Author's channel on YouTube "Cryptocurrency mining” successfully loaded the upgraded firmware from its Asic device IceRiver K and made it available to users. This mining blogger also posted a procedure for upgrading these devices. After all these steps, the cheapest Asic miners for Kaspa (kHeavyHash) increased by an additional 60% compared to their base computing power. The manufacturer has declared a performance of 100 GH per second, but after reflashing these devices they achieve performance from 155 to 160 GH per second. Various mining pools have also started publishing the modified BIOS of these devices and giving recommendations on how to apply it correctly. Previously, the firmware update of these devices was paid.
You can download the firmware here – How to reflash ASIC KS0 at 160 GH/s
However, the overall hashing performance of the network Kaspa is not left behind. Yesterday, the computing power of the project reached more than 33 PH per second and continues to grow. Return on investment in modified equipment IceRiver KS0 is currently around 5-8 months without taking into account shipping times and other changes in kHeavyHash difficulty.
It is also known that the global cryptocurrency mining computing power broker “NiceHash” has started working with Asic devices from the company IceRiver.
