Bitmain Unveils Cheaper T19 Bitcoin Miner to Regain Lost Market Share

Bitmain on Monday released the Antminer T19, a cheaper bitcoin mining machine, in an effort to regain lost market share.

The Beijing-based company said the Antminer T19 has computing power or hashrate of 84 terahash per second (TH/s) and power efficiency of 37.5 joules per terahash (J/TH).

The latest hardware is modeled after Bitmain’s more efficient BTC miner, Antminer S19, only cheaper. With hashrate of 95 TH/s, the S19 model costs $1,785, some 2% higher compared to the T19 series, which is selling at $1,750.

“The Antminer T19 is housed with the same generation of custom-built chips found in the Antminer S19 and S19 Pro, ensuring capable and efficient operations for mining cryptocurrencies,” said Bitmain in a blog post.

According to F2pool, a global bitcoin mining network, the new T19 model generates up to $3.17 of profit each day. That compares with earnings of $3.96 per day for the Antminer S19. The figures are based on an average electricity cost of $0.05 per kilowatt per…