Bitmain Activates Controversial ‘AsicBoost’ in Antminer S9, Boost 20% Bitcoin Mining Efficiency

Oct 23, 2018

Bitmain, the world’s largest bitcoin mining manufacture has released a firmware for its popular Antminer S9 to enable the “overt AsicBoost” functionality. The controversial code will be able to boost 20 percent hike in efficiency of bitcoin mining. In a recent blog post on Monday, Bi...

SlushPool Urges Miners Against Bitmain’s Antminer Firmware Update

Oct 23, 2018

Crypto mining giant Bitmain says it has released a firmware for the Antminer S9 and wants miners to upgrade it to enable the overt AsicBoost functionality. It also plans to release the firmware for other models like the Antminer R4, S9i, S9j, T9 and T9+. However, while it claims the st...