Just my speculation based off my experience of how corporate purchasing works, the rest just my limited knowledge of crypto mining. since there inst any info posted yet for a hard answer but hope this help a little.
1. How many miners did they order? All I can find is a "bulk order" a year ago.
- Based off of the financial report and assuming they are ant s9 miners 3000-5000 depending on what kind of discount for a bulk order, if they were the newer ant s19 model the 100-150 depending on discount ( assuming a 40-60% discount for a bulk order off retail price )
2. Did they buy enough to fill the warehouse?
- if its the s9 miner 3-5k miners would most likely fill the facility if its the s19 miners maby 1 racks worth
3. How much did they cost?
s9 retails at 95$ typical bulk business discount would be 40-60% off so 50$ range s19 is 2400$ so would assume a 1500$ price point
4. Now that they are a year old, how long before they need to be upgraded?
depends on the company hash rate/power consumption determines profability they can be profitable as long as crypto prices are high but new tech may be more profitable so depends on how BFCH looks at it. usually after about a year more efficient miners come out, most of the miners i see stay profitable for a couple years though.
5. What is the useful life of a miner?
depending on the miner usually 1-3 years, a lot depends on the difficulty rating of the crypto being mined vs the hash rate / power consumption of the miner.
