Main mining {hardware} producer Bitmain has introduced two new upcoming miners — the Antminer S19 and the Antminer S19 Professional.In line with a
Main mining {hardware} producer Bitmain has introduced two new upcoming miners — the Antminer S19 and the Antminer S19 Professional.
In line with a press release on Feb. 27, the Antminer S19 will boast a hash fee of 95 terahashes per second (TH/s), and the Professional will supply 90 TH/s. Nevertheless, Bitmain’s web site claims that the Pro mannequin can produce 110 TH/s.
Each miners may have an influence effectivity of 34.5+/-%5 joules per terahash. No launch date or value info has been introduced for both mannequin.
The S19 sequence will substitute the Antminer S17 67 TH/s and the T17 55 TH/s as Bitmain’s flagship fashions. The S19s will weigh 3.5 and 4.5 kilograms heavier than their predecessors, weighing 15.5 and 16.5 kilograms. The S17 and T17 are priced at $1,567 and $939 respectively.
Bitmain’s press copy invokes the upcoming halving, stating: “with the worth of block rewards to be decreased, the Antminer 19 sequence safeguard miners for future mining.”
Bitmain miners drive Riot Blockchain enlargement
On Feb. 20, the Nasdaq-listed crypto mining firm Riot Blockchain announced the operational graduation of 4,000 Antminer S17s.
Riot bought the Antminers throughout December 2019, 3,000 of which have been deployed in its Oklahoma Metropolis facility throughout January. The ability is now absolutely operational — producing 240 pentahash per second and consuming 12 megawatts of electrical energy.
Competitors heats between Bitmain and MicroBT
After years of Bitmain miners dominating hash fee, the corporate seems to be facing growing competitors from rival MicroBT.
MicroBT offered roughly 600,000 models of its flagship 60 TH/s WhatsMiner M20 in 2019 — outselling Bitmain’s S17 final 12 months. MicroBT plans to launch its forthcoming M30 with 88 TH/s capabilities, signaling fierce competitors between the 2 firms throughout 2020.