Luxor Technology is a Seattle-based Bitcoin mining services company founded in 2019 by Nick Hansen (CEO). Unlike most mining companies that focus primarily on self-mining, Luxor has built a multi-product platform serving the broader mining industry: a mining pool, ASIC hardware brokerage, proprietary mining firmware (LuxOS), hashrate derivative products, and mining infrastructure consulting. Luxor is considered one of the most innovative companies in the Bitcoin mining services sector.
Background
Luxor was founded with the insight that Bitcoin mining had become a sophisticated industrial sector requiring specialized financial products and services — not just raw hash rate. The company built out a suite of products addressing different pain points in the mining industry’s operation and risk management.
Products and Services
| Product | Description |
|---|---|
| Mining Pool (Luxor Pool) | A Bitcoin mining pool targeting North American miners, with transparent fee structures and real-time stats |
| LuxOS Firmware | Proprietary firmware for Antminer ASICs that enables advanced autotuning, efficiency optimization, and temperature control |
| ASIC Brokerage | Secondary market for buying and selling new and used ASIC miners, with pricing indices |
| Hashrate Index | Public dashboard for ASIC pricing, mining profitability, and hashrate market data — widely cited by industry analysts |
| Hashrate Forwards | Financial derivative contracts allowing miners to sell future hashrate production for fixed prices, hedging Bitcoin price and difficulty risk |
LuxOS Firmware
LuxOS is Luxor’s proprietary firmware for Antminer ASICs that provides features Bitmain’s stock firmware does not include:
- Autotuning of individual chips for maximum efficiency per watt
- Immersion cooling profiles
- Advanced temperature management
- Remote monitoring APIs
LuxOS competes with third-party firmware like Braiins OS+, and a significant portion of professionally operated North American mining fleets run LuxOS.
Hashrate Index
Luxor’s Hashrate Index (hashrate.no) has become the industry-standard reference for Bitcoin mining economics, publishing:
- ASIC pricing data (new and secondary market)
- Mining profitability (revenue per PH/s per day)
- Network difficulty and hash rate trends
- Public mining company earnings benchmarks
Related Terms
Sources
- Luxor Technology Website — official site with all products.
- Hashrate Index — Luxor’s public mining data dashboard.
- LuxOS Firmware — firmware product page.