The Innosilicon conglomerate is deservedly one of the leaders in the mining industry and is a direct competitor of Bitmain, which controls about 85% of the mining equipment market. However, ASIC devices from Innosilicon outperform their competitors by a wide margin, bringing miners better profits and by all criteria are the most profitable investment.
Today we will look at the top device - Innosilicon A9 ZMaster, which is a direct competitor to Antminer Z9 and an excellent choice for quickly earning Zcash .
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Performance of Innosilicon A9 ZMaster
Based on the end of August 2022, the A9 ZMaster produces a flat 50,000 sol/s while consuming only 620 W. Frankly, this is the best Zcash an ASIC has ever made. Even when compared with Antminer Z9 , which produces 40,000 sol/s with a consumption of 1150 W, A9 ZMaster is an unprecedented top on the market!
If Innosilicon continues to produce similar ASIC miners with low power consumption and high performance, the company will definitely strengthen its position in the market and possibly put an end to the monopolization of Bitmain. But at the same time, Innosilicon is actively “killing” Zcash with unrealistically powerful devices, since the difficulty of mining will increase almost daily, and GPU miners will suffer from this first of all.
How to buy Innosilicon A9?
You can buy Innosilicon A9 by pre-order from China and you can order it through our company. You can see the scheme for purchasing miners from China here. The main stages of placing an order for the purchase of miners are: determining the names and delivery dates, concluding an agreement, paying for the order on a Sberbank card, in cash in Russian cities or in cryptocurrency (your choice), checking the miners and sending them to your address. Each stage is accompanied by video reports on the work done on our part.
Brief history of Innosilicon A9 ZMaster
In mid-June 2022, one of the largest manufacturers of mining equipment, Innosilicon, released the new A9 ZMaster in limited quantities - only 300 pieces. Almost all the devices sold out in the first few days of sales, despite the fact that its price was $9999 (with power supply).
Deliveries of the second batch of A9 ZMaster started on August 15 at a price of $5999. The price drop by 40% is due to the increase in the complexity of the Zcash network and the desire to resist Bitmain.
The next ASIC deliveries will begin on September 1 at a price of $3999 and on September 11 at $3499. Thus, miners who bought the A9 ZMaster at the start of sales at an inadequate price have now found themselves somewhat deceived. Such devices quickly become outdated and the count goes not for months, but for weeks. This is a well-known fact in the ASIC mining market.
Characteristics of Innosilicon A9 ZMaster
First, let's refresh the main features of the device. The A9 ZMaster produces 50 ksol/s with a fluctuation of 8 percent. Consumption is 620 W, weight is 5.92 kilograms. Operating temperature is limited to 45 degrees Celsius.
Representatives of the first batch were sold for $9,999 and shipped on June 10. The second one is promised to be shipped in mid-August.
Profitability of Innosilicon A9++ ZMaster
The device has not yet gone on sale, but despite this, superficial conclusions can now be drawn. If we consider the profitability of the A9++ ZMaster “roughly”, then as of the end of March 2022, about $415 per month can be squeezed out of the device, which is almost $5,000 per year. The closest competitor using the same algorithm, Bitmain Antminer Z11, pays $427 per month.
When entering ASIC mining, you should always take into account that the promised monthly income will disappear before our eyes, since the first shipment of A9++ will take place in May. As a result, Innosilicon will have to make price concessions so as not to undermine the trust of miners, otherwise another scandal may break out in the industry, as was the case with Antminer A3 .
Checking work
After completing all the steps, we check their correctness. To do this, go to the main 2Miners and enter the wallet in the “Miner Address”. The input window is located at the top of the site in the middle.
If all is well, the site will show miner statistics.
Profitability of Innosilicon A9 ZMaster
The price of the device is rather high, so I want to know the potential income. By tradition, we turn to WhatToMine for help. For comparison, choose Zcash. We indicate a hashrate of 50,000 h/s and a consumption of 620 W.
With today's mining difficulty and Zcash exchange rate, a miner will bring in $142 per day. The monthly figure is $4,278.
Thus, the A9 ZMaster will pay for itself in just over two months. The figure does not take into account electricity costs, so it will take a little longer to return your investment.
Profitability of A9 ZMaster
We calculate the productivity of mining using the example of Zcash (ZEC) in the WhatToMine service. We introduce a hashrate of 50 thousand hashes per second and a consumption of 620 W. We take the cost of electricity at 5 cents per kilowatt-hour.
A day of mining with Innosilicon A9 ZMaster will bring you $93. Month - $2793. Thus, we get a payback of three and a half months.
For comparison, let us recall the calculations in the first half of June. Then the figures were $142 and $4,278, respectively. The depreciation of the exchange rate had an effect: on June 8, the price for a ZEC coin was $246. Today - 173 dollars.
Comparison with a competitor. Profitability of Antminer Z9 mini
Now let’s calculate the profitability of the ASIC miner from Bitmain. Its characteristics are 10,000 h/s and 247 W. For calculations we take the same Zcash.
Today, Antminer Z9 mini would bring in $28 and $855 per day and month, respectively. Taking into account its price of $850, we get 31 days of payback. They also calculated without electricity costs, since the price of a kilowatt is different for everyone.
The first batch was promised to be sent at the end of June. Currently the website shows the period from August 24 to September 4.
Innosilicon A9 ZMaster loses in terms of payback speed, but will bring an incredible $4 thousand per month. After six months of operation at a constant rate, the new product will bring $15,669 in net profit. The same figure for Antminer Z9 mini will be $4,280.
As a result, we get another proof of the wonderful scalability of mining. More money will bring more profit.
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Setting up Innosilicon A9 ZMaster for mining
We go to the ASIC miner configuration interface. The main menu is located in the column on the left.
Select “Pools” in the settings tab.
We enter the settings:
URL - stratum+tcp://zec.2miners.com:1111 WORKER - t1Jx5s9YJCpGjdqPK3eEqZjde7Kv1mN3h2m.Miner_A9 PASSWORD - x
In the URL field we enter the address of the mining pool and the port with increased complexity, which is a prerequisite. WORKER is our Zcash wallet, and after a dot at the end the name of the device is optional ( Miner_A9 ). PASSWORD is just the letter X.
You can also adjust the device's performance. The further to the right the slider is, the higher the performance and power consumption will be.
IMPORTANT POINT
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To mine ZEC on the A9 ZMaster ASIC miner, we select a PORT with increased difficulty . This is a prerequisite, so we carefully add the port to the settings. On the 2Miners pool, on the settings pages there are always two ports - with low and high difficulty.
Briefly about Innosilicon A9++ ZMaster
At the end of March 2022, the Chinese mining company Innosilicon introduced the incredibly powerful A9++ ZMaster ASIC miner, which is almost three times more productive than the slightly outdated A9 ZMaster .
Just imagine, the hashrate of one A9++ ZMaster is equivalent to the hashrate of 18 flagship GTX 1080Ti video cards. At the same time, 18* 1080Ti will cost $17,000, and the cost of one A9++ is only $1850. It is safe to assume that in the summer of 2022, GPU mining of ZCash will be completely “killed”, and as a result, the owners of GPU farms will voluntarily and forcibly switch to other mining algorithms.
Let's look at the technical specifications of the A9++:
- Hash algorithm – Equihash;
- Productivity – 140,000 sol/s;
- Noise level – 75 dB;
- Energy consumption – 1550 W;
- Weight – 11 kg;
- Start of sales – May 2022;
- Price – $1850 (on the Cryptodrilling website);
If the appearance of the A9 ZMaster with 50,000 sol/s was received with little enthusiasm, then the announcement of the top rig A9++ ZMaster simply shocked the entire mining community. Of course, this miner is designed specifically for large enterprises, and not for sofa miners, since the weight, dimensions and most importantly the noise level of 75 dB do not imply placement of the A9++ in residential premises.
