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Title: BUtterfly Labs 50 GH/s Miner Post by: Triffin on January 23, 2014, 04:51:17 PM Butterfly Labs 50 GH/s miner
Noticed that BFL has a few ( new ) of these units for immediate delivery and there are currently several Ebay auctions for used units all at about the same price point .. So, for sha-256 coins is this miner currently an expensive space heater or OK for someone just wanting to try mining some alt-coins ( to hold long term ) .. I know the multi TH's ASIC are on the horizon and BTC difficulty is about to bump another 20% so I'm not considering using this for mining BTC .. So are these doorstops, space heaters or useful miners at this point in time ???????? Triff .. Title: Re: BUtterfly Labs 50 GH/s Miner Post by: vpasic on January 23, 2014, 05:12:50 PM Doorstops and space heaters!
don't even think about it! Title: Re: BUtterfly Labs 50 GH/s Miner Post by: miaviator on January 23, 2014, 05:16:19 PM Butterfly Labs 50 GH/s miner Noticed that BFL has a few ( new ) of these units for immediate delivery and there are currently several Ebay auctions for used units all at about the same price point .. So, for sha-256 coins is this miner currently an expensive space heater or OK for someone just wanting to try mining some alt-coins ( to hold long term ) .. I know the multi TH's ASIC are on the horizon and BTC difficulty is about to bump another 20% so I'm not considering using this for mining BTC .. So are these doorstops, space heaters or useful miners at this point in time ???????? Triff .. Your definition of "Immediate delivery" and BFL's definition of "Immediate delivery" or "In Stock" etc. are likely very very different definitions. A peek around the forums will show that in-stock ready for immediate delivery BFL's can still take Two WeeksTM The Ebay ones would likely ship quicker. Title: Re: BUtterfly Labs 50 GH/s Miner Post by: mehmehspazumweh on January 23, 2014, 05:17:39 PM just spend the money on altcoins and hold, you'll be much better off!
Title: Re: BUtterfly Labs 50 GH/s Miner Post by: rammy2k2 on January 23, 2014, 05:45:13 PM there is no immediate delivery on BFL
Title: Re: BUtterfly Labs 50 GH/s Miner Post by: klondike_bar on January 23, 2014, 06:12:31 PM at 7w/GH its a terrible idea and waste of money. for the power sonsumption of the 50Gh miner you could run a 200GH antminer - and the prices are not that different
Title: Re: BUtterfly Labs 50 GH/s Miner Post by: NecroBones on January 23, 2014, 08:10:58 PM Your definition of "Immediate delivery" and BFL's definition of "Immediate delivery" or "In Stock" etc. are likely very very different definitions. A peek around the forums will show that in-stock ready for immediate delivery BFL's can still take Two WeeksTM The Ebay ones would likely ship quicker. Very true. My "in stock" unit took nearly 4 weeks to get here, ordered at the end of December. Title: Re: BUtterfly Labs 50 GH/s Miner Post by: sid7039 on January 24, 2014, 11:02:51 AM never ever buy anything from them! i have my own veryvery negative experience.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bfl Title: Re: BUtterfly Labs 50 GH/s Miner Post by: ManeBjorn on January 25, 2014, 01:51:47 AM I saw that on MMC.
I am trying to replicate that myself. Not much success yet though. So far we've got .. ::) ::) 1) Don't do it 2) Buy alt-coins instead 3) BFL sucks 4) Doorstops But truth be told people are mining right now .. 1 GH/s has the same daily rate of return as 500 GH/s .. The 'arms' race is in full force judging by the thread where the OP is offering Cointerra 2 TH/s miners for 3X what he paid for them .. ( of course, they're not "in hand" just yet ) ;) ;D Some dev over on the MMC ( memory coin ) thread just figured out how to boost CPU mining by +300% ( faster than the best GPU rigs according to the other posters ) .. If I wait until May .. we can have this same discussion with regards to the newly obsolete +1 TH/s miners !! I just thought it would be fun/marginally profitable to do a little mining with hardware ( I can actually get my hands on ) for "grins and giggles" going forward and it gives me something to do while waiting for my next SS check to roll in .. Triff .. An old dog trying to learn a new trick !!!!! 8) Title: Re: BUtterfly Labs 50 GH/s Miner Post by: rob143 on January 25, 2014, 02:04:11 AM I ordered a BUtterfly Labs 50 GH/s Miner to replace a dead cube and it arrived in 3 business days, so they are in stock and shipping.
Title: Re: BUtterfly Labs 50 GH/s Miner Post by: bcp19 on January 25, 2014, 07:28:20 AM I ordered a BUtterfly Labs 50 GH/s Miner to replace a dead cube and it arrived in 3 business days, so they are in stock and shipping. I was actually in KC recently and had stopped by BFL on Wednesday. They had ~200 singles sitting on a shelf ready to ship. I had heard rumors then about TigerDirect, and after seeing the Custom Hardware people going nuts, I went to the TD website and did see a BFL logo and "Coming soon". |