Marathon and Riot battle for the title of America’s biggest Bitcoin miner

Cointelegraph

Published Oct 28, 2020 12:55AM ET

Updated Oct 28, 2020 02:40AM ET

Nevada-based cryptocurrency mining firm Marathon Patent Group has announced the purchase of 10,000 Antminer S-19 Pro ASICs as part of its plan to become the largest mining firm in North America.

The publicly traded firm announced the purchase on Oct. 26, revealing plans to command an operational hash rate of 2.56 exahashes per second (EH/s) in July 2021 — equal to 1.9% of the current hashing power of the entire Bitcoin network.

Marathon Patent Group’s projected hashing power growth until July 2021: Globenewswire
Riot Blockchain’s projected hashing power growth until June 2021: Prnewswire

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