The retired "machine king" is on fire again!

"Get 1 Antminer S9, pay back in two months"

In sharp contrast to the current situation, in March this year, due to the sharp drop in the price of Bitcoin, more than 2 million Antminer S9 mining machines were forced to shut down and once withdrawn from the market.

The "3·12" plunge caused Bitcoin to fall its biggest somersault this year. On March 12 this year, the price of Bitcoin plummeted from nearly $8,000 to $4,000. In the following week, Bitcoin collapsed, fluctuating between $4,000 and $6,000.

This slump brought disaster to the mining circle, and no one was spared from mining machine manufacturers to mine owners and miners. At that time, the "first generation of machine king" Antminer S9 mining machine "starts at a loss": based on the electricity fee at the time of 0.38 yuan per kWh, the daily output value of the Antminer S9 mining machine is 7.52 yuan, the daily electricity fee is as high as 11.86 yuan, and the daily net loss is 4.34 when it is turned on. Yuan. "According to a rough calculation of F2pool's network-wide computing power data, from March 10 to 19, about 2.3 million Antminer S9 units were forced to shut down." An industry insider once analyzed to reporters at that time.

Today, as the price of Bitcoin has repeatedly hit record highs, the plot has reversed again. Antminer S9 not only made a comeback, but also won a new life.

Online data from the encrypted digital currency mining pool F2pool fish pond shows that as of December 22, the daily output value of the Antminer S9 mining machine is 14.79 yuan, the daily electricity fee is 10.61 yuan, and the daily net income is 4.18 yuan. Based on the current price of 250 yuan on the Xianyu App, regardless of other factors, the payback period for buying an Antminer S9 mining machine is about 60 days, which is two months.