Bitmain A3 Miner Is Expected To Boost 900% Difficulty of Siacoin Network

Jan 18, 2018

17 January 2018--According to the Bitmain sales account, the Siacoin A3 815G miner was open for order on 17 January 2018. One hour after the news is being released, 6,000 units were sold out quickly. Shipment in 7 days means the delivery is much faster than the SC1 miner developed by Sia...

Bitcoin Miner Rivals Chase Bitmain

Dec 4, 2017

Once known to be the largest Bitcoin mining equipment company in the world, Bitmain now seems to be expecting a challenger. A new company is introducing a generation of ASIC mining chips. The introduction of the DragonMint miner series by Halong Mining are in the first stage of roll...

Breaking China’s Bitcoin ‘Mining Centralization’: Japanese Company Budgets Over $300m

Sep 8, 2017

Barely a month since a Russian company made a similar presentation, a Japanese company has announced its entrance into the Bitcoin mining sector and it could mean a huge deal for the industry. Tokyo-based GMO Internet Group plans to spend more than $320 million to start mining bitcoin ...

What Does the Chinese Community Think of Bitcoin Cash(BCC)?

Jul 24, 2017

Update: It seems inaccurate to call BCC futures as users already exchange it for cash on ViaBTC, so I will stop trying to define it. As the hard fork risks are getting lower when BIP91 gets locked in, ViaBTC abruptly announced on July 22 to support Bitcoin Cash(BCC), a “...

Bitmain Debunks Antbleed Bitcoin Miners Claim, Apologizes For Bug

Apr 28, 2017

An apology has been tendered by the world's top Bitcoin mining hardware manufacturer as it refutes claims it can remotely shut down its Antminer series of miners owing to a new feature in their firmware. China-based Bitmain on Thursday April 27 released a statement to say that the Antbleed ...

ViaBTC Raises ¥20 Million in Series-A for New Exchange Business

Apr 7, 2017

ViaBTC, the world’s TOP5 Bitcoin mining pool, announced that it has closed series A funding of 20 million CNY. The investment was led by Bitmain, a leading manufacturer of bitcoin mining hardware and saw participation of private investors “who are not ready to reveal themselves now.”...

As Litecoin Rises, Creator Talks ASIC, SegWit, and Why Mining Should Be Anonymous

Apr 6, 2017

While discussing some of the issues pertinent to the success of Litecoin at a presentation for Coinbase last week, its creator hints that it is unfortunate that ASIC mining is a bit centralized with a lot in China and notes a major reason why he thinks this is bad for the industry. Char...

Bitmain says price hike increased interest in mining

Jan 10, 2017

The recent spike in the price of Bitcoin increased interest in Bitcoin mining which seems to have dwindled after the block reward halving in July. According to the International Marketing Manager at Bitmain, Nishant Sharma, Bitcoin mining has continued unaffected by the block halving ...

Bitmain Announces the AntMiner R4, ‘Bringing Mining Back Home’

Aug 26, 2016

Bitmain is taking a new approach to getting more people involved in bitcoin mining. Bitmain is introducing the AntMiner R4, and their new PSU: the APW5. According to the company, both products are made with a broader range of users in mind, both utilizing new cooling systems to improve h...

How China Took Center Stage in Bitcoin’s Civil War

Jul 29, 2016

A delegation of American executives flew to Beijing in April for a secret meeting just blocks from Tiananmen Square. They had come to court the new kingmakers in one of the strangest experiments in money the world has seen: the virtual currency known as Bitcoin. Against long odds, and de...