Purchase of 1,000 Antminer S17 Pro miners from Bitmain
Company: Riot
The claim, verbatim
Riot purchased 1,000 additional Antminer S17 Pro digital currency miners from Bitmaintech PTE, LTD pursuant to a purchase agreement
Source (primary)
Riot 8-K filed 2019-12-18 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
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Quote: “the Corporation issued a press release announcing the purchase of 1,000 additional Antminer S17 Pro digital currency miners (the " Miners ") from Bitmaintech PTE, LTD (" Bitmain") pursuant to a purchase agreement between the Corporation and Bitmain.”
How we checked this
Checked on September 23, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
Riot's 8-K states that on December 12, 2019 it announced buying 1,000 additional Antminer S17 Pro miners from Bitmaintech PTE, LTD under a purchase agreement.
Confirmed in the source:
- Riot Blockchain announced the purchase of 1,000 additional Antminer S17 Pro digital currency miners
- The seller was Bitmaintech PTE, LTD (Bitmain)
- The purchase was made under a purchase agreement between Riot and Bitmain
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167419/000107997319000647/riot_8k-121719.htm) in full (6,472 characters, retrieved September 13, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Riot 8-K filed 2019-12-18
Quote: “the Corporation issued a press release announcing the purchase of 1,000 additional Antminer S17 Pro digital currency miners (the " Miners ") from Bitmaintech PTE, LTD (" Bitmain") pursuant to a purchase agreement between the Corporation and Bitmain.”