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Outdoor Bitcoin/Litecoin mining package:

• SolarMiner box with 16 USB 2.0 ports connected to Raspberry Pi B, 4GB SSD
• Three Monocrystalline Solar Panels, Batteries of 60,000mAh in total.
• Ethernet cable and in-box WiFi dongle.

https://i.imgur.com/HuPJI86.jpg

Compatible ASIC Devices:

• Block Erupter USB 334MH/s
• Bi•Fury 5+ GH/s
• RedFury 2.7GH/s
• BlueFury 2.7GH/s
• NanoFury 2.5GH/s
• TerraHash 4.5 GH/s Modular
• If you have a device that can be powered by USB 2.0 standard, we are glad to list your device in here

https://i.imgur.com/miZCaxS.jpg

Compatible FPGA Devices:

• Xilinx Spartan-6
• ZTEX USB-FPGA 1.15x
• Icarus
• If you have a device that can be powered by USB 2.0 standard, we are glad to list your device in here

Machine Specs:

• Mainboard: Raspberry Pi B with 4GB SD card
• USB Ports: 16 USB 2.0 Ports connected to Pi.
• Connections: Ethernet socket, in-box WiFi dongle
• Batteries: Total of 60,000mAh
• Solar Panels: 3 Monocrystalline Solar Panels, 5 Amp (peak)

https://i.imgur.com/TewybXj.jpg

What is the fastest mining speed this can power?

It depends on the mining device you plugged in. There are total of 16 USB 2.0 ports, 14 of them with power of 5V 500mA by default (max current can draw is 0.75A each, and that will limit the currents in other USB ports), and 2 of them to power cooling devices in 5V 300mA each.

With 14 of the BlueFury/RedFury 2.7GH/s USB miners, you are getting around 37GH/s. When sunlight is not available at night, you could continue mining by changing the power supply to wall sockets, giving you a 24 hours continuous mining every day.

Who are we?

Located in Ottawa, Canada is the leader of solar-crypto-currencies power manufacturer. SolarMiner is the only manufacturer in PV manufacturing and power managements dedicated to Bitcoin/Litecoin minings as well as other potential crypto-currencies.

Our mission is to turn crypto-currency mining into an affordable and sustainable green economy for everyone to be able to contribute, and benefit from mining! We are also building a stronger community not only to serve our customers but also for people to exchange ideas and solutions.

Let us be your most trusted partner and let us change the world together!


So, what's the price?

Price is initially set to $899.95 USD + tax, payable by Paypal and credit cards and will be ready for order soon in January 2014. For early bird buyers, there will be an $100 USD discount, so $799.95 USD + tax.


If you are interested, let me know, we are setting up official website with details in January, and you will be able to purchase the device direct from our website, by phone or from one of our resellers.

Very nice

Electricity from the Sun, money from math ... the ultimate freedom.

PRICE TO THE MOON

It looks like a great product but I have one question...

Why don't you accept BitCoin as payment?

Please note:

Nobody has ever said you must charge at a rate consistent with the current market price. You can always just establish a BTC value that you are comfortable with and charge that.

He is building TRUST :)))

If they only accepted bitcoin, I would be seriously worried.

But for now... I say good on it.

For $900 I don't know how it's in the least bit feasible though.

Too bad one lives in the north where the sun never shines...

Price is toooooooo big  :o

Of course, it would be strange to only accept BitCoin... But to accept BitCoin alongside conventional currency would seem logical.

I'm only implying that an opportunity exists both to expand the merchant base of the BitCoin network and to help redistribute some of the BitCoin wealth with more actual P2P transactions outside of the major exchanges. It would increase the liquidity of the market because businesses don't typically regard revenues as investments and will likely recirculate the coins to the market.

I would strongly advise charging at least double the current USD/BTC exchange rate to account for such a volatile trading climate and because I believe a large portion of sales would come from those who have more BitCoin than they can sell without fear of devaluing the currency.

That's just my .02 cents...

But if you connect less miners you can mine 24/7 from sun? How much miners is sustainable in Winter mining 24/7 from sun?

Well 60,000 mA/h is 60A/h and each USB 2.0 port is drawing a max of 2A/h leaving a minimum of 1 hour 52 minutes and 30 seconds of battery reserve capacity.

During the day depending on your Lattitude you will get varying results from your solar panels but it looks like you will have plenty of margin on that.

Thanks for the explanation.

What a beaut, and good idea.

You have to connect the mining devices outside the box, so why the box is for outdoor use ?

Our solar panels are waterproof, but to make the box itself waterproof will increase the cost too much. So...

We have planned to manufacture a shell-cover over the entire box.

Do you have batteries capacity over time characteristic ?
I know batteries have to be exchanged after few years. So what kind of battery it is or you provide only battery replacement (how much $) ?

Neat idea, I'd definitely be interested in more stats. Will one be able to order a box without solar panels (perhaps if we have our own already)?

What miners will the shell covers accept? Or will it basically be a box that you can throw the stuff in?

Batteries are lithium iron phosphate (LFP) ones. In case of no sunlight is available, batteries can last for about 6 hours. Solar panels are designed to make sure the charging current is higher than LOAD consumption.  Each solar panel generates 5A (peak), and there are three of those solar panels generating a maximum of 15A.

I like it. Do you offer a warranty?

nty

electricity is 0.06$ per Kw/h  here in QC,CANADA !

Looks awesome!!! Great job guys! :D

Yes we do.

Very, very nice!

dam frogs =D lol just joking $0.12 Kw/h here in saskatchewan

Nice project!
Wait more informations.

It's a great question. Why don't they accept BTC as  a payment method while offering other earn BTC by using they product!

We didn't say we will not be using Bitcoin as payment method in the future, but we are still watching for a better solution, a even easier, secure payment solution.

Really nice exotic names however the new standard is coming with USB3 in 2014.

That right, USB3 is planned in 2014, It's definitely a trend and there will be more powerful miners through USB 3.0 standard.

I have a project in Northern Africa that I support which helps people find jobs.

This would be great to help people build a small regular income in areas where jobs are scarce, but there is enough infrastructure to mine.

PM me know when these are ready to go.