Innosilicon Mining Farm Fire Reduces Bitcoin Hash Rate

On September 30, the hashrate of the first cryptocurrency network significantly decreased and amounted to 82 EC / s. Such a drop in hashrate is associated with a fire that destroyed $ 10 million of mining equipment.

Like on Twitter reported Marshall Long, one of the first Bitcoin miners, is raging on the squares of the Innosilicon mining center. There are few details, but the video shows that the devices work even during a fire. how told
Primitive Ventures cryptocurrency partner Dovey Wan, $ 10 million worth of equipment damaged in a fire

Note that the Innosilicon company is still silent. But commentators on social networks immediately linked the fall in Bitcoin hash with a fire at the company’s facilities.

Recall that until recently, the Bitcoin hash rate was constantly growing and was already approaching 100 exheshes per second. According to CoinDesk reporters, the reason for the hash growth was the commissioning of more than 500,000 ASIC miners.