Bitcoin (BTC) ASIC manufacturer MicroBT has revealed its new mining hardware, boasting a hash rate of 100 terahashes per second (Th/s). This product unveiling demonstrates that competition is heating upward among major ASIC manufacturers, following Bitmain's pre-sale of its S19 Antiminers.

MicroBT'due south forthcoming M30 series of Bitcoin miners, the MS30S++ and the MS30S+, were revealed to iv,000 attendees of an online launch event on Apr 17. The visitor says that its flagship unit (the ++ model, of course) is capable of 112 Th/due south at a power efficiency of 31 joules per terahash (J/Thursday). The M30S+ reportedly clocks in at 100TH/s with 34 J/Th of efficiency. These miners will expectedly sell for $three,900 and $2,800, respectively.

They come with a 12-month warranty, as opposed to the 180-twenty-four hours coverage previously offered past MicroBT.

While the company estimates the hardware will transport throughout the calendar month of June, supply chain disruptions equally a result of COVID-19 have left many in the crypto community expecting delays.

Ascent competition between MicroBT and Bitmain

Bitmain revealed its post-halvlng S19 ASIC series at the stop of February, with its first round of units selling out within 24 hours of going on auction.

The Antminer S19 Pro boasts a hash rate of 110 TH/s at an energy of efficiency of 29.five J/Th, while the standard S19 generates 95 Thursday/due south at 34.5 J/TH. These units are priced respectively at $2,633 and $1,964 each, only shipping has been delayed from May until June.

MicroBT was founded in 2022 by CEO Yang Zuoixing, a former Bitmain employee who claimed to have acted every bit the pb director behind the Bitmain Antminer series, including its popular S7 and S9 series'.

By 2022, the company had sold approximately 90,000 M1 and M3 units, estimated to represent 7.2% of the total BTC hashrate at the fourth dimension. Over the next 12 months, the firm would sell a further 300,000 M3 units, bringing its share of hash rate upwardly to nine%.

MicroBT launched its M20 series in May 2022, selling 600,000 units and bookkeeping for 35% of hashing power by the end of the year.