Tencent and Softbank Invest in Bitmain as it gears up for IPO Launch
Bitmain has now been planning to launch an Initial Public Offering (IPO). Reportedly, investment giants Tencent and SoftBank are backing this idea.
- Aditya Worah
- Aug 08, 2018
Cryptocurrency Mining is used to generate minable cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, etc. Mining requires immense energy and manpower to solve complex algorithms. People who set up systems to perform mining activity are called miners. Miners are rewarded with some share of the cryptocurrency on successfully mining a block.
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Bitmain has now been planning to launch an Initial Public Offering (IPO). Reportedly, investment giants Tencent and SoftBank are backing this idea.
The construction and set-up of this new facility are underway, and Bitmain estimates this phase will finish early in the fourth quarter of 2018, with the data center initiation in early 2019.
The TV set called AvalonMiner Inside set has a hash rate (computing rate) of 2.8 trillion hashes per second whereas the most powerful mining hardware my Canaan has a hash rate of 11 trillion hashes per second.
Latest reports indicate that Bitmain, which made $1.1 Billion in the first quarter of this financial year, is all set to file for an IPO shortly.
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Kosovo has cheap electricity and the cryptocurrency mining costs are half of that of the market. Hence it is becoming a mining hub .
The state of New York might soon become the Bitcoin Mining capital of the world as a $700 Million mining farm is expected to be set up in upstate New York soon
Jihan Wu is looking forward to taking Bitmain beyond the crypto markets - and considering to launch an IPO in Hong Kong that will take the company public!
Intel's new patent talks about a technique which would allow verification fo blocks by an automated process, potentially eliminating the need for miners.