The first truly "industrial-grade mining machine" - Snow Leopard A1 49T Bitcoin mining machine

The Snow Leopard A1 49T Bitcoin mining machine produced by Bitfury, a global professional mining machine chip manufacturer, officially started pre-sale on February 8, 2018. Compared with the current mass-produced Bitcoin mining machines in the world, the Snow Leopard A1 can be called the first truly "industrial-grade mining machine" and is known as the most powerful single-machine core computing power in history.

This mining machine uses the latest generation of 16-nanometer Bitcoin mining chips independently developed by Bitfury. It consists of 6 computing boards with a total of 576 PCS chips, a power consumption of 6000W, and an amazing computing power of 49TH/s. It has subversive high efficiency and achieves groundbreaking low power consumption. The average daily power consumption per T computing power is 2.8 degrees, the efficiency of the AC/DC power supply is 96.2%, and the mining machine is equipped with 6 fans with a speed of up to 6200RPM and an air output of 430m³/h.

This time, WaChain.com specially invited a beautiful host and a mysterious veteran in the mining circle to conduct the first review of the Snow Leopard A1 49T Bitcoin miner to unveil its mystery for all mining enthusiasts.

Snow Leopard A1 official parameters:

Rated hashrate: 49 TH/s ± 5% (max performance)

Wall power consumption: variable, 6.4 KW (max)

Power efficiency: variable, form 0.101 to 0.133 J/GH

Rated voltage: 48v - 57.6v

Chip quantity: 576 BF16BTC

Number of hash boards: 6

Bare machine size: 599*483*270mm

Packing size: 780*625*450mm

Cooling: 6×12038 fans

Unboxing experience (real shot):

The Snow Leopard A1 49T Bitcoin miner is packed in a seven-layer industrial carton with hand grips on both sides, which is very convenient for handling. It has complete graphic logos, QC (quality inspection), product labels, etc. The miner is sealed with pearl cotton boards from top to bottom, which effectively ensures transportation safety and reduces the chance of damage during transportation. The whole machine has a built-in power supply, which does not need to be equipped. Just plug in the network cable and power supply, and it can be turned on and put into operation.

Packing list: one mining machine + two 16A power cords.

Packaging appearance real shot

Unboxing photos

Mining machine label

Front of the mining machine

Mining machine side

Back of the mining machine

Mining machine power plug location (two built-in 48v/3000w 16A power supplies)

Equipped with 2 16A 250V customized power cables

Installation and debugging:

The Snow Leopard A1 mining machine uses two 3000W 16A power supplies. Before starting debugging, you need to confirm whether the power supply configuration requirements are met. After confirming the power supply configuration, plug in the network cable and power cable.

After the power is turned on, the miner automatically assigns an IP address. Enter the router or scan the local area network to find the miner IP. After copying the miner IP address, open it in the browser.

The router will see the newly connected host name as "BitfilyA1"

The initial login page will appear in the browser (the page is blank and simple, so it is not displayed). Enter the initial username: admin, and password: 123456. After confirming the login, you can enter the Snow Leopard A1 mining machine backend page, which uses an independent UI operation interface in Chinese, which is simple, easy to understand and easy to operate.

Snow Leopard A1 mining machine background interface

Next, we will set up the mining pool. The mining pool used in this test is the btc.top mining pool. For the Snow Leopard A1 mining machine, only one mining pool needs to be set up.

Snow Leopard A1 mining pool settings interface

After entering the mining pool URL, user name (miner account) and password, the mining pool will automatically detect whether it can be successfully connected. Click Apply to save successfully, and the mining machine will automatically restart. After the restart is successful, the real-time operating status of the mining machine can be displayed in about 10 seconds. Compared with other brands of mining machines, the operating speed is faster. In the status monitoring page, you can view the working time, real-time computing power, average computing power and the operating status of 6 blocks of computing power. The real-time power consumption of the two power supplies is displayed below, and the mining chain is about 2800W*2.

Snow Leopard A1 mining machine real-time status monitoring diagram

Computing power and noise:

In the default mining machine operation state, the computing power is between 49-56T, the average computing power is 50T, and the computing power curve fluctuates slightly. The actual test environment: the indoor area is about 10㎡, the indoor noise is about 70 decibels, and the indoor temperature is about 20 degrees.

Snow Leopard A1 mining machine is tested in the Litecoin mining pool

The noise of the mining machine is 84 decibels

Test summary:

1. The Snow Leopard A1 mining machine is indeed large in size, but it is finely crafted. It adopts an integrated power supply design, and the power supply efficiency can reach 96.2%;

2. In terms of computing power, the official parameter shows 49T. The actual measurement shows that the computing power can easily reach more than 50T at the current indoor temperature, which can be called the strongest core computing power Bitcoin mining machine;

3. The miner uses 6 powerful fans with air inlets and a hollow tail, which is conducive to the rapid discharge of hot air, resulting in higher noise than other miners, reaching 84-90 decibels;

4. The power supply uses two 3000W 16A interfaces, and the original lines need to be modified, otherwise the mining machine will not be able to operate. However, there is official news that it will provide full-process hosting services, which is very beneficial for ordinary miners to purchase and host one-stop process services;

5. The Snow Leopard A1 mining machine fully demonstrates Bitfury's professional quality. The mining machine runs very stably and the entire installation process is very smooth. Even a novice can use it easily. After this actual machine evaluation, we believe that it has the ability to lead the Bitcoin mining machine market for a period of time.