Bitcoin Miner Manufacturer MicroBT Launches 112T M30S++, Competition with Bitmain Upgrades

Apr 17, 2020

The China-based mining machine manufacturer MicroBT on April 17 launched its latest WhatsMiner M30S+ and M30S++ models, boasting the hashrate as high as 112 TH/s and a power efficiency at 31 J/T. The company’s WhatsMiner M30 models continue to present itself as the fiercest c...

Founder of Bitmain Rival is Charged With Embezzlement Crime, Procuratorial Organ Confirms

Dec 16, 2019

Zuoxing Yang, who is now CEO of Bitmain's rival MicroBT, has been taken into custody, China procuratorial organ’s website confirms. Procuratorate of Nanshan District, Shenzhen city has approved the arrest of the suspect Yang with the crime of Job occupation. At present, the case is...

More Chinese Bitcoin Miners Turn to Whatsminer for High-Powered Machines

Dec 6, 2019

Bitcoin mining farms in China have been phasing out their machines with the latest high-powered ones, mostly from Whatsminer instead of Bitmain, according to local miners. As the bitcoin halving draws near which could drive the increase of mining difficulty, fewer mining machines delivering ...

MicroBT to Release 38W/T Whatsminer M30S amid IP Dispute

Nov 15, 2019

MicroBT, a Shenzhen-based crypto mining chip manufacturer,  is about to release its latest bitcoin mining model, M30S, which is allegedly superior over Bitmain’s S17 Pro in power consumption, according to Wu Gang, a shareholder of MicroBT. Wu Gang, CEO of crypto wallet Bixin...

Bitcoin Mining May Be Harder Than Ever by the End of 2019 When Numerous Mining Machines are Delivered

Aug 1, 2019

Bitcoin hashrate has reached a new record high around 79 quintillion hashes per second (EH/s) on July 29. The rapid rise of hashrate along with the bitcoin price rally has made bitcoin mining more competitive and difficult. It is expected to be much harder at the end of 2019 or Q1-Q2 of 2020...

ShenMa (Whatsminer) Release 33TH/S Bitcoin Miner M10 with 16nm Chips at 2145W

Aug 15, 2018

The China-based mining machine manufacturer Whatsminer (“ShenMa Miner” in Chinese) on August 12 released its latest ASIC mining model - bitcoin miner M10 with 33 TH (trillion hashes) per second at power consumption of 65W/T. Whatsminer, or Shenma, was founded in Shenzhen by ...