RE: Blockeeper24 Oct 2025 12:26
Read the statement โ QBTโs proprietary Bitcoin mining ASIC is expected to be at least twice as fast as the leading international Bitcoin miner manufacturer, before taking into account the optimisations of a second patent โฆโ
Now ponder carefully what Gardin is claiming, his ASIC will be โat leastโ twice the speed of the best available. What wonderous new features gives it twice the speed? Is it the clock rate ? Is it the semiconductor process being used ? Is it some fantastic change to the SHA256 engine ?
I think the initial optimisationโs i.e. the first patent, by Naik, improved SHA256 hashing rate by about 7%. I also doubt that QBT would be using some foundry that had discovered a new process that other ASIC manufacturers were unaware of, at 5 nm the number of foundries are very limited. What about clock speed, in general goes with the type of transistor process, yes good layout and logic design could improve clock speeds but really - twice the speed ?
So Gardin makes a remarkable claim and again provides nothing to flesh out his claim. Those claims are empty and fly in the face of common-sense engineering and science.