KnCMiner readies ASIC customer list
The ASIC miner wars heated up this week, as another entrant prepared to announce who will get its first ASIC units. Swedish company KnCMiner said this week that it will be informing the first customers of their place in the delivery queue for its two mining units, named Jupiter and Saturn. These devices will produce up to 350 GH/sec, according to the firm. KnCMiner had allowed people to register in a queue to purchase the units, but only opened up its payment gateway earlier this month, offering people in the queue seven days to secure their place with a payment. Those paying during the....
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