{"id":4067,"date":"2022-08-01T12:33:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T12:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/?p=4067"},"modified":"2023-03-26T20:24:04","modified_gmt":"2023-03-26T20:24:04","slug":"july-2022-work-progress-report-new-asic-miners-and-asic-firmware-for-etc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/july-2022-work-progress-report-new-asic-miners-and-asic-firmware-for-etc\/","title":{"rendered":"July 2022 Work Progress Report: New ASIC Miners and ASIC Firmware for ETC"},"content":{"rendered":"

New ASIC miners and ASIC firmware for the Ethereum Classic mining, suggested Ethereum merge date announced, ZEC, FIRO, ERGO, XMR node updates, and new mining software.<\/p>\n

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ETH and ETC ASIC News<\/h2>\n

ASIC profitability ranking<\/a> could be found on 2CryptoCalc.<\/p>\n

Antminer E9<\/h3>\n

This month Bitmain released Antminer E9, its new ASIC mining device. It is designed for Ethash-based cryptocurrencies, like Ethereum and Ethereum Classic. The company says that the performance of the new miner is equivalent to 25 Nvidia\u2019s high-end RTX 3080<\/a> graphics cards.<\/p>\n

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The pay-off period for this mining device is approximately 1 year taking into account the electricity costs. Many miners don’t really understand this Bitmain release as ETH merge (transition from POW to POS) is scheduled for this year.<\/p>\n

Read more in the post Antminer E9 Specs, Profitability & Setup<\/a><\/p>\n

Ipollo V1 Mini Classic Plus<\/h3>\n

iPollo released a new ASIC device for the Ethereum Classic mining<\/a> called Ipollo V1 Mini Classic Plus. This ASIC has 3.6 GB memory onboard and only the ETCHASH mining algorithm is supported. This means you could mine ETC for about a year\/a year and a half depending on the ASIC firmware. <\/p>\n