# Let’s talk about ASIC mining **URL:** \ **Category:** Mining\ **Created:** [February 24, 2018, 11:15pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/let-s-talk-about-asic-mining/27353 "2018-02-24T23:15:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4810
**Author:** ![bitcartel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/bitcartel/32/8558_2.png) [@bitcartel](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/bitcartel)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2018, 4:25am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/let-s-talk-about-asic-mining/27353/4810 "2018-08-18T04:25:38Z")
Post about Bitmain transparency policy, please discuss on thread. > [@Bitmain's transparency policy over Zcash ASICs ended after just one month, and nobody even noticed](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/bitmains-transparency-policy-over-zcash-asics-ended-after-just-one-month-and-nobody-even-noticed/30886): > > Bitmain declared they would [experiment with radical transparency](https://blog.bitmain.com/en/antiminer-z9-mini-shipments-experiment-radical-transparency/) and provide shipment information on all their Z9 mini ASIC miners using hashtag #z9qa. Their first shipping update was on May 27th, detailing 77 units: [https://twitter.com/BITMAINtech/status/1000755272212660225](https://twitter.com/BITMAINtech/status/1000755272212660225) Their last update on @Antminer\_main is from June 25th & 27th, detailing 2422 units: [https://twitter.com/Antminer\_main/status/1011942437684539392](https://twitter.com/Antminer_main/status/1011942437684539392) , [https://twitter.com/Antminer\_main/status/1011189143710257152](https://twitter.com/Antminer_main/status/1011189143710257152) The… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/let-s-talk-about-asic-mining/27353)._