Following is the hashrate of all Bitmain-owned hardware, updated once every 30 days. This disclosure is part of Our Transparency Policy for Shipping and Mining Practices
| SHA256 | SCRYPT | |
| 930.37PH/s | 1241.93GH/s |
| BLAKE256 | ETHASH | |
| 4.84PH/s | 1425.72GH/s |
We will now be Tweeting all news and announcements relating to the Antminers or other products sold on shop.bitmain.com from Antminer’s Twitter account.
As we continue to expand our operations, it will be useful for everyone to have a Twitter account dedicated to Antminer-related news or announcements.
URL for the new Twitter account is: twitter.com/Antminer_main
For buyers of the first batch of the Antminer Z9 mini, we will continue to post Z9 mini’s shipping updates from the new Antminer account.
For all corporate communications from Bitmain, please continue to follow our original Twitter account twitter.com/BITMAINtech (which is temporarily suspended because of confusion over Bitmain’s age) and our blog.
As always, please leave us a message here to contact Bitmain for anything.
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With multiple thriving cryptocurrencies supported by diverse development roadmaps within each, Bitmain strongly believes that the permissionless internet of money promises a more secure future. Zcash is one such cryptocurrency that we hope to see thrive and help deliver on this promise.
Bitmain supports those members of the Zcash community who believe that security, reliability, and accessibility are among the highest-order values in a cryptocurrency network. We also believe that dedicated, ASIC-based mining systems reinforce these values. This is especially evident given recent news about the potential security dangers when crypto networks are not secured by large amounts of dedicated and dependable mining power.
Given that, we want to make sure we do our best to allow Zcash community members to predict and plan for when increased hash rate comes online.
We have therefore decided to carry out the shipments and QA of all Antminer Z9 Mini units in the most transparent fashion possible. To this end, we will tweet real-time updates from our QA teams and shipping warehouse via our official account (on 19th June, all Tweets, including these Z9 mini updates, relating to Antminer series and all other products sold on shop.bitmain.com moved to twitter.com/Antminer_main), using the hashtag #Z9QA. As has always been our policy, all orders will be shipped on a first-paid-first-shipped basis. We will also share the time of payments (though not the identity or location of the buyer) for the orders that are about to be shipped.
This is something we have never done before but we continue to experiment with the best ways to work and communicate with the communities in which we operate.
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(This is a post on Circle’s blog to announce Bitmain’s partnership with Circle)
Today we announced the pending availability of tokenized US dollar coins supported by developments in the CENTRE open source framework and by a new partnership with Bitmain, which is also leading a $110M Series E equity investment in Circle.
The invention of cryptographic assets and blockchain-based computing have ushered in the next major era of the open internet. But a price-stable medium of exchange and store of value is missing, and badly needed in order for global financial interoperability to function reliably and consistently. Transacting in currencies which fluctuate with extreme volatility creates complexity and fragile settlement contracts, especially when compared to transacting in “tokenized fiat money” or fiat-pegged crypto assets.
A price-stable currency, such as a token pegged to the US dollar, is critical for enabling mainstream adoption of blockchain technology for payments as well as for supporting maturation in financial contracts built on smart contract platforms, such as tokenized securities, loans, and property. There are several interesting approaches to solving this need, spanning algorithmic reimaginations of money supply to crypto-backed tokens to fiat asset-backed tokens.
Circle USDC (USD Coin) is a solution that enables customers to purchase and use USDC fiat tokens for payments and trading in the crypto ecosystem. USDC provides a full reserve US dollar-backed stablecoin, and is based on the open source fiat stablecoin framework developed and governed by CENTRE, which will provide independent oversight of Circle’s offering.
Existing fiat-backed approaches have lacked financial and operational transparency, have operated in unregulated jurisdictions with unknown banking and audit partners, and have been built as closed-loop ecosystems and closed proprietary technologies.
Circle USDC addresses these problems by providing detailed financial and operational transparency, operating within the regulated framework of US money transmission laws, and reinforced by established banking partners and auditors. It is built on an open source framework with an open membership scheme that eligible Financial Institutions (FI) can participate in (CENTRE). USDC will be ERC-20 tokens minted, issued, and redeemed based on network rules defined by CENTRE.
Circle will only be the first issuing member of the CENTRE network, and further tokenized fiat stablecoins may be issued by other audited, licensed, participating network members. More about CENTRE is available here: https://centre.io
Further information on Circle’s forthcoming USDC offering is available as an FAQ here: https://circle.com/en/usdc-faq
Bitmain is becoming a key supporter of CENTRE and USDC, and in conjunction with this new partnership, Bitmain is leading a $110M strategic investment in Circle. Also participating in this financing round are existing investors IDG Capital, Breyer Capital, General Catalyst, Accel, Digital Currency Group, and Pantera, along with new investors Blockchain Capital and Tusk Ventures.
Bitmain is one of the most important and forward-thinking companies in crypto, and has become a critical infrastructure provider for the entire crypto economy. Bitmain Co-founder and CEO Jihan Wu is well known for espousing a vision similar to ours regarding the creation and adoption of a new global economy powered by cryptographic assets, distributed contracts, and open source blockchain technology. We are excited to be working directly with Bitmain on realizing our shared vision.
Bitmain will also join CENTRE’s efforts to introduce multiple fiat-backed stablecoins and provide financial interoperability around the world. This partnership will help drive global interoperability that benefits consumers, business ventures, institutions, and marketplaces everywhere. Specifically, Bitmain will help CENTRE introduce multiple fiat stablecoins in a variety of geo-currency zones.
These strategic partners believe in Circle’s goal of creating an open, global model for finance for consumers and businesses everywhere. We’re humbled and excited to work with them.
Circle has grown to encompass multiple products: Circle Invest, Circle Trade, Circle Pay, and Poloniex. The refreshed look of our website circle.com, which is now updated and newly released, reflects this breadth. The pending introduction of USDC and other future stablecoins will impact and improve all of these products.
We wholeheartedly believe that an open internet of value exchange can transform and integrate the world more deeply, eventually eliminating artificial economic borders and enabling a more efficient and inclusive global marketplace that connects every person on the planet. We see the future of the global economy as open, shared, inclusive, distributed, and powerful — not only for a few chosen gatekeepers, but for all who will connect.
The development of USDC, the evolution of CENTRE, and this new strategic financing further grow our strength as we push toward our lofty goals. Yet in many ways, despite Circle celebrating a fifth anniversary this fall, we feel we are still just getting started. We’re thrilled for what’s to come.
Sean and Jeremy, Circle Cofounders
(The above is Circle’s blog post to announce the partnership with Bitmain)
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David Vorick, lead developer of Sia, recently shared a blog post titled “The State of Cryptocurrency Mining,” which provides a perspective into the cryptocurrency mining world.
First off, we’d like to express our appreciation for David and what he’s achieved with Sia. The crypto community revolves around transparency and trust, and we hope to someday work with David and his team.
That said, the article reflects some persistent misunderstandings about our business, and we’d like to take the opportunity to clear up the confusion. We’d like to briefly address the most egregious ones.
“Playing Dirty”
The article accuses Bitmain of “playing dirty,” claiming that that the company has attempted to block Obelisk from manufacturing in China.
Considering the truly vast number and diversity of suppliers in China, it’s difficult to consider that Bitmain could possibly exert such powerful control over a competitor’s supply chain to the degree the article suggests. The article does try, though. Indeed, this section—fully six percent of the total article—tries to accuse Bitmain of “playing dirty” while stating twice that there is no evidence of same.
There are numerous suppliers and other third-party agencies involved in the manufacturing of a miner, both in China and elsewhere.
This is, at its very bottom, a conspiracy theory, much like some of the other ones we frequently encounter. This brings us to the next item.
A3 and “Flooding the Market “
The article asserts that Bitmain floods the market with its mining rigs. Here is what really happened: At launch, Bitmain introduced a strict one-miner-per-user batch allocation policy and other methods [1][2] in order to restrict hoarding and combat centralization. The number of miners made available per round was purposely limited to help further regulate their introduction into their respective ecosystems. Since then, we’ve enforced this policy with the launch of all ASIC miners for cryptocurrencies that can be profitably mined by GPUs. The article’s calculations here are merely speculative.
Again, in an article that makes a number of accusations, we wanted to tell our own side of the story. Our license-to-operate within the cryptocurrency ecosystem is vital to our business and we do not take it for granted. We will continue to provide industry-defining mining hardware and services, while remaining sensitive to the communities in which we participate.
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In the past year, blockchain technology has attracted considerable attention across the world. The entire industry continues to thrive and grow. Meanwhile, we at Bitmain have also made continuous progress by keeping excellence as our focus. We would like to express our gratitude to all customers, whose trust and support have been essential to our progress. To this end, we are pleased to announce a Lunar New Year Coupons (the “Coupons”, each a “Coupon”) giveaway for all our customers (at the time of writing this).
Who are eligible for these Coupons?
Those who have successfully completed purchase (with 100% payment) of an Antminer S9, T9+, T9, L3+, L3 or D3 on our official website (https://www.bitmain.com/) before 23:59:59 on 26 February 2018 (GMT+8) will be eligible for the Coupons.
How much are these Coupons worth?
The answer to this depends on what and when you successfully placed and paid an order on www.bitmain.com. Please read below to find out.
When will the Coupons be issued?
All Coupons will be issued before 1 March 2018. Please click on “Coupon List” under “My Coupon” in “User Center” after logging into your shop.bitmain.com account, to check whether your Coupon has been issued.
When can these Coupons be used?
The Coupons can be used after they have been issued and will expire on 31 May 2018 (GMT+8).
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“Bitmain vio tendencias en el negocio de la inteligencia artificial que eran similares a los primeros días del Bitcoin”.
Bitmain, con sede en Beijing, el productor de hardware de minería de Bitcoin más grande del mundo, hoy anunció sus primeros productos para acelerar las aplicaciones de inteligencia artificial (IA).
A principios de este año, los magnates de las finanzas informaron exclusivamente de que Bitmain decidió entrar en el mercado de la IA después de que visitásemos las oficinas de Bitmaintech Israel, el primer centro de I+D de la compañía fuera de China. Hoy, el director de Bitmaintech Israel, Gadi Glikberg, nos dijo: “Estamos muy orgullosos de formar parte del esfuerzo de desarrollo de software de los productos de Sophon. Nuestros investigadores de IA se centran en crear soluciones de visión artificial y PNL optimizadas para la plataforma de Sophon”.
Los nuevos productos son un CIEA (Circuito integrado específico de la aplicación) optimizado para funciones de formación para redes de aprendizaje profundo y un módulo avanzado con ventilador que lo combina en un paquete compacto y fácil de integrar. Estos pueden aplicarse en diversos casos de uso que incluyen reconocimiento de imágenes y voz, tecnología de vehículo autónomo, vigilancia mejorada de cámaras de seguridad, robótica, Internet de las cosas (IC) y más.
“El aprendizaje profundo es muy intensivo desde el punto de vista computacional y nuestra experiencia en la creación de hardware de alto rendimiento para Bitcoin nos ha preparado absolutamente para este apasionante ámbito de la informática”, señala Micree Zhan, director ejecutivo de Bitmain. “El hardware de inteligencia artificial es un ámbito que Bitmain está desarrollando proactivamente para desarrollar la próxima generación de aplicaciones de inteligencia artificial.
Bitmain vio tendencias en el negocio de la inteligencia artificial que eran similares a los primeros días del Bitcoin, por lo que comenzamos a explorar la inteligencia artificial hacia finales de 2015. Ahora, después de solo año y medio, tenemos los chips de producción en masa en nuestras manos”.
Los desarrolladores explican que los nuevos productos, llamados BM1680 y SC1, ofrecen compatibilidad total con las populares plataformas de inteligencia artificial, incluidos los principales Caffe, Darknet, Googlenet, VGG, Resnet, Yolo, Yoto2 y otros modelos.
— Avi Mizrahi, Finance Magnates | Original article:
https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/innovation/bitcoin-mining-giant-bitmain-launches-deep-learning-ai-hardware/
Notice: Translated from English to Spanish by Bitmain. Bitmain is responsible for any grammatical mistakes or inaccuracies caused because of translation.
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El diseñador chino de chips apunta a las redes neuronales
SAN JOSÉ, Calif. — Una empresa con sede en Pekín que empezó diseñando circuitos integrados para aplicaciones específicas (ASIC por sus siglas en inglés) para la minería de bitcoin ha anunciado que está probando su primer acelerador para el aprendizaje automático. El BM1680 de Bitmain Technologies se ha optimizado para entrenar y ayudar a inferir a las redes neuronales profundas.
El chip se vende con un módulo ventilado denominado SC1. Bitman señala que lo ha diseñado para las redes neuronales Alexnet, Googlenet, VGG y Resnet y que también es compatible con los modelos Caffe, Darknet, Yolo y Yoto2
Bitmain cuenta entre sus principales objetivos con los grandes operadores de centros de proceso de datos de China: Alibaba, Baidu y Tencent. Señala también que se está planteando la contrucción de su propio servicio de aprendizaje automático.
La compañía piensa publicar detalles técnicos del chip en una charla de su director ejecutivo, Micree Zhan, en un evento que se celebrará en Pekín el 8 de noviembre. Apunta a una gran variedad de usos, incluido el reconocimento de imagen y voz, los vehículos autónomos y la mejora de las cámaras de seguridad.
Bitmain se fundó en 2013 y lanzó su primer chip, un acelerador SHA-256 para la minería de bitcoin, en noviembre de ese mismo año. Cosechó buenas ventas hasta finales de 2014, cuando la casa de cambio de bitcoin Mt. Gox quebró, hundiendo el mercado de bitcoin.
La compañía volvió con un chip BM1384 cuando resurgió el mercado de bitcoin en 2015. La dirección de la empresa afirmaba en un informe reciente que ahora tiene más de 600 empleados, vende cientos de miles de sistemas de minería al año y gestiona su propio negocio de minería.
A finales de 2015, Bitmain decidió empezar a trabajar en un chip de aprendizaje automático. “Ahora, después de solo año y medio, disponemos de chips de fabricación en serie”, comentó Zhan en un comunicado de prensa.
— Rick Merritt, Silicon Valley Bureau Chief, EE Times
Original article: https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1332501
Notice: Translated from English to Spanish by Bitmain. Bitmain is responsible for any grammatical mistakes or inaccuracies caused because of translation.
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„Bitmain hat im KI-Geschäft Trends gesehen, die denen der Anfangszeit von Bitcoin ähneln.“
Der weltweit größte Bitcoin-Mining-Hardware-HerstellerBitmain mit Sitz in Beijing hat heute seine ersten Produkte zur Beschleunigung von Anwendungen zu Künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) agekündigt.
Anfang des Jahres hat Finance Magnates exklusiv berichtet, dass Bitmain sich entschlossen hat, in den KI-Markt einzusteigen,nachdem wir die Büros von Bitmaintech Israel besucht hatten – dem ersten F&E-Zentrum des Unternehmens außerhalb Chinas. Heute teilte uns der Leiter von Bitmaintech Israel, Gadi Glikberg, mit: “Wir sind sehr stolz darauf, an den Softwareentwicklungsbemühungen der Sophon-Produkte teilzuhaben.“ Unsere KI-Forscher konzentrieren sich auf die Erstellung von Computer-Vision und NLP-Lösungen, die für die Sophon-Plattform optimiert sind.“
Die neuen Produkte sind eine personalisierte Tensorberechnungs-ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), die für Schulungsfunktionen für Deep-Learning-Netzwerke optimiert ist, und ein fortgeschrittenes, luftgekühltes Modul – kombiniert als kompaktes, leicht integrierbares Paket. Diese können auf eine Vielzahl von Nutzungsfällen angewandt werden. Dazu zählen Bild- und Spracherkennung, autonome Fahrzeugtechnologie, verbesserte Sicherheitskamera-Überwachung, Robotik, das Internet der Dinge (IoT) und vieles mehr.
„Deep Learning ist rechnerisch sehr intensiv, und unsere Erfahrung in der Erstellung von Hochleistungs-Hardware für Bitcoin hat uns auf diesen spannenden Bereich des Computerwesens sehr gut vorbereitet“, sagt Micree Zhan, CEO von Bitmain. „KI-Hardware ist ein Bereich, den Bitmain proaktiv entwickelt, um die nächste Generation von KI-Anwendungen voranzutreiben.
Bitmain hat im KI-Geschäft Trends gesehen, die denen der Anfangszeit von Bitcoin ähneln. Daher haben wir Ende 2015 damit begonnen, KI zu erforschen. Und nun, nach nur anderthalb Jahren, haben wir die Massenproduktion von Chips in der Hand.“
Die Entwickler erläutern, dass die neuen Produkte mit den Namen BM1680 und SC1 mit den beliebten KI-Plattformen vollständig kompatibel sind – darunter Mainstream Caffe, Darknet, Googlenet, VGG, Resnet, Yolo, Yoto2 und weitere Modelle.
— Avi Mizrahi, Finance Magnates | Original article:
https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/innovation/bitcoin-mining-giant-bitmain-launches-deep-learning-ai-hardware/
Notice: Translated from English to German by Bitmain. Bitmain is responsible for any grammatical mistakes or inaccuracies caused because of translation.
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Chinesischer Chip-Designer zielt auf neuronale Netzwerke ab
SAN JOSE, Kalifornien — Ein Unternehmen mit Sitz in Beijing, dessen Anfänge im Design von ASICs für Bitcoin Mining lagen, hat angekündigt, dass es seinen ersten Beschleuniger für maschinelles Lernen testet. BM1680 von Bitmain Technologies ist sowohl für Schulungen als auch Inferenzen bezüglich tiefer neuronaler Netzwerke optimiert.´
Der Chip wird als luftgekühltes Modul mit dem Namen SC1 verkauft. Bitmain gab an, dass es für die neuronalen Netzwerke Alexnet, Googlenet, VGG und Resnet ausgebildet wurde und auch mit den Modellen Caffe, Darknet, Yolo und Yoto2 kompatibel ist.
Zu Bitmains Hauptzielgruppen zählen u.a. die großen Betreiber von Rechenzentren in China: Alibaba, Baidu und Tencent. Das Unternehmen sagte, dass es auch die Entwicklung einer eigenen Dienstleistung des maschinellen Lernens in Betracht zieht.
Bitmain plant, technische Details des Chips in einem Gespräch mit seinem Vorstandsvorsitzenden Micree Zhan bei einer Veranstaltung in Beijing am 8. November bekanntzugeben. Es wird eine breite Palette von Nutzungen anvisiert, darunter Bild- und Spracherkennung, autonome Fahrzeuge und verbesserte Sicherheitskameras.
Bitmain wurde 2013 gegründet und veröffentlichte seinen ersten Chip, einen SHA-256-Beschleuniger für Bitcoin Mining, im November desselben Jahres. Das Unternehmen konnte bis Ende 2014 hohe Umsätze verzeichnen, als Mt.Gox bankrott ging und der Bitcoin-Markt Schiffbruch erlitt.
Es schaffte ein Comeback mit dem BM1384-Chip, als der Bitcoin-Markt im Jahr 2015 wieder zulegte. Führungskräfte gaben in einem aktuellen Bericht an, das Unternehmen habe nun mehr als 600 Mitarbeiter, verkaufe Hunderttausende von Mining-Systemen im Jahr und betreibe sein eigenes Mining-Geschäft.
Ende 2015 beschloss Bitmain, mit der Arbeit an einem Chip für maschinelles Lernen zu beginnen. „Und nun, nach nur anderthalb Jahren, haben wir die Massenproduktion von Chips in der Hand“, sagte Zhan in einer Presseerklärung.
— Rick Merritt, Silicon Valley Bureau Chief, EE Times
Original article: https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1332501
Notice: Translated from English to German by Bitmain. Bitmain is responsible for any grammatical mistakes or inaccuracies caused because of translation.
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