Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto-mining monolith Bitmain will start selling its latest Ethereum (ETH) mining rig AntMiner E9 on Wednesday, even as Ethereum developers gear up for the blockchain’s shift to proof-of-stake (PoS).
The Chinese mining hardware manufacturer announced the news on Twitter Tuesday, detailing that E9 features a hash rate of 2,400M, along with 1,920 watts of power consumption, and power efficiency of 0.8 joules per minute.
According to Bitmain, the new mining rig is equivalent to 25 Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 graphics cards. Sales will start at 9 am ET (15:00 CET) on Wednesday.
Bitmain had initially teased the AntMiner E9 in a YouTube video back in April 2021. However, the model that is going on sale this week is slightly more energy-efficient than what was detailed last year, consuming 0.8 joules per minute instead of the expected 0.85 joules per minute.
According to its website, the mining rig will go on sale at a price tag of USD 15,000, with an additional USD 150 for...
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