Bitcoin Mining Equipment and ASICs

Bitcoin mining is basically the backbone of the entire Bitcoin network. Miners are the ones who confirm and secure Bitcoin transactions. Without them, the network would be vulnerable and basically useless. Nowadays, you can't really mine Bitcoin profitably using just a regular computer or laptop. You need something called an ASIC, which is a specific type of hardware designed for this purpose. At one point, miners figured out that graphic cards could give them a bit more hashing power, but that didn’t last long. ASICs took over that space. Think of a Bitcoin ASIC as a dedicated mining machine, like Bitcoin generators or mining computers. Most of the serious Bitcoin mining happening today is done using these specialized ASICs, often located in data centers that keep things cool and use energy efficiently. So, I’ve put together a list of what I consider the top 5 mining rigs. Hopefully, you can find one that fits your needs. 1. Antminer S19 2. Antminer S19 Pro 3. WhatsMiner M30S+ 4. WhatsMiner M30S++ 5. Canaan AvalonMiner 1246 Here’s a quick look at the hash power of these miners: - Antminer S19: 95.0 TH/s - Antminer S19 Pro: 110.0 TH/s - WhatsMiner M30S+: 100.0 TH/s - WhatsMiner M30S++: 112 TH/s - Canaan AvalonMiner 1246: 90 TH/s

Why not just use a tool like this one https://www.asicminervalue.com/efficiency/sha-256 And then you can compare all ASIC miners and one click and you can also see what is more profitable than the other units. The other thing is that units from Bitmain are a bit expensive compared to Canaan units I don't know about Whatsminer or MicroBT it seems I can't access their website anymore and I think it is more expensive than Bitmain and Canaan units. Why not add the price from your Comparison so that it would be more useful to newbies who found this thread?

A price tag would be most beneficial, because sometime is always goes back to how much you have budgeted and can afford to spare for the equipment. If it is still possible please add estimated price tags to improve the quality of this topic.

I think you need to make it clear what standard you use to list them as "the best". Do you use the list from another website as mentioned by bitmax, or is there another source for it? I think you can also add how easy it is to buy them for overseas miners (outside EU or US) for example, so your list can be more distinct compared to others.

The' Best' all depends on the buyer - not some random person's thoughts... Most hardware guides here are pretty clear on that: 1st pick your criteria and choose from either speed, efficiency or, service life and go from there. There are no miners that are the top in all 3 areas. Personally I use service life as my #1 and that means any of Canaaan's Avalon miners.

In normal use, according to your experience, which ones get less issues? Antimners or Canaan?

Canaan are WAY more reliable then Bitmain. BUT, dollar for hash and power for hash they are a little less efficient. It really becomes tough call with a lot of variables, if you have inexpensive power that you think will stay that way for a long time, then the Canaan are probably a better buy. If you can't be sure of your power costs down the road then a bit cheaper machine that is a bit faster might serve you better since you stand a better chance of RoI and profit. With that being said, anything can happen, the 17 series from Bitmain was a disaster for a lot of people. I have one in a rack that was out of the 1st or 2nd batch running with no issues since it was dropped off. -Dave

Exactly, why not add price, Th/$, J/T , availability of the gear, and so on? And why the hell would the S19 (95Th) be ranked number one right now? Viabtc has a $ 0.075 per Th/s, the gear will earn you $7.12 while burning 78 kWh with no loss or fluctuation or cooling, at 9cents per kWh you're just running it at zero profit, at 3 cents you're looking at 5$. Why would this 34.5J/T be ranked first?

Where's the Antminer S19 XP in this list which should be on top ?