Bitmain Technologies Ltd., is a privately owned company headquartered in Beijing, China, that designs application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chips for bitcoin mining. It was founded by Micree Zhan and Jihan Wu in 2013. By 2018 it had become the world's largest designer of application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chips for bitcoin mining. The company also operated BTC.com and Antpool, historically two of the largest mining pools for bitcoin.
Bitmain Technologies Ltd., is a privately owned company headquartered in Beijing, China, that designs application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chips for bitcoin mining. It was founded by Micree Zhan and Jihan Wu in 2013. By 2018 it had become the world's largest designer of application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chips for bitcoin mining. The company also operated BTC.com and Antpool, historically two of the largest mining pools for bitcoin.