply withdraw them in batches. From your Zebedee wallet, you can then send to other wallets or withdraw as you wish.

Edited by Ryan Ozawa