Bitcoin mining company Luxor Technologies has released an Antminer-compatible firmware designed to maximize the efficiency of miners.
Luxor Technologies, a Bitcoin mining software and services company, has launched Luxuriousthe first Antminer-compatible third-party firmware completely designed and engineered in the United States.
The press release sent to Bitcoin Magazine describes firmware as “a type of software that is designed to provide specific operating instructions to computer hardware. For Bitcoin miners, the firmware allows them to tune the performance of the ASIC chips in their Bitcoin mining rigs to optimize for a higher hash rate and greater power efficiency.”
When mining profitability is low, miners can use firmware to improve the energy efficiency of their machine to increase gross margins. When profitability is high, miners can use their firmware to increase a machine’s hash rate in an attempt to speed up their return on investment.
Luxor CEO Nick Hansen described how, “We have received consistent feedback from our partners that the market lacked custom firmware designed and built in the US to help them improve their mining margins. The Luxor team was in a unique position to build this product and we are delighted to open up our firmware to old and new partners alike.”
According to the press release, LuxOS is now available for Bitmain Antminer S19 and S9 series Bitcoin miners. The Luxor team built the custom firmware with Rust and does not rely on open source options like CG Miner. In addition to this, Bitcoin miners using LuxOS will receive discounted rates when using the Luxor bitcoin mining pool.
