Bitmain introduced a new ASIC miner for ETH mining – Bits Media

The world's largest manufacturer of mining equipment Bitmain introduced a new ASIC miner E9, which works with Ethash and allows you to mine ETH, ETC and other coins based on this algorithm.

Sales of the new product start today, 6 july. E9 has a hashrate of 2 400 MH/c, what equivalent to approximately 25 Nvidia RXT video cards 3080. The device's energy consumption is 1 920 Tue, Thus, miner efficiency reaches 0.8 Joules per megahash.

The announcement of Bitmain E9 took place last spring. Then it was reported, that the miner’s hashrate will exceed the same figure 32 card RTX 3080. but, as a result, the manufacturer made a less powerful device, more than a year has passed since the announcement.

Note, what if last spring the cryptocurrency industry was on the rise and interest in ASIC miners was huge, then now, perhaps, not the best time to launch a new product.

Currently, the most popular ASIC miner for the Ethash algorithm remains the A10 Pro devices from InnoSilicon. They issue from 500 to 750 MH/s depending on version.

Previously reported, that Bitmain, together with the mining pool Poolin, is building a cryptocurrency mining center in the US state of Texas. The data center capacity will be 600 MW.