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I am writing a new blog article, and I will be discussing BTC. My piece will be why everyone should own some gold, have some CA$H and own some BTC. Re BTC, I did want to show some of these changes (new miners at blockchain.info's mining pool stats), which seem to be fairly dramatic over the past few days.
Today, I noticed "AntPool" appeared there for the first time (that I have seen).
Would AntPool be related to the manufacturer of the AntMiners? Another example of the ASIC makers mining with the machines they make (before delivery to their customers)?
THANK YOU for any help!
I am writing a new blog article, and I will be discussing BTC. My piece will be why everyone should own some gold, have some CA$H and own some BTC. Re BTC, I did want to show some of these changes (new miners at blockchain.info's mining pool stats), which seem to be fairly dramatic over the past few days.
Today, I noticed "AntPool" appeared there for the first time (that I have seen).
Would AntPool be related to the manufacturer of the AntMiners? Another example of the ASIC makers mining with the machines they make (before delivery to their customers)?
THANK YOU for any help!
Answer to your question, YES it is Bitmain Tech testing pool.
and no, it will never go public.
As to why you all of sudden seeing it on blockchain.info is 'cause it is the testing ground for new S3 units.