Ahead of the imminent Bitcoin Cash hard fork, mining giant Bitmain has rushed to deploy around 90,000 Antminer S9 machines to the western Chinese region of Xinjiang.

Bitmain has finally released its firmware for the popular Antminer S9 to enable what is called “overt AsicBoost.”In a recent blog post, Bitmain explains their rationale for the firmware ...

It was the same strategy Bitmain pulled off in 2016, the person said, when the company launched its Antminer S9 model on the eve of bitcoin’s last halving.

Bitmain has built multiple models under the Antminer name, including the Bitmain Antminer S9, the Bitmain Antminer S17, the Antminer T19 and the Antminer S19.

Bitmain has finally released its firmware for the popular Antminer S9 to enable what is called “overt AsicBoost.” In a recent blog post, Bitmain explains their rationale for the firmware release, ...