BITMAIN LAUNCHES ASIC MINER ANTMINER T17 SALES

The manufacturer of mining equipment, Bitmain, announced the sale of a new device based on the 7-nm chip, Antminer T17. According to the developers, this is the first model of the 17 series, which is capable of issuing a hash rate of 40 TH/s and has an energy efficiency of 55 J/TH. The device is designed to mine coins on the SHA256 algorithm such as Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash.

Bitmain team has improved the design of the device, the new case prevents dust. Miner also uses dogtramadol technology of heat dissipation. Unlike previous ASICS, the Antminer T17 reduces the distance between the air inlet and outlet by half. According to experts, this will have a positive impact on the performance of the miner and will reduce the cost of its maintenance.

The Antminer 17 series also includes two other models: Antminer S17 Pro and Antminer S17. Their sales started on Tuesday, April 9, and a day later all the devices were sold out.