Over the past three years, bitcoin mining gear has evolved dramatically—from machines cranking out massive terahash to widely available rigs boasting efficiencies under 20 joules per terahash (J/TH). At the World Digital Mining Summit last month, Bitmain pulled back the curtain on a machine delivering over a petahash per second (PH/s) with an energy use […]
Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/bitmains-1-16-ph-s-bitcoin-mining-beast-the-asic-arms-race-just-got-real/