{"id":73374,"date":"2024-03-11T13:40:06","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T17:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=73374"},"modified":"2024-03-11T13:40:09","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T17:40:09","slug":"canada-based-bitfarms-purchases-additional-51908-asics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/canada-based-bitfarms-purchases-additional-51908-asics\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada-based Bitfarms Purchases Additional 51,908 ASICs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bitfarms, a Bitcoin miner based in Canada, on March 11 acquired a total of 51,908 ASICs, including 28,000<a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/bitmains-antminer-t21-to-debut-shipping-in-january-2024.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Bitmain T21 ASIC miners<\/a>, 19,280 Bitmain T21 miners, 3,888 Bitmain S21 miners, and 740 Bitmain S21 hydro miners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-45-1024x563.png\" alt=\"Canada-based Bitfarms Purchases Additional 51,908 ASICs\" class=\"wp-image-73380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-45-1024x563.png 1024w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-45-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-45-768x422.png 768w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-45-750x412.png 750w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-45.png 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Canada-based Bitfarms Purchases Additional 51,908 ASICs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/profile\/person\/20026330\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">President and CEO of Bitfarms, Geoff Morphy<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><g id=\"wpil-svg-outbound-7-icon-path\" fill=\"none\" clip-path=\"url(#clip0_31_188)\">\r\n                            <path d=\"M9.16724 14.8891L20.1672 3.88908\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M13.4497 3.53554L20.5208 3.53554L20.5208 10.6066\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M17.5 13.5L17.5 16.26C17.5 17.4179 17.5 17.9968 17.2675 18.4359C17.0799 18.7902 16.7902 19.0799 16.4359 19.2675C15.9968 19.5 15.4179 19.5 14.26 19.5L7.74 19.5C6.58213 19.5 6.0032 19.5 5.56414 19.2675C5.20983 19.0799 4.92007 18.7902 4.73247 18.4359C4.5 17.9968 4.5 17.4179 4.5 16.26L4.5 9.74C4.5 8.58213 4.5 8.0032 4.73247 7.56414C4.92007 7.20983 5.20982 6.92007 5.56414 6.73247C6.0032 6.5 6.58213 6.5 7.74 6.5L11 6.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                        <\/g>\r\n                        <defs>\r\n                            <clipPath id=\"clip0_31_188\">\r\n                                <rect fill=\"white\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"\/>\r\n                            <\/clipPath>\r\n                        <\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a>, stated that the organization had acquired additional miners &#8220;before expected hardware price increases.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time of writing, an individual Bitmain T21 ASIC miner has a retail price of approximately $3,000 and a hash rate of 190 TH\/s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He further noted that the delivery of the ASICs is planned for this year and that they are anticipated to increase the firm's overall hash rate to 21 exahash per second (EH\/s), equivalent to approximately 3% of the Bitcoin network's processing capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bitfarms disclosed a $375 million at-the-market equity offering program on March 8. Bitfarms staff wrote, &#8220;The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the ATM Program, if any, primarily for working capital and general corporate purposes, as well as capital expenditures to support the growth and development of the Company's existing mining operations.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The organization operates eleven Bitcoin mining facilities, and further construction is underway in Argentina, Canada, the United States, and Paraguay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bitfarms' stock, similar to that of its industry counterparts, has declined by more than 38% this year, even though Bitcoin encountered unprecedented heights. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One factor contributing to this phenomenon is the impending <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/bitcoin-halving-how-it-works-and-why-it-is-important.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bitcoin halving in April<\/a>, which aims to reduce block rewards and diminish miners' profitability. Over the past year, the company has been proactively expanding its operations in preparation for the halving event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitfarms, a Bitcoin miner based in Canada, on March 11 acquired a total of 51,908 ASICs, including 28,000 Bitmain T21 ASIC miners, 19,280 Bitmain T21 miners, 3,888 Bitmain S21 miners, and 740 Bitmain S21 hydro miners. President and CEO of Bitfarms, Geoff Morphy , stated that the organization had acquired additional miners &#8220;before expected hardware [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":73380,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[2068,8762,708,709],"class_list":["post-73374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-asic-miners","tag-bitcoin-miner-2","tag-bitfarms","tag-canada"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-45.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}