Bitmain is a Chinese company that designs and manufactures application-specific integrated circuit mining hardware, best known for its Antminer product line. It also operates mining services.
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- Bitmain develops ASIC chips optimised for the SHA-256 hashing used in Bitcoin mining and sells them in its Antminer machines. Its hardware has been widely used by miners and mining operations.
- The company has been a significant supplier in the mining hardware market and is associated with the AntPool mining pool. Its product cycles track improvements in chip efficiency that affect mining economics.