Marathon Digital purchased a record number of ASIC mainers from Bitmain – Bits Media

The American Marathon Digital mining company announced the conclusion of a contract for the largest supply of ASIC Mainers Antminer S19 XP from the Chinese manufacturer Bitmain.

The exact number of devices, bought Marathon from Bitmain, Not revealed. However, the press release emphasizes, what from the point of view of the general hashrate, This is the largest single order in the history of Bitmain.

This year, Marathon has repeatedly concluded contracts for the supply of miners from Bitmain. The company declared, what to the middle 2022 the year under her management will be 133 000 devices with a common hash in 13.3 Mother / c.

Now reported, What to the beginning 2023 the company will have a year 199 000 ASIC miners, generating 23.3 Eh / s. Now the company owns 31 000 However, the location of the new facility may become problematic in terms of logistics due to the quality of the roads and the resulting delivery difficulties., which generate a hashrate in 3.2 Eh / s.

“Given our financial results and strategy in relation to assets, We can invest more in the purchase of miners, not in infrastructure. We were able to place the largest single order for the supply of Antminer S19 XP ", - emphasized the general director of Marathon Fred Til (Fred Thiel).

In mid -November, it was reported, that Marathon plans to release debt bonds for the amount $650 million. The funds received will be aimed at buying bitcoins and asic mainers.