Bitmain, a widely known cryptocurrency equipment provider, formally announced the discharge of its flagship product Antminer S9 Hydro. It's the eighth product launched this 12 months, after the introduction of Antminer S9i, ANTBOX and Z9mini, etc. Antminer S9 Hydro pioneers a water cooled system, creating a new mining model with low noise and high vitality savings.This new miner supports SHA256 algorithm and it will possibly mine mainstream digital currencies comparable to BTC and BCH. Antminer S9 Hydro has a rated hashrate of 18T and a wall power consumption of about 1728W. Not like conventional air cooled miners, S9 Hydro adopts a water cooled system for warmth dissipation and it could mine together with a specific power source: the APW5. People or households can use a S9 Hydro-Hex external water circulation module for heat dissipation, while in large mining farms, low noise and excessive vitality saving mining effects will be achieved with outside water source.
