RE: Top Crypto Miners Race to Roll Out Top-of-Line Machines Ahead of Bitcoin Halving
The Halving is nearing and the top mining-equipment manufacturers are scrambling to roll-out their new machines
World’s Top Crypto Miners Race to Roll Out Top-of-Line Machines Ahead of Bitcoin Halving
“On Thursday, Beijing-based mining giant Bitmain launched its latest AntMiner S19 and S19 Pro models, boasting computing power as high as 110 terahashes per second (TH/s) and an energy cost of 29.5 watts per terahash (W/T).
Going by the firm’s specifications, the two models would currently be the most profitable bitcoin mining devices if available, closely followed by the WhatsMiner M30S from Bitmain’s Shenzhen-based rival, MicroBT, according to a miner profitability index from f2pool.
The launch comes on the back of a heated battle between Bitmain and MicroBT, which has gained a significant share of the mining equipment business after selling about 600,000 units of its M20 series in 2019, chipping away at Bitmain’s long-time market dominance.
MicroBT, which launched its flagship M30 models in December, has started taking pre-orders for the latest and most powerful product line since last week, with deliveries of sample units starting as early as next month.
According to MicroBT’s major distributor Pangolin Miner, the M30S – priced at $2,430 apiece – touts a computing power of 86 TH/s with an energy cost of 38 W/T and uses 8-nanometer chips supplied by Samsung. The firm said some devices will ship from March to May, but large pre-orders would have to wait until as late as June.”
Only three months to go till the halving? Amazing how time has flown!
It’s crazy to think almost 4 years have gone by since the last halving.
