About MicroBT
MicroBT makes bitcoin mining machines sold under the Whatsminer brand. These are built around ASICs, chips designed for a single job, here the hashing calculation that secures the bitcoin network, which lets them run that task more efficiently than general-purpose processors. The company is based in Shenzhen, China, and competes mainly with Bitmain and Canaan in the market for mining hardware. Founding year and ownership details could not be independently confirmed from the sources checked.
MicroBT was founded in 2016 and is based in Shenzhen, China. It is listed under ASICs.
Compute Technologies
- ASICs
What MicroBT works on
ASICs
An ASIC, or application-specific integrated circuit, is a chip designed to do one job or a narrow set of jobs. Its circuits are fixed when the chip is made. A CPU can run any program; an ASIC does what it was designed for and nothing else.
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