Purchase of 1,000 Antminer S19 Pro miners from Bitmain
Company: Riot
The claim, verbatim
Riot Blockchain purchased 1,000 Antminer S19 Pro digital currency miners from Bitmain for approximately $2.3 million to expand its bitcoin mining capabilities
Source (primary)
Riot 8-K filed 2020-06-05 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
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Quote: “entered into a sale and purchase agreement ... for the purchase of 1,000 additional Antminer S19 Pro digital currency miners ... Riot paid Bitmain approximately US$2.3 million (subject to adjustments, offsets and costs as set forth in the Agreement)”
How we checked this
Checked on September 23, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The 8-K states Riot agreed to buy 1,000 additional Antminer S19 Pro miners from Bitmain for about US$2.3 million to expand and enhance its bitcoin mining capabilities. The $2.3 million figure is described as subject to adjustments, offsets and costs.
Confirmed in the source:
- Riot Blockchain entered into an agreement with Bitmain to purchase 1,000 Antminer S19 Pro digital currency miners
- Riot paid Bitmain approximately US$2.3 million for the miners, subject to adjustments, offsets and costs
- The purchase was made to expand and enhance Riot's bitcoin mining capabilities
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167419/000107997320000478/riot_8k.htm) in full (7,804 characters, retrieved September 13, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Riot 8-K filed 2020-06-05
Quote: “entered into a sale and purchase agreement ... for the purchase of 1,000 additional Antminer S19 Pro digital currency miners ... Riot paid Bitmain approximately US$2.3 million (subject to adjustments, offsets and costs as set forth in the Agreement)”