The expected Mini Asic Bitaxe Touch of Bitcoin today goes out to the market
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This Mini Asic reaches 1 TH/S of computational power.
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The Bitaxe Touch generates estimated costs in electricity of $ 0.05 per day.
The Mini Asic Bitaxe Touch, an open source device to undermine Bitcoin from home, was launched on June 11. Equipped with an 800 × 480 pixels LCD touch interface, this device Allows real -time monitoring network parameters.
Touch, reported by cryptootics, stands out for its touch screen that shows data such as the price of Bitcoin (BTC/USD), the recommended network rates, the difficulty of mining, the global hashrate (computing power) and the regressive counting to the next halving.
Characteristics of Bitaxe Touch
The Bitaxe Touch can be configured with one of two bitmain chips used in its S21 Asic Industrial line: the BM1368 or the BM1370, which determines its hashrate.
According to only Satoshi, a company behind Touch, the BM1368 chip allows you to reach this Mini Asic a hashrate between 650 and 750 gh/s (gigahasos per second).
For its part, the BM1370 chip was initially announced with a hashrate up to 1.6 TH/S. However, the official page of Sososhi now indicates that this chip offers between 950 GH/SY 1 TH/S of computational power.
That discrepancy in the hashrate may be explained that only Satoshi, without clarifying it, referred to the Touch would reach 1.6 th/s with techniques such as Overclockingalthough at risk of overheating.
On the other hand, with an energy efficiency of between 17 and 20 w/th (watts for Terahash), which depends on the selected configuration, the Bitaxe Touch is an attractive option for domestic mining, since, according to its specifications, this mini Asic consumes between 14.5 and 17 watts, generating an estimated electrical cost of “$ 0.05 per day”equivalent to about 1.5 dollars per month, depending on local rates.
Its dimensions of 13.97 cm long, 8.89 cm high and 8.89 cm wide, along with a weight of 1.1 kg, as well as its silent fans and its low heat emissionfacilitate the use of Touch in homemade environments.
Mining accessible to all
The Bitaxe Touch aims to simplify Bitcoin mining with its Settings “Plug-And-Mine“ (plug and mine). Users must connect the device to a 5 volt source (USB-C or standard current plug), configure the Wi-Fi using the touch screen and enter the direction of your Bitcoin Wallet to start undermining.
In addition, this mini asic is compatible with solo mining and in Poolsand use the Axeos open source firmware, which allows adjustments through a web portal. As an open source project, the Bitaxe Touch allows the community and developers Inspect and improve your hardware and softwarepromoting transparency and collaboration.
Thus, this device, with a price of $ 325, designed for domestic users, combines accessibility, efficiency and a compact design, in turn promoting the decentralization of Bitcoin mining.
Finally, and according to the announcement, only Satoshi is producing few units of the Bitaxe Touch, which could imply a real shortage or a marketing strategy to promote its demand.
