25/02/2026
GDA added the equivalent of 16MW of mining capacity last summer without buying a single new machine. They did it by switching firmware on hardware they already owned, during peak summer heat ⤵️
WHY STOCK FIRMWARE STRUGGLES IN HEAT
Stock firmware applies the same voltage and frequency to every chip on every board. When temperatures rise, it hard-throttles into Low Power Mode, creating repeated spike-and-throttle cycles that hurt both output and hardware over time.
HOW THE TEST WAS SET UP
Same hardware. Same facility. Same ambient conditions. One group ran stock firmware, the other ran Netropus Finance OS. The test ran late August through early September, peak summer heat, no favorable conditions.
WHAT THE DATA SHOWED
1️⃣ 40% more hashrate on identical hardware:
Stock firmware: ~70 TH/s per miner
Netropus Finance OS: ~99 TH/s per miner
That gap held for the entire test period, not a spike but sustained output through the hottest stretch of the year.
2️⃣ The gains didn't come from running hotter or overclocking.
The performance gap came from per-chip tuning. Netropus Finance OS adjusts voltage and frequency for each chip individually rather than applying one setting across the board. Stronger chips run higher, weaker chips stay within safe limits.
3️⃣ Consistency mattered as much as the average.
Netropus Finance OS operated above 80 TH/s 88% of the time.
Stock firmware managed that only 2% of the time.
The worst performance from Netropus Finance OS was still higher than the best sustained performance from stock firmware.
4️⃣ The equivalent of 16MW of capacity, at zero capex
GDA's 40MW facility produced the effective output of a 56MW facility through firmware alone.
No new hardware, no infrastructure, no capital deployed.
THE HIDDEN COST OF STOCK FIRMWARE
Every day machines run stock firmware through summer heat, hashrate is being left on the table
The hardware isn't the problem. The firmware just isn't using it properly.
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