Cryptocurrency mining rig manufacturer Bitmain announced the pending release of a new Ether (ETH) miner on April 16. The Antminer E9 model is an application-specific integrated circuit chip, which will run on the Ethereum blockchain’s Ethash algorithm.No official release date has yet been announced for the E9, however, the machine’s arrival may not be as impactful as first … [Read more...] about Bitmain’s new Ether ASIC mining rig may not fix GPU shortage after all
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Bitfarms set to acquire 48,000 new miners in 2022 despite chip shortage
One of the largest publicly traded Bitcoin mining operations in the world, Bitfarms, has undertaken to purchase 48,000 new miners over the next two years.The Canadian mining company has sourced the equipment from Chinese supplier MicroBT in a bid to increase its hashing capacity by another 5 EH (exahashes) according to reports. Bitfarms was founded in 2017 and currently has a … [Read more...] about Bitfarms set to acquire 48,000 new miners in 2022 despite chip shortage