It became known that the Chinese manufacturer DAYUN preparing the world’s first ASIC for cryptocurrency mining algorithm Lyra2REv2, which will be called DAYUN Zig Z1. A new device built on 28-nm chips and gives Hasrat 6.8 GHS in the energy consumption of 1,200 Watts. Thus, the effectiveness of the model is 176.5 Watts per GHS. It is reported that the equipment is already available for order at a price of 8 to 9 thousand dollars.

The emergence of such Asika marks the future decline in the profitability of mining coins Monacoin (MONA), Vertcoin (VTC), Verge (XVG) and other cryptocurrencies on the Lyra2REv2 algorithm using graphics cards. However, at the moment, Hasrat network cryptocurrencies this algorithm does not show a significant increase. This means that either the company had just completed production and started selling hardware or ASIC miners are still at the stage of production.