BlockDAG Sells 18,000 Miners Pre-Launch, Building Robust Network

BlockDAG, a Layer 1 blockchain that combines the speed of Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) with the security of Bitcoin-style Proof-of-Work (PoW), has made significant strides in its infrastructure development. The company has already sold over 18,000 mining rigs to retail users and early adopters, indicating a strong interest in its mining ecosystem well before the mainnet launch. This hardware footprint is not just speculative; it represents a live, growing network that is set to expand even further with the upcoming shipments of its X10 and X30 miner units in June and July 2025, respectively.

BlockDAG’s mining ecosystem is unique in its approach to democratizing mining. The X1 Miner App, which has garnered over 2 million users, introduced crypto mining via mobile devices, allowing participants to earn BDAG through Proof-of-Engagement activities. This mobile-first strategy has built a vast user base, some of whom are now transitioning to physical hardware mining. The X10 and X30 miners are compact ASIC units designed to plug into standard power supplies, offering much higher throughput than mobile mining alone. These devices are optimized for BlockDAG’s hybrid DAG + PoW algorithm, enabling miners to process thousands of concurrent transactions while securing the network.

BlockDAG’s phased hardware rollout is designed to ensure stability and gradual onboarding of new nodes. The X10 Miner, set for deliveries starting August 15th 2025, offers energy-efficient hashing power suitable for home or small business operations. The X30 Miner, scheduled for deliveries from July 7th, is designed for higher-capacity setups with more aggressive BDAG output and faster ROI potential. The X100 Miner, also starting deliveries from July 7th, targets large-scale miners and institutions. This staggered rollout allows the network to ramp up gradually, ensuring stability while onboarding new nodes and allowing retail buyers to become first-generation infrastructure participants.

The sale of over 18,000 miners pre-launch is a significant indicator of confidence in BlockDAG’s long-term viability. These buyers are making infrastructure bets, often before token listings or liquidity events. BlockDAG’s reliance on Proof-of-Work, supported by a DAG ledger structure, makes it more decentralized, similar to Kaspa or Bitcoin, but with a faster, more scalable consensus mechanism. The project’s live testnet, smart contract compatibility via EVM, and a no-code dApp builder position it as a full-stack ecosystem launching from the bottom up, not just through top-down marketing.

Four weeks before the token listing, expected in Q4 2025, BlockDAG’s production mainnet will activate. At this point, the miners will connect to the real network for the first time. Unlike many networks that launch empty, BlockDAG will activate with hardware mining nodes via X10 and X30 units, community nodes and staking pools, deployed DeFi infrastructure, and live developer deployments through the no-code builder. With 40% of presale tokens airdropped in Week 2 of the rollout, and over 23 billion BDAG already sold, a significant portion of the network will be in the hands of early supporters, many of whom are also hardware miners. This overlap between ownership and infrastructure participation is a model few projects have achieved and could be the reason BlockDAG avoids the cold-start problem that plagued many 2021–2023 launches.

BlockDAG is focusing on hardware, participation, and transparency in a crypto cycle where decentralization often takes a backseat to marketing. With 18,000+ units sold and new waves of miners shipping this summer, the network’s mining layer is already being formed, not post-launch, but now. This groundwork positions BlockDAG not just as a hot presale, but as a viable long-term Layer 1 contender. With $0.0020 pricing still live for a limited time, participants in the miner network have a rare opportunity to accumulate BDAG at the lowest entry point available—before the mainnet, before the airdrop, and before the listings begin. In short, BlockDAG’s Layer 1 is not waiting on the future—it’s mining it into existence.