BitMining claims that the presented Litecoin and Dogecoin mining device will be more profitable than its predecessors. Crypto-Upvotes expert review
Shares of BitMining (BTCM) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) rose 106% – from $2.11 to $4.36 per share. After the company announced the release of new LD3 mining devices on Twitter on Jan. 10.
On January 17, BitMining equipment manufacturer announced in its blog that the production of these devices has begun. They will be used to mine Litecoin (LTC) and Dogecoin (DOGE) cryptocurrencies. A total of 5 thousand machines were produced. And some of them are intended for internal use, while others are for sale.
The LD3, which has a capacity of 3.5 kW, will be more profitable than its predecessors. At the same time consuming energy more efficiently, BitMining claims. This is the second ASIC miner (mining device) that the company has developed since acquiring hardware maker Bee Computing last year. The first was the Ethereum Classic (ETC) cryptocurrency mining device last August.
Our experts remind us that BitMining business includes cryptocurrency mining. And managing data centers and manufacturing equipment. The company also owns a large mining pool, BTC.com. Which was hacked late last year. As a result of the hacker attack, the attackers managed to withdraw about $700,000 worth of crypto-assets belonging to customers from this pool. They also stole $2.3 million in cryptocurrency from their own project wallets.
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