Bitcoin mining pool operator Slush Pool is urging miners not to upgrade their Antminer S9 devices to a new firmware patch released this morning by manufacturer Bitmain, as it will render the devices ...

Ahead of the imminent Bitcoin Cash (BCH) hard fork, mining giant Bitmain has rushed to deploy around 90,000 Antminer S9 machines to the western Chinese region of Xinjiang, Chinese blockchain news ...

Bitmain has finally released its firmware for the popular Antminer S9 to enable what is called “overt AsicBoost.” In a recent blog post, Bitmain explains their rationale for the firmware release, ...

On Oct. 20, Bitmain launched a new firmware upgrade for the company’s Antminer S9 mining rigs that allows for the activation of overt Asicboost. The firm also explained that in roughly one week the ...

On August 23, the China-based firm Bitmain Technologies revealed the company’s latest mining device, the Antminer S9 Hydro. The newly manufactured rig is a water-cooled SHA256 miner that commands a ...

Several Bitmain products include the Antbleed code The Antbleed vulnerability was discovered in the firmware of Bitmain equipment like th Antminer S9, the company's latest product. Antminer is ...

Major Bitcoin mining hardware producer Bitmain can remotely shut down almost all active Antminer machines. Dubbed the “Antbleed” backdoor, abuse of the vulnerability could probably knock half of all ...