Bitmain Antminer U1 – review, hands on
Bitmain’s new mini bitcoin miner has just landed in our hands at the North American Bitcoin Conference in Miami. It is a rather small and compact bitcoin miner. It can be used by individuals without mining farms or it can be an ideal solution for office use. Power efficient and silent without fans or any other moving parts, it has only a quite large heatsink. Small, efficient and a fast alternative to start mining, it represents a good start in the business. It can build up small farms, and enables you to try the best available mining pools and cooling solutions to prepare for the big....
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Antminer S4. Bitmain released the AntMiner S4 recently amid much speculation and the simultaneous release of their HashNest cloud mining service. The S4 is much like the AntMiner S2 in that it is housed in a 3U rack mountable chassis. The AntMiner S4 is a 2 th/s Bitcoin miner that uses the BM1382 chip. Bitmain gets an improvement on the gh/s to watt ratio. Power efficiency is one of the most important things to consider when buying Bitcoin or other Cryptocurrency miners. The faster they are at the lowest power ratio, the better. The Antminer S4 ships now... which is another thing to....
Exclusive First Official Hands On In North America With The Bitmain Antminer S3. I have North America's first official pictures of theBitmain Antminer S3. Scott of HolyBitcoin was the first customer to receive his S3 today. For him, it is exciting to be the first to have new miners in hand and Scott did not let me down: He sent me lots of pics to share with you all. For those not familiar with Antminer's newest miner, here are the current specs of the Antminer S3 Bitcoin ASIC Miner. Specifications. Hash Rate: 440 GH/s±5%. Power Consumption: 366 Watt at the wall. Power Efficiency: 0.77 J/GH....