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Bitcoin => Hardware => Topic started by: thresher on March 11, 2014, 07:10:38 PM



Title: antminer s1 price
Post by: thresher on March 11, 2014, 07:10:38 PM
What is going on with the price of these things?
I ordered two more to compliment my others (since my scrpyt rigs suck right now and i'm addicted to buying mining crap for some reason lol.)   
Just wondering if everyone knows something I don't since they seem to be superior to other machines being sold at the moment for their current price.
Why would they keep lowering their price?
I even had coupons form them.
Now i'm paranoid I fucked myself :)


Title: Re: antminer s1 price
Post by: TheRealSteve on March 11, 2014, 07:26:09 PM
Who knows - maybe they're aware of competing scrypt-mining hardware soon to enter the market and are trying to cash in on their popularity and reputation while they can?  Or maybe they're just generous (I'm sure there's plenty profit in it for them).  Enjoy the low prices while they last :)
( http://cryptomining-blog.com/1360-bitmain-selling-the-180-ghs-antiminer-s1-btc-asic-for-less-than-1-btc/ )


Title: Re: antminer s1 price
Post by: xstr8guy on March 11, 2014, 07:53:56 PM
Ants are simply priced to sell.  No scam going on with BitMain.  They can keep up with demand and still make few dollars too.  They are power-hungry compared to more KNC and other 28nm miners but you don't have to wait to get your miner delivered.

The S2 is coming soon so hopefully the new model will be much more efficient.