Braiins has always focused on helping mining operations extract more performance from already deployed capital. This case study shows what that looks like at industrial scale.

• Customer: GDA (genesisdigitalassets.com)
• Deployment: 40MW bitcoin mining operation
• Challenge: Hashrate instability and hardware stress under peak summer temperatures
• Solution: Braiins OS with tuned temperature targets and fan speed
• Key Result: Up to 40% higher hashrate per miner (~70 TH/s to ~100 TH/s) on identical hardware
• Business Impact: ~30% higher profitability with no additional hardware investment

This case study examines large-scale bitcoin mining firmware optimization under real operating conditions. Below is how the GDA team structured the comparison and achieved these results at scale.

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Mining Performance Tradeoffs Under Peak Heat

During summer 2024, GDA’s 40MW deployment operated under peak ambient temperatures.

The operation faced a familiar tradeoff: maximize short-term hashrate and accept accelerated hardware degradation, or operate conservatively to protect equipment at the cost of reduced mining revenue.

Stock firmware prioritized aggressive performance profiles. This led to volatile hashrate behavior and repeated thermal cycling, increasing long-term hardware stress under sustained heat conditions. Braiins OS addresses this with Dynamic Performance Scaling (DPS), which adjusts performance in small increments as thermal headroom changes, instead of hard throttle steps.