> Cheers [@Argoblockchain](https://Twitter.com/Argoblockchain) and [@intel](https://Twitter.com/intel). We are happy to be your design partner for this customized Intel-based Blockscale #Bitcoin rig
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> https://twitter.com/ArgoBlockchain/status/1534056346252939265

https://twitter.com/ePICBlockchain/status/1534198664570232832

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Argo Blockchain (LSE: ARB) will work with ePIC Blockchain, a Canadian blockchain hardware manufacturer, to design and build crypto mining rigs using Intel's new second-generation bitcoin mining chips, Argo said Tuesday.

The ePIC partnership is an extension of a 2021 deal in which Argo Blockchain agreed to buy $8 million worth of ePIC's mining rigs, CEO Peter Wall said in a taped message posted on Argo's YouTube channel on Tuesday.

Wall compared building custom mining machines to buying a Dell computer as opposed to an Apple MacBook, saying it's cheaper on a dollar per terahash basis and allows Argo to have granular control of the rigs.

"It's a game changer," the CEO said in the video.

Intel's mining semiconductors could break an effective duopoly on the mining rig market in which two manufacturers – Bitmain and MicroBT – reign supreme.

Block (SQ), Griid Infrastructure and Hive Blockchain (HIVE) are set to be the first customers for Intel's new mining chips.

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Argo Blockchain to Build Intel-Based Bitcoin Mining Rigs With ePIC Blockchain | CoinDesk

> Argo Blockchain (LSE: ARB) will work with ePIC Blockchain, a Canadian blockchain hardware manufacturer, to design and build crypto mining rigs using Intel's new second-generation bitcoin mining chips, Argo said Tuesday.

> The ePIC partnership is an extension of a 2021 deal in which Argo Blockchain agreed to buy $8 million worth of ePIC's mining rigs, CEO Peter Wall said in a taped message posted on Argo's YouTube channel on Tuesday.

> Wall compared building custom mining machines to buying a Dell computer as opposed to an Apple MacBook, saying it's cheaper on a dollar per terahash basis and allows Argo to have granular control of the rigs.
>
> "It's a game changer," the CEO said in the video.
>
> Intel's mining semiconductors could break an effective duopoly on the mining rig market in which two manufacturers – Bitmain and MicroBT – reign supreme.
>
> Block (SQ), Griid Infrastructure and Hive Blockchain (HIVE) are set to be the first customers for Intel's new mining chips.