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EZ Smartbox™ Mobile Mining Container
EZ SMARTBOX™ CRYPTO MINING CONTAINER
FEATURES OF OUR CRYPTO MINING CONTAINERS
model SB1500i
model SB2000
General
Miners slots with up to 5 kW/h power consumption
288
576
Power input up to kW/h
1,440
2250
3 phase power connection to Main 3200A Disconnect switchgear
Connection type: 3 hot wires 1 ground, each phase Volts
415 / 240
415 / 240
Grounding
Outside temperature range, °F *
* Check the miners' manufacturers specifications to avoid ASICs overheating due to high intake ambient temperature.
-20 °F to + 120 °F
- 20 °F to + 100 °F
Main Disconnect Switch
3200A
ELECTRICAL
Breakers
288 Individual Miner 25A 1P breakers
12 400A Main Breakers
576 Individual ASIC 20A 1P breakers
Power Cables
C19 power cord from 20A breaker to crypto miner, included for each miner optional C13 splitter cables
Equipment racks included
Cables
Soundproofing and thermal insulation of walls, ceiling, floor
DIMENSIONS
Length, Width, Height in ft of the Crypto mining box
21’11” x 8’2” x 9’8”
40 x 8 x 9’8”
Weight
8,000 kg or 17,637 lbs
9,500 kg or 21,000 lbs
SECURITY
Electronic Key Fob
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COOLING SYSTEM
Automatic exhaust air system
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Industrial grade exhaust fans
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18
Air flow up to ft3 per minute
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423, 000
Air filtering system
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Type of cooling
Air cooled / Immersion fluid cooled
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WHY CHOOSE OUR BITCOIN MINING FARMS
YOU NO LONGER DEPEND ON THE COST OF ANY ONE ENERGY SOURCE
EZ Smartboxes™ are fully mobile data centers. They’re easy to transport, and each Smartbox™ is built meeting all ISO standards. Because it meets all international public road transportation codes, you can haul your Bitcoin mining farm on a flatbed just like a shipping container.
Carry it to any source of affordable electricity anywhere in the world.
YOUR INVESTMENT IS COST EFFECTIVE AND CARRIES LESS RISK
Investing in a warehouse type crypto mining farm connected to the grid is twice as expensive and several times riskier than investing in a mobile mining unit. Otherwise, your local power provider may increase the rate of electricity or ban crypto mining in your area, leaving all your infrastructure investment deadlocked.
mining operations with additional options
When you buy a mobile data center, you are partnering with EZ Blockchain. We help you develop a full crypto mining farm from scratch and can add management of your crypto mining farm for a small monthly fee.
You’ll sleep well knowing our team provides 24/7 miner hosting and management of your mining equipment.
COMFORTABLE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Contrary to industry standards, we give very flexible terms of payment. Manufacturing starts after a down payment, and you pay for the rest based on the progress of production time.
RAPID DEPLOYMENT AND
INSTALLATION
Smartbox™ Container Delivery
EZ Smartbox™ mobile data center comes in 2 sizes: 20-ft. container size unit and 40-ft. container size unit.
Both Smartbox™ units can be easily transported on a flatbed trailer with a truck able to pull 10,000 pounds (for Smartbox™ 1500) and 20,000 pounds (for Smartbox™ 3000).
Smartbox™ Container Site Preparation
The Smartbox™ has to be installed on any level, flat surface without debris. Temporary concrete pads may be put under the Smartbox™ for added support on softer ground. The Smartbox™ can also be fully operational on a trailer.
Smartbox™ for more stable support in soft ground areas. Smartbox™ can also be fully operational on a trailer.
Smartbox™ offloading / installation
Every Smartbox™ is equipped with four hook points to attach a crane so that the Smartbox™ can be loaded and unloaded easily, just like a shipping container.
The Smartbox™ is loaded and then offloaded with any crane able to lift 5 tons (for Smartbox™ 1500) and 10 tons (for Smartbox™ 3000).
Smartbox™ Container connection
Smartbox™ honors specific permits and permissions anywhere it’s shipped. A licensed electrician has to connect the Smartbox™ to the transformer or to the generator using provided cables.
EZ Smartbox™ has its connection frame easily accessible from outside the electrical room. Each Smartbox™ section has 2 x 400 amp breakers. Smartbox™ 1500 has 3 sections and Smartbox™ 3000 has 6.
Materials
EZ Smartbox™ is a durable, structured steel frame, which is finished with high quality sandwich panels.
There are metal powder coated shelves inside.
IT infrastructure
We give our clients the option to pick their own internet infrastructure depending on their technical requirements.
Ethernet cables are connected to each rack for EZ installation process
Electrical components
EZ Smartbox™ Inside electrical infrastructure is protected by high quality circuit breakers. There are at least three layers of surge and heat protections for the equipment inside.
EZ Smartbox™ copper wiring is designed for continuous operation with minimum power losses. Hyundai, ABB & Schneider Electric are the top choices for electrical circuit breakers in a standard Smartbox™.
EZ Blockchain provides a full setup and a start-up guide and will send a tech
support person to help to coordinate the installation of the Smartbox™. Travel
expenses up to
$1000 will be covered by the company.
Limited manufacturer's warranty is provided for each electrical component of
the unit. We keep stock of spare parts to be able to send the replacement.
Affordability
$100/KW all in
Warehouse crypto mining facility
The cost to build physical crypto mining infrastructure in a warehouse
starts
from $141/KW plus rent payments.
Smartbox™ crypto mining solution
Smartbox™ crypto mining infrastructure starts at $100/KW all in,
37.5%
cheaper, which equals to more than ⅓ quicker ROI on the CAPEX infrastructure.
Low depreciation
The full scrap value after 10 years of value is still 50% of the whole
infrastructure because of the high price of high quality electrical components.
FAST TURNAROUND
Lead time for new orders is 4-12 weeks.
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EZ SmartBox™ finalized cases on the map
Northern Indiana
Location
The company’s objective was to test the rapid deployment of the crypto mining project
using multiple models of mobile data centers in remote areas.
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Uinta Basin
Location
The client’s goal was to eliminate flaring at their gas processing plant and monetize
the flared gas in an alternative way by doing crypto mining on-site.
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Upstate NY
Location
A power generation company was looking for the solution to diversify its revenue and
build a demand response system that can consume power at the off peak hours.
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Alberta
Location
One client’s problem their available tech had not yet solved, however, was that of
natural gas flaring (and the subsequent opportunity loss to their oil field clients).
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Ranger I, Georgia
Location
We not only directly invested half one million dollars into the economic system hiring solely native
contractors plus we also created seven full-time well-paying tech jobs with a further seven jobs
being
staffed as we speak.
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Ranger II, Georgia
Location
Ranger II is a continuation of the partnership between the City and EZ Blockchain and the 2nd of
three
planned sites within the City. This partnership allows the City to utilize its energy capability
that
would otherwise sit idle.
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Coffee I, Georgia
Location
The goal of the project was to generate jobs and revenue for the local community and
to do
it in such a way that we were not a bother to the community.
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Flower I, Kansas
Location
The goal of the project was to establish a good working relationship with a miner
manufacturer and work with wasted wind energy to transform it into a new revenue stream in
cryptocurrency.
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Watford City
Location
The goal of the project was to lower the carbon footprint of the oil producer by using their excess
gas
to run generators that in turn power our Smartboxes.
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Berry I, South Carolina
Location
One of the most critical project objectives was to generate jobs and revenue for the local
community, especially the new tech-savvy generation (Gen Z), alongside developing mining projects in
South Carolina…
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Is cryptocurrency mining regulated?
Bitcoin to Come to America’s Oldest Bank
Bitcoin to Come to America’s Oldest Bank
The custody bank plans to eventually treat digital currencies like any other asset.
The Bank of New York MellonCorp., the nation’s oldest bank, is making the leap into the market for Bitcoin, a sign of broader acceptance of the once-fringe digital currency.
Mastercard is bringing crypto onto its network
Mastercard is bringing crypto onto its network
Crypto digital assets are becoming a more important part of the payments world.
People using cards to buy crypto assets, especially during Bitcoin's recent surge in value, convert them to traditional currencies for spending.
PayPal Launches New Service Enabling Users to Buy Cryptocurrency
PayPal Launches New Service Enabling Users to Buy Cryptocurrency
It will enable cryptocurrency as a funding source for digital commerce at its 26 million merchants.
Paypal Receives conditional Bitlicense from New York State Department of Financial Services. The migration toward digital payments and digital representations of value continues to accelerate, driven by the COVID-19 pandemic and the increased interest in digital currencies from central banks and consumers.
Bitcoin mining is fully regulated by FinCen
Bitcoin mining is fully regulated by FinCen
Bitcoin mining is not considered money transmitting business according to FinCen memo of 2014.
The user is free to use the mined virtual currency or its equivalent for the user’s own purposes, such as to purchase real or virtual goods and services for the user’s own use.
Bitcoin mining is taxed as a regular income
Bitcoin mining is taxed as a regular income
The main reason Bitcoin can be considered as a safe investment is because the IRS has a clear guidance on how to tax Bitcoin income and other cryptocurrencies.
Under § 61, all gains or undeniable accessions to wealth, clearly realized, over which a taxpayer has complete dominion, are included in gross income.
Bitcoin trading risks are hedged with Bitcoin futures and Bitcoin options
Bitcoin trading risks are hedged with Bitcoin futures and Bitcoin options
In response to growing interest in cryptocurrencies and customer demand for tools to manage bitcoin exposure, CME options on Bitcoin futures (BTC) are now trading.
The value of options on Bitcoin futures is based on the regulated CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate (BRR) and settles into actively traded Bitcoin futures.
Bitcoin becomes more adopted by the U.S.
Bitcoin becomes more adopted by the U.S.
The custody bank plans to eventually treat digital currencies like any other asset
The Bank of New York MellonCorp., the nation’s oldest bank, is making the leap into the market for Bitcoin, a sign of broader acceptance of the once-fringe digital currency.The State of New York clearly outlines Bitcoin mining by issuing a license for bitcoin mining
In June 2015, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) issued its virtual currency regulation, 23 NYCRR Part 200, under the New York Financial Services Law. Since 2015, under that “BitLicense” regulation or the limited purpose trust company provisions of the New York Banking Law, DFS has granted numerous virtual currency licenses and charters to ensure that New Yorkers have a well-regulated way to access the virtual currency marketplace and that New York remains at the center of technological innovation and forward-looking regulation.Wyoming is the first and only state to have enacted legislation providing a comprehensive framework supportive of blockchain innovation.
13 blockchain bills enacted during legislative sessions in years 2018 and 2019.
Case study
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nd location Objective
The goal of the project was to lower the carbon footprint of the oil producer by using their excess gas to run generators that in turn power our Smartboxes™.
Since oil producers have no way to use or monetize gas that is produced during the extraction process, they flare it. Due to the carbon footprint that is used in the flaring process, producers are often capped at how much oil they can pump in a day.
So when we power our generators via their flare, it greatly reduces the environmental impact caused by drilling operations.
Solution
Our solution for this project was to use multiple generators to generate 2.5 MW, which we needed to power our data center.
This allowed the energy producer to lower their carbon footprint drastically and thereby almost eliminate their emissions.
TESTIMONIALS
Greenidge Generation LLC
Supply of mobile data centers
EZ Blockchain is a great partner to work with. After purchasing our first Smartbox™ 2500, the company provided excellent product support at deployment and during the operation. Their team has experience in crypto mining on the grid, off grid and behind the meter, and as a result the Bitcoin mining mobile data centers are built meeting any crypto miner’s expectations.
Smartbox™ itself is a high-end product, which has both operational flexibility and high electrical capacity. Separating the electrical room from rack space is a great operational move, which our engineers and operational technicians appreciated a lot.
Dale Irvin
Digihost
Thanks the entire team at EZ Blockchain for your exceptional service and high-quality products
I am extremely impressed with the high-quality bitcoin mining data center containers that EZ Blockchain has provided for our company, Digihost. We have purchased several containers from Sales Leader Pete V and have been consistently impressed with the level of service and expertise he has provided. The containers are well-designed and efficiently utilize space, allowing us to maximize our mining capabilities. The added security features and ability to easily expand our operations make these containers a valuable investment for our business. Pete has consistently gone above and beyond to ensure our satisfaction and we look forward to continuing our partnership with EZ Blockchain. We are already planning to purchase more containers in the near future and highly recommend EZ Blockchain to any company looking to expand their mining operations.
Alec Amar, President
in the media
Bitcoin Miners Surface for Air as Sliding Natural Gas Price Provides Cost Relief
“The past year shows that miners are better off fixing the long cost of power, as opposed to flocking to areas where energy prices are cheap, but variable,” said Sergii Gerasymovych, founder and CEO of mining firm EZ Blockchain.
Feb 09, 2023
America’s Bitcoin Miners See Georgia as the New U.S. Hot Spot
Regulations that vary by state sometimes spark miners to move their operations. Sergii Gerasymovych was excited when his crypto company sold a big mining rig to an oil and gas operator with plans to mine Bitcoin in New Mexico. But when the company started to install the mobile rig, which burns natural gas that would otherwise be flared to power about 700 miners, they learned that New Mexico strictly regulated generators like the one in the mining rig.
Feb 07, 2022
Building A Sustainable Cryptocurrency Future Using Bitcoin Mining With Natural Gas
The digital mining of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is an incredibly energy-intensive process. EZ Blockchain keeps greenhouse gasses out of the atmosphere by utilizing wasted energy with the help of Bitcoin mining and high-density computing.
Dec 20, 2021
Flared Gas Crypto Mining: From Commodity to Currency
Affordable sources of energy are vital in high-density computing, and when EZ Blockchain launched as a hosting provider in 2017, the company soon realized it needed to get off the grid to remain profitable. After all, proof of blockchain work—also known as crypto mining—is notoriously power-consuming, and electricity costs were devouring company profits.
Nov 10, 2021
Power-guzzling crypto miners racing to find cheaper energy sources
The EZ Smartbox™ solution that Gerasymovych's company offers also comes with a mobile 1.5-MW natural gas-fired generator. Crypto miners that use the EZ Smartbox™ pay a starting price of $75 per kW, not including the mining equipment.
Aug 11, 2021
This Utah oil producer was wasting natural gas. Now it uses it to mine cryptocurrency
EZ Blockchain provided two “miners,” which came in 30-foot-long boxes — called a Smartgrid™ Flaring Mitigation System — and adapted them to the site-specific needs at the Blue Hills plant. After four months of testing, the system went fully operational in February.
Jul 27, 2021
Bitcoin Mining Digging for E&P’s Natural Gas Gold in Lower 48
“Our goal is to monetize the gas as well as solve some of the environmental problems of leaking wells and flared gas,” said EZ Blockchain CEO Sergii Gerasymovych. The company uses excess natural gas to power its onsite bitcoin mining operations at several production sites throughout North America. “It’s not just a one-way road here…I do want the oil and gas producers to participate in this industry.”
Jun 25, 2021
EZ Blockchain Partners With Texas-Based Oil Provider to Monetize Wasted Natural Gas With Bitcoin
After the installation of Microbt Whatsminers, EZ Blockchain said that the project reached around 1 megawatt of power consumption. All of the power is “processed from 250 MCFd of stranded natural gas using a gas-electric generator,” the company’s blog post notes.
May 30, 2021
Oil drillers and Bitcoin miners bond over natural gas
In the case of Kirkwood, EZ Blockchain uses stranded natural gas to make Bitcoin, giving it all to Kirkwood. EZ Blockchain makes money by supplying equipment and mining services for a fee.
May 21, 2021
CAN DIRTY CRYPTO TURN CLEAN AND GREEN?
Companies like EZ Blockchain instead use gas to power Bitcoin mining. According to Gerasymovych, this cuts 20 to 30 percent of CO2 emissions, and up to 70 percent of other harmful substances like volatile organic compounds, or VOCs.
May 05, 2021
Frisco natural gas driller turns to Bitcoin mining to burn excess fuel
Silver Energy bought a cryptocurrency mining rig and is powering it with flared natural gas at a site outside Brooks, Alberta, in Canada.
May 04, 2021
Green Energy’s Never Been Bigger. This Fracking ETF Doesn’t Seem to Mind
Sergii Gerasymovych, the Founder of EZ Blockchain, found a way to utilize the fracking industry in a way that benefits Bitcoin. This, in turn, could help add a new or supplanting revenue stream for fracking companies.
Apr 09, 2021
The 2021 European Forbes 30 under 30 List – Manufacturing & Industry
Sergii Gerasymovych is an honouree of the 2021 Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe.
Apr 08, 2021
EZ blockchain has recently set up five Bitcoin mines on gas sites
the latest in Utah with independent gas company Wesco Operating Inc. Other companies using the innovative solution include Crusoe Energy Systems Inc., which has introduced low-cost/no-cost ‘Digital Flare Mitigation’ programs with Bitcoin companies to put 20 data centers into action.
Apr 04, 2021
Could Bitcoin Solve The Oil Flaring Problem?
Sergii Gerasymovych, the owner of a Bitcoin mining company, EZ Blockchain, reached out to oil and gas companies a few years ago to no avail. But “The market conditions have changed,” he explained.
Apr 01, 2021
Fracking Companies Pivot to Mining Bitcoin as Pandemic Woes Continue to Bite
With that, turning to alternative revenue streams has become all the more appealing in recent times. Sergii Gerasymovych, the Founder of EZ Blockchain, spotted an opportunity to bring Bitcoin and the fracking industry together.
Apr 01, 2021
The pandemic is turning fracking companies into Bitcoin miners
In 2018, the global cryptocurrency market had crashed, and Sergii Gerasymovych was looking for a way to keep his Bitcoin mining company afloat. He eventually settled on a plan to make money while cleaning up two notoriously climate-polluting industries.
Mar 30, 2021
Cryptocurrency mining company eyes flared gas in Permian Basin
EZ Blockchain recently deployed a natural gas generator and a 40-foot container filled with more than 700 computer servers off the East Coast where a stranded source of natural gas is being used to generate roughly 2.5 megawatts of electricity.
Jun 23, 2020
Chicago Company Mines at Oil Wells, Educates Producers About Bitcoin
EZ Blockchain is a Chicago-based company designing and building data centers that can mine cryptocurrencies based on proof-of-work blockchains. It manufactures, deploys, and operates mobile units at oil and gas extracting facilities, which run on what would otherwise be totally wasted energy to mint digital coins.
Dec 06, 2019
Bitcoin Mining Helps Oil Companies Reduce Carbon Footprint
EZ Smartbox portable mining units are powered by gas-electric generators to convert associated gas into electricity used in data processing including crypto mining. The Chicago-based company has already delivered 13 mobile units to three locations, with 6 MWs under operation and 64 PH/s of hash power. To find out more about these operations and get further insights about the industry, news.Bitcoin.com contacted Sergii Gerasymovych, founder of EZ Blockchain.
Jul 19, 2019
FREQUENTLYASKEDQUESTIONS
How much time does it take to install a container near the energy source?
How much time does it take to install a container near the energy source?
Ideally, you can install it and start mining within 24 hours.
In a nutshell, why are your containers better than your competition’s?
In a nutshell, why are your containers better than your competition’s?
Because we’ve been producing them for four years and have mastered the quality. Just like most new productions, we had certain issues at the beginning and fixed them later. However, our first air-cooling crypto mining containers that we designed in 2019 are still working great.
What are the advantages of air-cooling vs. immersion cooling?
What are the advantages of air-cooling vs. immersion cooling?
- – Air-cooling is more affordable and might provide better ROI during the first year of use. You may also fit more miners into the air-cooling container. However, immersion cooling containers have their own advantages.
- – Immersion cooling completely submerges the mining rig in thermally-conductive liquid which is globally accepted as the more effective method.
Regular Container vs. Custom Frame
Regular Container vs. Custom Frame
Typically, all Bitcoin mining trailers are built using 20ft or 40ft shipping containers for easy transportation and installation. However, EZ Blockchain also offers custom crypto-mining containers. If a miner has specific ideas about their mining rig, a custom frame container may be a better option.
Do you help with installation?
Do you help with installation?
Yes. We have specifically trained engineers who implemented tier 3 and tier 4 protocols of work — which is super rare to find — which can allow you to have double security for your mining containers.
How do I connect the Datacenter (Smartbox) to the power
How do I connect the Datacenter (Smartbox) to the power
We have developed a comprehensive guide of connecting the Smrtbox to the grid as well as properly maintaining it.
If the power goes off?
If the power goes off?
The grid has its own backup power
What kind of power do you use?
What kind of power do you use?
220 Volts
Do you have a 2nd exit in the Smartbox?
Do you have a 2nd exit in the Smartbox?
Yes
Do I need to have a second network if I buy a few datacenters
Do I need to have a second network if I buy a few datacenters
No
Do you have a backup network?
Do you have a backup network?
Yes, we do