Hive Blockchain (HIVE), a bitcoin mining company, announced on Friday that it had deployed its first machines using Intel's (INTC) Blockscale CPUs. The new chips not only have the ability to end Bitmain and MicroBT's effective monopoly on the mining machine market, but they also provide mining businesses the freedom to create machines that exactly match their needs, which is a significant change from the products of those other manufacturers.