Iris Energy to nearly triple hashrate with estimated 44,000 new BTC miners
With the tough conditions that faced Bitcoin miners last year, Iris’ co-founder said the purchase was a “significant milestone” for the company. Australia-based Bitcoin (BTC) Mining company, Iris Energy, revealed it will nearly triple its Mining capacity with the addition of thousands of Mining rigs. On Feb. 13 the firm said it purchased an additional 4.4 Exa Hashes per second (EH/s) worth of Bitmain Antminer S19j Pro ASIC miners bringing its self-mining capacity to 5.5 EH/s from 2.0 EH/s. Based on the S19j Pro’s maximum hashrate of 100 Tera Hashes per second (TH/s), the purchase adds an estimated 44,000 miners to its fleet, according to Cointelegraph’s calculations. Daniel Roberts, Iris’ co-founder and Co-CEO said the purchase “is a significant milestone” for the company and added its been a “challenging period for both the industry and markets more generally.” Iris said the new miners will be installed in the company’s centers but did not mention in which locations. The firm operat...