AntPool, one of the largest cryptocurrency mining pools, announced that it will now support the siacoin token.

The announcement of AntPool's mining assistance adds to the news that the Chinese mining chip giant Bitmain, owner of AntPool, has launched a new device mining equipment, called AntMiner A3. The data shows that currently, AntPool represents 18% of the overall bitcoin hash power.

Siacoin is the native token of blockchain sia, developed by Nebulous, a Boston-based blockchain start-up, to support its decentralized cloud storage system.

According to Bitmain, the new 815 GH / s miner supports the hash algorithm "blake2b", which is also used to secure the blockchain siacoin.

However, the launch seems to be poorly received by at least one member of the Siacoin Development Team.

A representative, under the pseudonym "Taek42" on Reddit, argued that Bitmain could place his profits before the SIA ecosystem. Taek42 added that the sia blockchain could be modified to block mining via the A3 AntMiner, but that it would require a flexible range to do so.

While some were in agreement with the feeling of Taek42, others welcomed the addition of Bitmain to the Sia Arena.

"Bitmain selling a minor Sia is great for the price of the coin, it takes us into the mainstream," wrote JoWi96 on Reddit.

At the time of publication, Bitmain had not responded to a request for comment.

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