Mining Hardware
From Satoshi's CPU to liquid-cooled ASICs — 55 machines that secured the network.
Efficiency Timeline
Joules per terahash (J/TH) on a log scale — lower is better. From Satoshi's CPU at 9.3B J/TH to 15.0 J/TH today.
CPU Mining
Bitcoin's original mining method — any computer could mine
AMD Radeon HD 5970
The GPU that launched the Bitcoin mining arms race
Icarus FPGA
The FPGA board that launched Canaan's founder
AMD Radeon HD 7970
The last great Bitcoin GPU before ASICs
ZTEX USB-FPGA 1.15y
Quad-FPGA USB cluster board
BitForce SHA256 Single
BFL's flagship FPGA before the ASIC pivot
Avalon ASIC (Avalon 1)
The world's first commercial Bitcoin ASIC
Butterfly Labs Jalapeño
Infamous preorder era poster child
Avalon ASIC 2 (Avalon 2)
Second-gen Avalon refined the first commercial ASIC
KnCMiner Jupiter
Swedish ASIC that briefly challenged Bitmain
Antminer S1
Bitmain's first ASIC — launched the industrial mining era
CoinTerra TerraMiner IV
Ambitious 1.6 TH/s rig that went bankrupt
Antminer S2
Bitmain's first terahash miner
Antminer S3
Bitmain's volume seller of the 2014 cycle
Antminer S4
Doubled hashrate in the 2014 scaling race
Antminer S5
First terahash Antminer in a compact form factor
Antminer S7
The workhorse of the 2016 halving cycle
Antminer S9
The most iconic Bitcoin miner ever made
Antminer R4
The home miner — designed to run quietly in a living room
AvalonMiner 741
Canaan's comeback during the 2017 bull run
WhatsMiner M3
MicroBT's first serious Bitcoin ASIC
Halong DragonMint T1
Blockstream-backed challenger to Bitmain
Antminer S11
Pre-7nm workhorse of late 2018
WhatsMiner M10
MicroBT's breakout — Bitmain's first real rival
Antminer S15
7nm leap before the 2018 bear market bottom
Bitfury T4 BlockBox
Immersion-cooled industrial mining module
Antminer S17 Pro
7nm chip breakthrough for Bitmain
Innosilicon T3+
Multi-algorithm chip designer's Bitcoin entry
WhatsMiner M21S
MicroBT's S17-era volume seller
AvalonMiner 1066
Canaan's S17-class competitor
WhatsMiner M20S
Closed the gap on S17-era Bitmain
Ebang Ebit E12+
Chinese ASIC vendor during the diversification wave
StrongU STU-U8 Pro
Niche ASIC vendor at S17-era specs
Antminer S19 Pro
Post-China-ban workhorse miner
WhatsMiner M30S++
S19-class rival that powered the hashrate recovery
Antminer T19
Budget S19 for cost-conscious farms
AvalonMiner 1246
Canaan's S19-era competitor
WhatsMiner M31S+
Bridged the gap between M30 and M50 generations
Antminer S19j Pro
The China-exodus deployment standard
Antminer S19 Pro+ Hydro
Liquid cooling meets S19-class hashrate
Intel Blockscale ASIC 1000
Intel's failed foray into Bitcoin mining
Antminer S19 XP
Sub-22 J/TH efficiency breakthrough
WhatsMiner M50S++
Efficiency leader of the pre-halving generation
Bitaxe
Open-source solo mining revolution
AvalonMiner 1346
Canaan's S19 XP-class comeback
Avalon Nano 3
Plug-and-play home miner from a major manufacturer
Antminer S21
Current-generation efficiency leader
Antminer T21
Cost-optimized pre-halving flagship
NerdQaxe
Community-driven home mining at scale
Antminer S21 Pro
Post-halving flagship at 15 J/TH
WhatsMiner M60S++
Current-gen rival to the S21
Antminer S21 Hydro
Liquid-cooled megahash for industrial farms
Auradine AT2860
American-made ASIC for the post-China era
SealMiner A2
Bitdeer's in-house ASIC enters the market
WhatsMiner M66S++
Latest MicroBT flagship pushing past 350 TH/s