Bitmain will release Antminer F3 – a new model of ASIC miner for Ethereum

IBTimes reports that Bitmain is developing Antminer F3, an ASIC miner for Ethereum mining. Production is planned to begin at the end of February, and the device will go on sale approximately in the second or third quarter of this year. As for the price, it will be $2500 - $3000.

Antminer F3 will have three motherboards with six cryptocurrency mining devices in each. Each board will also be equipped with 32 1GB DDR3 RAM modules. The Antminer F3 hashrate will be 200-220 MH/s, although, thanks to the specified capacities, this figure may be higher.

Since Bitmain is the world's largest company producing equipment for cryptocurrency mining, this stimulates the emergence of scammers who seek to make money using the good name of the company.

So, on February 11, Bitmain published a message talking about the possible activities of attackers who use an ASIC miner S9 is the company's most popular product - for its own purposes.

Company representatives ask to carefully check every detail when purchasing products. There are a large number of attackers who introduce themselves as relatives of Bitmain employees, or who claim that they are able to independently deposit the funds paid by the client for the miner to the company’s account. 

Customers end up sending money, confident that the transaction is fair, and then receive a message that it could not be completed. Of course, no one returns the money. The company and customers suffer huge losses due to such fraud.

In its message, Bitmain warns that there are no pre-orders for miners, so if you see such offers, this is a signal that you are dealing with a scammer.