A mini touch ASIC is born to mine bitcoin at home
The new open source Bitaxe has a touch screen; hence its name: Touch.
This device developed by Solo Satoshi will have a hashrate of 1.6 TH/s.
Solo Satoshi, a company that develops mining equipment for solo bitcoin mining from home, announced that it is developing a mini ASIC. Is called touchand is being built on Bitaxe, a completely open-source, small-sized Bitcoin miner, and its AxeOS operating system.
He Bitaxe touch has a hash rate of 1.6 TH/s to mine bitcoin at home using the BM1370 ASIC chip of the Bitmain s21 pro at its highest settings. The website of the Bitaxe It does not reveal the approximate energy consumption of the machine.
According to the company that manufactures it, this mini bitcoin ASIC is special because It has a built-in 800×480 pixel LCD touch screen to use and switch between the various functions of the device.
This graphical interface provides, through an API, real-time updates on the price of BTC, mempool.space data from the Bitcoin network, energy consumption (power, voltage) and mining data (affiliated pool, hashrate and difficulty), temperature in degrees Celsius, date and time of day, as well as news about the Bitcoin ecosystem.
For now the launch date of the equipment is not known; The manufacturer’s website recommends registering there in advance to receive stock notification.
How does it compare to other bitcoin mini ASICs on the market?
Recently, Canaan, the manufacturer of the first bitcoin ASIC in history, released two mini ASICs for mining BTC. Compared to the Bitaxe Touch, the Avalon Canaan’s Mini 3 offers a significantly higher hash rate: 37.5 TH/swhich positions it as a more powerful performance option and also a higher price: it costs $899.
However, this is a less dedicated device than the Bitaxe touch and more multipurpose, then It works as a home heating system capable of mining BTC. It has a heating power of 800 watts, and is especially useful in cold climates and arctic regions.
On the other hand, the Nano 3S, which is also a heater, has a hashrate of 6 TH/s, also higher than that of the Bitaxe Touch, for a lower price that can be around $250. It also consumes more power: around 140 watts, although it can be adjusted for less than 100.
In terms of price, the Bitaxe Touch is more affordable than the Avalon Mini 3, but slightly more expensive than Canaan’s Nano 3S model; Its price is $299.99.
