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Bitmain Launches New ASICs for BTC Mining

At the World Digital Mining Summit, Chinese mining hardware manufacturer Bitmain unveiled its latest Antminer S21XP models.

At the World Digital Mining Summit, Chinese mining hardware manufacturer Bitmain unveiled its latest Antminer S21XP models.

The base model, S21XP, boasts a hashrate capacity of 270 TH/s at an energy efficiency of 13.5 J/T. In high-power mode, this model can reach a hash rate of 380 TH/s, albeit with lower energy efficiency.

In addition to the base S21XP, Bitmain will also release the hydro-cooling model S21XP Hydro. According to the specifications, the Hydro model will achieve a hash rate of 473 TH/s at an energy efficiency of 12.7 J/TH.

At an electricity cost of $0.07 per kWh, operating the base S21XP model will cost $22.68 per PH/s, which is 57% of the current network reward of $53 per PH/s.

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