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CoinDesk 2025-05-29 15:03:40

Bitmain's New Antminer Launch Signals Profound Shift for Bitcoin Miners: TheMinerMag

This week, at the World Digital Mining Summit, bitcoin BTC rig manufacturer Bitmain unveiled its latest mining rig, the Antminer S23 Hydro. Scheduled for release in early 2026, the machine offers an energy efficiency of 9.7 joules per terahash (J/TH), a new benchmark in mining technology. For context, the first dedicated bitcoin ASIC miner launched in 2013 consumed roughly 1,200 J/TH. But while the S23 Hydro represents a leap forward in hardware design, it arrives at a time of tension in the mining economy, analysts at TheMinerMag wrote in a Thursday report. In past market cycles, major efficiency upgrades were timed with bear markets, giving miners a head start ahead of bitcoin halving events. This launch breaks that pattern: bitcoin recently surged past $100,000, but miner profitability hasn’t kept pace. The core issue is hashprice, the analysts said. Despite the rally, hashprice has remained low, dipping below $39/PH/s earlier this year. Facing smaller and smaller margins, several large firms have paused hashrate expansion plans. Instead of fueling network expansion, the S23 Hydro and similar rigs may be used to upgrade existing fleets. That’s a notable shift. As older models get retired, the overall power efficiency of the Bitcoin network could improve — possibly even reducing total power consumption, a first in the protocol’s history. The new machine’s launch signals a new era where efficiency gains are about surviving squeezed margins, not just chasing growth. If hashprice doesn’t recover to pre-2024 halving levels of around $100/PH/s, miners could face steeper headwinds in future downturns. The Antminer S23 Hydro may be cutting-edge, but the economic terrain it enters is more uncertain than ever.

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