Bitmain Launches New Mining Routers For Dash And Siacoin

Bitmain, or one of the global leaders responsible for manufacturing the vast majority of all ASIC mining devices, is now releasing two new internet routers that will mine the cryptocurrencies Dash and Siacoin.

Also known as ‘the biggest crypto company’, Bitmain announced the launch in a tweet shared online, mentioning the new miners which are known as the Antrouter R3-DASH and Antrouter R3-SIA. They will both function as internet routers that can mine cryptocurrencies while using the devices’ idle processing power. Moreover, they are both models from the R3 router collection by Bitmain which already has a R3 Litecoin Mining Router in it.

We are pleased to announce the #antrouter R3-DASH & R3-SIA, new miners from the R3 series that is also dual-function WiFi Router and Crypto Miner that can mine #dashcoin & #siacoin. Order here Dash: (https://t.co/bT7VM9FWUT) & Sia: (https://t.co/4WvlkK62Zc) now while stock lasts! pic.twitter.com/j7WhkShgJi

— Antminer_main (@Antminer_main) August 6, 2018

Earlier this year, the second largest manufacturer of mining equipment, Canaan Creative, launched the AvalonMiner Insider which is a smart TV that doubles as a Bitcoin mining device with a capacity to process 2.8 trillion hashes per second.

As the product page of the Antrouter R3-DASH outlines, the router was designed to mine DASH. However, Bitmain said that it can also mine other X11 coins but “Cannot guarantee the performance or efficiency of the R3-DASH when used to mine X11 coins other than DASH.”

The second router, or the R3-SIA, has been tested and designed to mine Siacoin (SC). Just like the R3-DASH, it can also mine other blake (2b) coins but the company said that it cannot guarantee the performance for mining cryptocurrencies other than Siacoin.

The company is expected to ship the miners out within 10 working days, where customers will have a personal Bitmain account setup and start mining in Bitmain’s Antpool.