What Blockware Solutions does

Blockware Solutions, founded in 2017 and headquartered in Austin, Texas (Delaware LLC, 100% remote workforce), is a vertically integrated Bitcoin mining infrastructure provider operating a self-serve marketplace at marketplace.blockwaresolutions.com. The platform combines ASIC hardware sales (Antminer S21 XP, Whatsminer M66s, Antminer S19 XP at $1,400-$8,910 per unit), US-based managed hosting across six facilities in five states with over 17 MW of deployed capacity (including a renewable-energy co-location with Soluna Holdings at the Briscoe Wind Farm), a peer-to-peer RentHash marketplace for fixed-term hashrate rental (30-120 day contracts), the TaxShield and Blockware Finance products that wrap Arch Lending BTC-collateralized borrowing around managed mining, and a Nodestream HPC sub-brand extending into AI/HPC compute marketplace services. Supporting the stack is Blockware Intelligence, a research and media operation with 100,000+ newsletter subscribers and $10/month premium subscriptions, plus educational content through Blockware Academy.

The company monetizes across four primary streams: (1) MaaS hosting and electricity pass-through at $0.070-$0.078/kWh to over 2,500 active miners; (2) hardware resale margin on ASICs sourced primarily through MicroBT (a strategic investor as of March 2026); (3) marketplace commissions on RentHash rentals and ASIC peer-to-peer trades; and (4) subscription revenue from Blockware Intelligence. Since founding, Blockware has sold over 400,000 ASICs cumulatively. Go-to-market is hybrid: product-led self-serve for individuals and SMBs, named-account enterprise field sales for bulk buyers and institutional clients, and community-led growth via content, YouTube, Substack, podcast, and partnerships with influencers including Robert Breedlove and Mark Moss.

In June 2026, the board replaced CEO Mason Jappa with Megan Brooks-Anderson, former COO of Riot Platforms (NASDAQ: RIOT), explicitly tasking her with accelerating the AI/HPC pivot through Nodestream HPC. The team also includes veterans from Foundry, Bitmain, Sazmining, and EY, and James Stanton (formerly Head of Business Development at Foundry) as VP of Growth. Blockware serves individual Bitcoin enthusiasts, traditional investors and family offices seeking tax-advantaged BTC exposure, high-income BTC holders using TaxShield for depreciation-driven income offset, and an emerging institutional channel. Revenue and ownership details beyond the MicroBT strategic investment are not publicly disclosed.

Name

Blockware Solutions

Legal name

Blockware Solutions LLC

Website

https://blockwaresolutions.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cryptocurrency Mining Infrastructure / Bitcoin Mining as a Service

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518), Mining Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing (333131)

SIC

Construction, Mining & Materials Handling Machinery & Equip (3530), Mining Machinery & Equip (No Oil & Gas Field Mach & Equip) (3532)

akta.pro primary industry

Mining Hosting, Colocation & Managed Facilities (FSADAOAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Mining Software, Firmware & Monitoring Platforms (FSADAOAF)

Keywords

• Bitcoin mining hosting
• ASIC miner sales
• Hashrate rental
• Mining as a Service
• Cryptocurrency mining infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Mining as a Service (MaaS) Hosting: Blockware operates US-based data centers across 6 facilities in 5 states, hosting customer-owned ASIC miners in exchange for electricity and hosting fees. Customers purchase miners through the Blockware Marketplace and pay monthly hosting/electricity costs. The company handles all setup, maintenance, monitoring, and payout routing.
2. Mining Hardware Sales: Sale of Bitcoin ASIC miners (Antminer S21 XP, Whatsminer M66s, Antminer S19 XP) through the Blockware Marketplace. Miners range from $1,400 to $8,910 depending on model and specs. Hardware is pre-configured and can be immediately deployed in Blockware's hosting network.
3. Blockware Intelligence Premium Subscription: Premium subscription research product at $10/month delivering weekly comprehensive Bitcoin, mining, and macroeconomic analysis. Free Monday Mining Metrics newsletter is also provided. The research arm has been covered by Bloomberg, CNBC, WSJ, Bitcoin Magazine, and Cointelegraph.
4. RentHash Marketplace Commission: Peer-to-peer marketplace where ASIC owners list machines for rent. Blockware collects platform and hosting fees on each rental transaction. Sellers receive upfront BTC remittance minus fees; buyers rent hashrate for 30–120 day terms.
5. TaxShield / BTC-Backed Finance: Blockware coordinates miner acquisition and deployment for customers using Arch-provided BTC-collateralized borrowing facilities. Revenue derived from miner procurement coordination, hosting, and ongoing operations management layered on top of the lending product.
6. Blockware Finance: Bitcoin-backed borrowing strategy enabling customers to pledge BTC as collateral, use borrowed funds to purchase miners, and deploy them into Blockware's managed hosting while generating BTC and cash flow to service borrowing costs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Blockware Solutions operates Mining as a Service (MaaS) hosting for Bitcoin ASIC miners across six US-based data centers in five states. It runs an integrated marketplace platform for purchasing miners and selecting hosting, a peer-to-peer hashrate rental product (RentHash), institutional research (Blockware Intelligence), and BTC-backed finance products (TaxShield/Blockware Finance) coordinated with Arch Lending. Customers purchase miners, deploy them in Blockware's managed facilities, and receive daily BTC payouts while capturing tax deductions through Section 179 and Bonus Depreciation.

Product overview

Blockware Solutions operates a multi-product platform centered on Bitcoin Mining as a Service (MaaS), offering institutional-grade mining infrastructure accessible to everyone. The core offering consists of Mining as a Service (MaaS) for managed hosting and the Hashrate Marketplace for peer-to-peer hardware trading. Supporting products include Blockware Intelligence (research and analytics), RentHash™ (hashrate rental contracts), Finance (BTC-backed borrowing for mining), TaxShield (integrated borrowing-mining strategy with Arch), and Nodestream HPC (AI/high-performance computing marketplace). Additional modules include a Mining Profitability Calculator, Blockware Academy educational resources, plus podcasts, videos, and research articles. The platform targets Bitcoin investors, traditional finance participants, and businesses seeking mining exposure without operational complexity.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Nodestream HPC: A dedicated marketplace for buying, selling, and scaling high-performance compute power, serving the AI and HPC market with verified listings, global reach, and end-to-end support from procurement to deployment.
• Blockware Intelligence
• RentHash
• Blockware Academy
• TaxShield

Products and services

• Mining as a Service (MaaS) Managed Bitcoin mining hosting service enabling clients to purchase ASIC miners and have Blockware handle procurement, setup, hosting, maintenance, monitoring, and operations at six US-based renewable-powered data centers in exchange for monthly electricity and hosting fees, with daily BTC rewards routed to the customer's wallet.
• Hashrate Marketplace (ASIC Marketplace) Peer-to-peer marketplace for buying and selling Bitcoin mining ASIC hardware with verified listings and BTC-settled transactions, providing instant liquidity and an alternative channel for hardware procurement.
• RentHash Peer-to-peer marketplace for renting full-machine Bitcoin mining hashrate over fixed 30/60/90/120-day terms with guaranteed hashrate delivery measured in TH·days, deterministic remediation policies for underdelivery, and BTC, Lightning, or credit card settlement.
• Blockware Intelligence Institutional-grade market research and analysis subscription covering Bitcoin, Bitcoin mining, and macroeconomics, delivered via a free Monday Mining Metrics newsletter, a $10/month premium subscription, and feature-length research reports.
• Blockware Finance Bitcoin-backed borrowing strategy where customers pledge BTC as collateral, use borrowed funds to purchase miners, deploy them into Blockware's managed hosting, and generate BTC plus cash flow to service the borrowing facility.
• TaxShield Integrated BTC-collateralized borrowing and mining deployment framework co-developed with Arch Lending and Mark Moss, allowing Bitcoin holders to pledge BTC, deploy miners, and claim accelerated depreciation through Section 179/100% Bonus Depreciation to reduce taxable income.
• Nodestream HPC High-performance computing marketplace extending Blockware's hosting infrastructure to AI and HPC workloads, offering verified listings, global reach, and end-to-end support from procurement through deployment.

Quantifiable outcome

• Mining strategy outperforms Buy & Hold in 75% of market simulations over 38-month periods (Blockware Intelligence research)
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Soluna HoldingscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 April 2026Blockware and Soluna have an ongoing multi-expansion hosting partnership. As of April 2026, this is Blockware's fourth expansion with Soluna, adding 3.3 MW of capacity at Project Dorothy 1B in West Texas. Blockware is the first customer signed at Project Dorothy 1B. Total Blockware capacity across all Soluna sites exceeds 17 MW. The deployment is powered by the Briscoe Wind Farm that Soluna acquired for $53M, enabling full vertical integration between renewable energy generation and data center operations.
• SazminingminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 21 April 2026Sazmining partnered with Soluna Holdings to launch a 3 MW Bitcoin mining operation at Project Dorothy 1B. Blockware is involved as the hosting client at this site, alongside Sazmining's mining operation. This is part of the broader Soluna-Blockware hosting relationship.
• Arch LendingcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 October 2025Arch Lending provides the BTC-backed borrowing layer for Blockware's TaxShield and Blockware Finance products. Blockware handles the mining infrastructure layer: coordinating miner acquisition, deploying and hosting equipment, operating the fleet, and supporting reporting. Together, the companies enable BTC-collateralized liquidity to be converted into managed mining infrastructure with potential tax efficiency through accelerated depreciation.
• Mark MosscoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 21 October 2025Mark Moss (Chief Bitcoin Strategist at Satsuma) co-created the TaxShield product framework with Blockware and Arch. Moss popularizes the strategy of using BTC-backed borrowing paired with productive mining assets. His endorsement and co-marketing drive inbound customer acquisition for Blockware's finance products.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Compass Mining: Compass Mining operates a marketplace for purchasing ASIC miners and selecting hosting facilities, plus retail MaaS plans. It is the closest direct peer to Blockware's hardware-plus-hosting marketplace model, with overlapping customer segments and similar self-serve GTM motion.
• Foundry Digital: Foundry provides Bitcoin mining services including a major hashrate pool, hosting, equipment sales, and financing. Blockware's VP of Growth James Stanton was previously Head of BD at Foundry, and the two compete for institutional mining customers and ASIC distribution.
• Sazmining: Sazmining provides Bitcoin mining hosting using renewable energy and is a direct hosting partner of Blockware at Soluna's Project Dorothy 1B. Both serve the same retail MaaS customer base with similar low-cost renewable power positioning.
• Luxor Technology: Luxor operates a Bitcoin mining pool, hashrate trading platform, and mining firmware/tools. It competes with Blockware in the developer-facing mining tooling layer and offers adjacent hashrate marketplace and pool services.
• Braiins / Slush Pool: Braiins operates Slush Pool (one of the oldest Bitcoin mining pools) plus mining firmware (BOS) and hosted services. Blockware's Director of Business Development Fernando Grijalba was previously SVP at Braiins, indicating direct talent and product overlap in mining software and pool services.

Broad incumbents

• Riot Platforms: Riot Platforms (NASDAQ: RIOT) is one of the largest US-based publicly listed Bitcoin miners, operating multi-hundred MW data centers in Texas. Blockware's CEO Megan Brooks-Anderson was previously Riot's COO. Riot competes for hosting customers and represents the institutional benchmark Blockware benchmarks against.
• Marathon Digital: Marathon Digital Holdings (NASDAQ: MARA) is among the largest publicly traded Bitcoin miners with diversified sites and treasury strategy. As a broad incumbent with similar focus on US-based operations and capital markets access, Marathon serves as a comparable public-market benchmark.
• CleanSpark: CleanSpark (NASDAQ: CLSK) operates US-based Bitcoin mining data centers with a focus on efficient operations and low power costs. Its scale and operational focus on mining economics make it a broad incumbent comparable to Blockware's hosting business.
• Core Scientific: Core Scientific emerged from bankruptcy with restructured operations in Bitcoin mining and HPC/AI compute hosting. Its parallel pivot from pure-play BTC mining into HPC hosting mirrors Blockware's Nodestream HPC strategy and makes it a relevant comparable.
• Hut 8 Mining: Hut 8 (NASDAQ: HUT) operates large-scale US and Canadian Bitcoin mining facilities with a focus on energy infrastructure and has expanded into AI/HPC hosting. Comparable to Blockware on multi-jurisdiction operations and compute diversification ambitions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/BlockwareTeam
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@BlockwareSolutions
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/blockware-solutions

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments1 record

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