BITMAIN AntRouter R1: 1st WiFi Device with a BTC Mining Chip

The AntRouter R1 is a wireless networking device containing a bitcoin mining chip. The R1 is preconfigured to mine on AntPool’s solo mode, meaning that as long as the device is powered, you are competing for a chance to solve a block and win the entire block reward of 12,5 bitcoins.

Main features of the AntRouter R1:

• General Wireless Router
• Mini WiFi Access Point
• High Speed USB Charger
• Bitcoin Mining Host 
• Bitcoin Mining Hashrate: 5,5 GH/s

See it in action - mining with a AntRouter R1 device:

This is a good mining device for home use. The hashrate is not quite high but it can be used for home-based bitcoin mining without any problems. 5.5 GH/s can be also pointed to any other SHA-256 cryptocurrency.

Avalon A7 Bitcoin Miner Specs

AvalonMiner 721: The ROQ Solid Miner. The AvalonMiner 721 is made with Reliable Open Quality. Bitcoin mining with this hardware features:

• 6THash @ 900W @ $888
• 0.15J/GHash or 150W/THash/s
• $0.15/GHash/s or  .21BTC/THash/s

AvalonMiner 721 packs 72 A3212 chips into each unit providing a consistent 6 Terahash per second (THS) at 900 Watts, all designed for long lasting operation.

From upgradable Open Source firmware to using Off-the-Shelf Simple power supplies, controllers, and AvalonMiner Management Software (AMS), Canaan’s goal is to help you manage datacenters, not machines. 

The AvalonMiner 721 is a datacenter miner. With aluminum printed circuit boards (PCBs), aluminum case, Smart Cooling, and Smart Frequency Adjustment, the AvalonMiner 721 is the Smart Miner.

AvalonMiner 721 by Canaan Creative Co., Ltd.

• Hash rate: 6Th/s -5% - +10%
• Power consumption: 900 W -5% - +15%
• Operating temperature: -5C to 40C
• Dimensions: 340mm x 136mm x 150mm
• Cooling fans: 12038 PWM fan X1
• Net weight: 4.3 Kg

After running mine for a day, it stabilised at 6.3Th for 1040W at the wall, though I'm using gold PSUs so expect a bit less power usage with platinum. The more interesting thing is when I undervolted it to 4700mV, it seemed quite stable at 770W for about 10% less hashrate. Lower levels of voltage seemed to kill the hashrate or were unstable.

Antminer S9 - Bitmain - 14 Th/s

Antminer S9 is built on the BM1387 ASIC Chip. It is the world’s most efficient bitcoin mining chip in 2016/17. FinFET technology delivers 0.098 J/GHs. Each Antminer S9 has 189 chips inside.

Antminer S9 technical data sheet:

• Bitcoin Mining Hashrate: 11TH/s (Batch 22) & 14TH/s (Batch 23)
• Power Usage: 1078W +10% (Batch 22) & 1372W +10% (Batch 23)
• Efficiency: 0.098 J/GH +10%
• Device Dimensions: 350mm(L) x 135mm(W) x 158mm(H)
• Temperature when mining up to 40°C

Antminer S9 has also a very friendly user interface which allows you to start mining bitcoin on the way - no advanced setup is needed in order to run the device.

The Antminer S9 has a hashrate of 14 Th/s and a nominal power consumption of 1375 watts

Bitcoin price in November 2016

Bitcoin price in November 2016 - median price in USD from bitstamp trades.

• 1st November opening price - 697.04 $
• 30st November closing price - 742.06 $

The following chart shows the price of Bitcoin in US Dollars from 1st to 30st November 2016.

Bitcoin price in October 2016

Bitcoin price rised over 18% in October 2016 starting from $610 and increasing up to $725. It is still a good chance to buy bitcoin and retire peacefully. The best idea is to invest small amounts in bitcoin every week.

Bitcoin price chart for October 2016

Data source:
http://bitcoincharts.com/charts/bitstampUSD#rg60zczsg2016-10-01zeg2016-10-31ztgCzm1g10zm2g25

Zcash Online Miners

Hashflare offers new 1-year contracts for Zcash mining using the Equihash mining algorithm. You can buy online miners for Zcash cryptocurrency and start mining instantly.

Prices of ZCash Cloud Miners

The price of Zcash miners are as follows:

• 1 H/s for 12 months - $42
• 2 H/s for 12 months - $82
• 5 H/s for 12 months - $210
• 10 H/s for 12 months - $420

You can pay with PayPal, credit card or directly with bitcoin. Cloud Zcash mining will be active for the whole year.

Buy Zcash Cloud Mining Power

Online mining power for Zcash using Equihash is limited. Now you can get a 10% discount using the following Hashflare promo code: HF16HLLWN10 (valid until November 6, 2016).

Zcash pool settings will become available on November 21.

Ethereum mining facility

Hashflare's new Ethereum mining facility is ready. This online mining farm is located in Tallinn, Estonia. You can rent their hashing power and start mining both Bitcoin and Ethereum right now!

Join here to start mining Ethereum online!

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A photo posted by HashCoins (@hashcoins) on Apr 2, 2016 at 3:25am PDT