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Riot Blockchain Buys 15,000 Antminers, Operation Will Command 37,640 Bitcoin Miners
23.12.2020
Publicly listed firm Riot Blockchain has announced the company is purchasing 15,000 S19 Pro and S19j Pro Antminer mining rigs from Bitmain. According to the company, the new shipment of next-generation miners will increase the operation’s hashrate to 3.8 exahash per second (EH/s). Following...
Core Scientific Buys Over 58,000 Bitmain S19 Antminers to Expand Its Hosting Fleet in North America
22.12.2020
A major North American blockchain hosting provider announced its expansion by ordering over 58,000 additional S19 Series Antminers, as part of an agreement arranged with the Chinese mining hardware manufacturer. US Contract Miner Core Scientific Arranges Purchase of Over 58,000 Bitmain...
Marathon Buys Additional 10,000 Antminers to Become Largest US Bitcoin Miner
28.10.2020
Nasdaq-listed Marathon Patent Group is buying 10,000 of the more efficient Antminer S19 Pro bitcoin miners from Bitmain in a deal worth millions of dollars. ▪ Marathon said the deal would boost the company’s operations to 23,560 next-generation miners, “making it the largest...
Bitcoin Mining Rigs Struggle for Profits, Despite BTC’s Hashrate Reaching an All-Time High
16.10.2020
Bitcoin’s hashrate climbed to an all-time high (ATH) this week touching 166 exahash per second (EH/s) on October 14. Meanwhile, despite the recent price rise and hashrate ATH on Wednesday, only a small group of next-generation mining rigs are profiting at current bitcoin exchange rates....
Riot Blockchain buys 5,100 S19 Pro Antminers, aims for 1.66% of hashrate
27.8.2020
Riot Blockchain has purchased a further 5,100 Antminer S19 Pros, with the firm targeting an operational hashrate of 2 exahashes per second by June 2021
Riot Blockchain Buys 8,000 of Bitmain’s Latest Bitcoin Miners, Company Targets 1.5 EH/s by 2021
25.8.2020
Bitmain Technologies Inc. said Monday that Nasdaq-listed Riot Blockchain is buying 8,000 of its Antminer S19 Pro bitcoin miners in a deal worth $17.7 million. In a blog post, the Chinese crypto mining hardware maker stated that the machines will be delivered in batches of 2,000 over four straight...
Bitmain Retains Only a ‘Minuscule Lead’ Over Competitor Microbt Amid Ongoing Power Tussle, Says Report
19.8.2020
Bitcoin mining hardware maker Bitmain still has a “minuscule lead” over competitor Microbt despite the former’s ongoing power struggle and supply chain issues, according to Bitmex. Researchers at the derivatives exchange tested flagship products from the two companies...
Riot Blockchain Supercharges Mining Ops With 8,000 More Bitmain Rigs as Bitcoin Price Soars
19.8.2020
Company executives say Riot Blockchain is on track to become cash flow positive later this year
Publicly Traded Firms Launch New Mining Rigs, Less Hashrate Than Competitors
3.8.2020
Two of the top mining manufacturers from China that recently had initial public offerings (IPO) released two new mining rigs. Canaan Inc. and Ebang Communications both have shares listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange, and the two firms just launched two ASIC mining devices with hashrates up to...
Bitcoin’s 5% Drop in Value Puts Pressure on BTC Mining Operations and Older ASIC Rigs
1.7.2020
During the last seven days, the price of bitcoin has dropped 4.8% from a high of $9,700 on June 24, to a low of $8,965 on June 27. Since then the price has increased and the price per bitcoin is back above the $9k zone but much lower than before. The lower price has affected […]
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US Contract Miner Core Scientific Buys 17,600 Bitcoin Miners From Bitmain
30.6.2020
U.S. contract mining firm Core Scientific has agreed on a deal to buy 17,600 mining rigs from Chinese bitcoin hardware maker Bitmain Technologies Inc. The company is buying Bitmain’s next-generation bitcoin (BTC) miner, the Antminer S19, it said in a statement on June 29. The miners will...
A Number of Small Bitcoin Mining Farms Are Quitting as Older Mining Rigs Become Worthless
10.6.2020
Bitcoin mining has changed a great deal since the block reward halving on May 11, 2020, and the overall SHA256 hashrate has been between 100-120 exahash per second (EH/s) during the last 48 hours. Reports from China show that a number of small mining operations are struggling and older bitcoin...
Bitmain Unveils Cheaper T19 Bitcoin Miner to Regain Lost Market Share
2.6.2020
Bitmain on Monday released the Antminer T19, a cheaper bitcoin mining machine, in an effort to regain lost market share. The Beijing-based company said the Antminer T19 has computing power or hashrate of 84 terahash per second (TH/s) and power efficiency of 37.5 joules per terahash (J/TH)....
Bitmain S19 Antminers Sell Out, Won't Ship Until May 11
23.3.2020
With the Antminers set to ship from March 11, Bitmain is facing a wave of accusations that it is front-running its customers
Bitcoin’s Plunge Was Foreshadowed by Miner Inventory Data
9.3.2020
Bitcoin’s recent price drop has caught many investors off guard. However, a key metric showing worry among the miners gave a warning several weeks ago
Bitmain Unveils 2 Bitcoin Miners With Max Speeds Up to 110TH/s Per Unit
27.2.2020
On Thursday, the China-based mining rig manufacturer Bitmain announced the launch of two new Antminer S19 series models that process between 95 to 110 trillion hashes per second (TH/s). The Antminer S19 Pro model with 110TH/s and 29 joules per terahash (J/TH) is 24 trillion hashes per second faster...
Ahead of Bitcoin Halving, Bitmain Announces Upcoming Antiminer S19
27.2.2020
As the Bitcoin halving looms, Bitmain releases a new Antminer that will generate 95 terahash per second