Block unveiled proprietary Bitcoin mining ASIC at 709 Terahashes/second (TH/s) — leading indicator for eventual AI inference ASIC trajectory.

Block unveiled proprietary Bitcoin mining ASIC at 709 Terahashes/second (TH/s) — leading indicator for eventual AI inference ASIC trajectory. | Already realized

Key catalyst: Already realized

Watch events: Bitcoin hashrate share from Block ASICs; transformer-ASIC production announcements (Groq / Cerebras / Etched)

Block unveiled Bitcoin Mining Development Kit + proprietary miner at 709 TH/s per Decrypt coverage Aug 2025. Reddit r/Bitcoin Aug 2025 confirmation.

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