In Russia, the demand for ASIC major has increased significantly – Bits Media

The publication "Kommersant" with reference to the distributors of mining devices reports, that in the IV quarter of this year in Russia, the demand for ASIC-Mainers has grown significantly.

More recently, it was reported, that the demand for video cards from the "home" miners significantly decreased. However, in the market of professional equipment for cryptocurrency mining, the situation is the opposite situation. So, Chilkoot distributor reported, that sales of Asic Mainers for 9 months of this year already on 65% exceeded the indicators of everything 2021 of the year. For 2 the month of the 4th quarter was sold more mining devices, than for the entire III quarter.

“We work with legal entities and see, what they began to buy as part of one transaction for 30% More equipment, than at the beginning of the year ", - said Chilkoot development manager Artem Eremin.

As the co -founder of Berezka Dao and Weezi noted Roman Kaufman, The situation is understandable to the transition of the Ethereum to the Proof-Of-Stake algorithm. Now the miners are not interesting video accelerators, But the production of cryptocurrencies using ASIC Mainers attracted more attention, Therefore, demand has increased.

Bitriver financial analyst of the Russian mining company Vladislav Antonov emphasized, that the increase in demand has also contributed to reducing purchase prices for mining equipment. According to him, From August to October, the cost of Asic Mainers decreased by 20%.

51asic co -founder Mikhail Brezhnev expects, that in the near future a significant amount of used mining equipment will appear on the market. He considers, that many mining companies are on the verge of survival in connection with the fall of the market. The question is especially acute for firms, which were funded by customers or borrowed funds.

Note, that so far in Russia there is still no clear regulation of mining activities. Recently, a corresponding bill entered the State Duma, However, the legal department of the State Duma criticized the document due to internal contradictions.