As Ethereum builders get ready for the blockchain’s shift to proof-of-stake (PoS), Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto-mining monolith Bitmain will get started promoting its newest Ethereum (ETH) mining rig AntMiner E9 on Wednesday.
Introduced on Twitter Tuesday, the Chinese language mining {hardware} producer is freeing E9 main points, that includes a hash price of two,400M, in conjunction with 1,920 watts of energy intake, and tool potency of 0.eight joules according to minute.
The brand new mining rig is very similar to 25 Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 graphics playing cards, in keeping with Bitmain. The gross sales began at nine am ET (15:00 CET) on Wednesday.
Bitmain to begin with launched a teaser at the AntMiner E9 in a YouTube video again in April 2021. Alternatively, the type that is going on sale this week is moderately extra environment friendly in relation to power intake than what used to be anticipated remaining 12 months, taking as much as 0.eight joules according to minute as an alternative of the predicted 0.85 joules according to minute.
The mining rig will pass on sale at a price ticket of USD 15,000, with an extra USD 150 for delivery, in keeping with its website online.
AntMiner E9, claimed to be “the sector’s maximum robust Ethereum mining ASIC” through the corporate, mentioned to ship USD 5,280 in benefit for mining Ethereum and USD 3,960 for mining Ethereum Vintage (ETC) each month.
Along with different Ethash cash, those rigs can mine the ones cryptocurrencies that use the proof-of-work (PoW) set of rules hired through Ethereum. A few of these cash contain ETC, Etho Protocol (ETHO), MOAC (MOAC), Halo Platform (HALO), and extra.
Alternatively, the explanation why AntMiner E9 is essentially referred to as an Ethereum miner used to be because of the lesser profitability of mining different cash compared to Ethereum.
Particularly, the mining rig involves the marketplace because the second-largest crypto community is getting ready to transport from PoW generation to PoS, in a procedure additionally known as The Merge. This may increasingly take away the desire for miners.
Ethereum builders anticipated that The Merge to be finished through the top of the 12 months.
