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Bitcoin ASIC Specs Explained: TH/s, Watts, J/TH, Price

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Bitcoin ASIC Specs Explained: TH/s, Watts, J/TH, Price

Hashrate, watts, J/TH, $/TH: the four specs that decide a purchase, plus the calculation for the kWh price above which a machine stops earning.

by slashbin4 min24 mai 2026

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ASIC vs GPU for Bitcoin Mining: Why GPUs Died in 2014
A modern ASIC pushes 234 TH/s, the best consumer GPU about 1 GH/s. That is 234,000 to 1 on hashrate and 30,000 to 1 on efficiency. GPUs keep a use on other networks, not on Bitcoin.
3 min24 mai 2026