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Iris Energy Acquires 39,000 Bitmain S21 XP Antminers, Eyes 30 EH/s in 2024

DIGIT — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 18:30:43 +0000

Bitcoin miner and high-performance computing (HPC) firm Iris Energy Limited has secured 10 exahash per second (EH/s) of Bitmain’s S21 XP Antminers, positioning the bitcoin mining company to reach 30 EH/s by the end of 2024. Iris Energy Expands Mining Capacity and AI Cloud Services Iris Energy Limited (Nasdaq: IREN) reported record financial results for […]

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Data Shows There’s No Profits Left for Bitcoin Miners That Can’t Obtain Cheap Electricity, Run Efficient Mining Rigs

DIGIT — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 20:30:02 +0000

During the last few weeks bitcoin’s cost of production has been higher than the leading crypto asset’s spot market value and in turn, this has put massive pressure on bitcoin miners. On Nov. 30, 2022, statistics show if miners paying for electricity pay roughly $0.12 per kilowatt hour (kWh), only three application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) […]

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While Known Mining Pools Currently Dominate, Unknown Miners Discovered the Most Bitcoin Blocks During the Last 13 Years

DIGIT — Sat, 24 Sep 2022 18:00:27 +0000

The Bitcoin network has been operational for 5,012 days and so far, more than 755,000 blocks have been mined into existence. During the last year, Foundry USA and Antpool were the top two miners as the combined pools collectively mined 18,229 blocks out of the 53,510 blocks mined this year. Foundry is the leader this […]

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World’s Largest ASIC Producer Bitmain Slashes Antminer Bitcoin Mining Rig Prices

DIGIT — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 17:30:07 +0000

The world’s largest producer of application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) bitcoin miners, Bitmain Technologies, has revealed the company is offering a discount on Antminer S19 Pro mining rigs. The 100 terahash per second (TH/s) machine is selling for $19 per terahash or $1,900 per unit. The Antminer mining rigs are 80% cheaper than they were five […]

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Nasdaq-Listed Bitcoin Miner Terawulf Reveals Firm’s Lake Mariner Site Has 12,000 Miners Deployed

DIGIT — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 14:00:18 +0000

Following the publicly-listed mining operation Terawulf’s announcement that the firm’s Lake Mariner mining data center is up and running with 30 megawatts (MW) of capacity, 11 days later, the company has revealed the operation of nearly 12,000 miners at the facility in New York. Between the owned and hosted hashing capacity at Lake Mariner, Terawulf […]

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Cleanspark Acquires Plug-in-Ready Bitcoin Mining Facility With up to 86 MW of Capacity

DIGIT — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 23:30:39 +0000

On Tuesday, the bitcoin mining company Cleanspark announced it acquired a plug-in-ready bitcoin mining facility that is scalable to 86 megawatts (MW) of capacity. Presently, the newly opened site in Washington, Georgia, has 36 megawatts, which is expected to give Cleanspark’s hashrate a 38% boost this quarter. Publicly-Listed Bitcoin Miner Cleanspark Expands Operations in Georgia […]

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‘Unprecedented Opportunities’ — Cleanspark Acquires 1,061 Bitcoin Miners at a ‘Discounted Price’

DIGIT — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 18:20:02 +0000

On Thursday, the publicly-listed bitcoin mining firm Cleanspark announced that it added 93 petahash per second (PH/s) of hashpower to the company’s existing operations by acquiring 1,061 Whatsminer M30S bitcoin mining rigs. The latest ASIC acquisition follows Cleanspark’s recent purchase contract to buy 1,800 Antminer S19 XP units for “an exceptionally discounted price.” Cleanspark Purchases […]

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Bitcoin Miners Catch a Break as Mining Difficulty Drops for the First Time in 3 Months

DIGIT — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 20:30:49 +0000

Bitcoin miners got a small break on March 3, after the network’s mining difficulty shifted downward for the first time since November 28, 2021. Bitcoin’s hashrate has remained high meandering between 180 to 220 exahash per second (EH/s) over the last week, but the leading crypto asset’s price has shed more than 3% during the […]

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Global Chip Shortage Looms Over Bitcoin Mining Industry, ASIC Supply Tightens

DIGIT — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 09:30:07 +0000

While Bitcoin’s hashrate has been coasting along above 175 exahash per second (EH/s) and recently reached an all-time high, a global shortage of semiconductor chips could slow the growing industry. The shortfall of supply worldwide has disrupted major industries, and manufacturers like Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC) have seen stocks sink in value. At […]

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Georgia on my mine: Bitmain brings 56K Bitcoin miners to the state

DIGIT — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 02:50:53 +0000

The $62 million deal is expected to generate $10 million in monthly revenue for ISW Holdings.

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