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Step. 1 [done]: Negotiate pricing & shipping with Gridseed or Reseller
Step. 2 [done]: Opening reservation
Step. 3 [...]: Open payment
Step. 4 [...]: Initiate order with bank wire payment
Step. 5 [...]: Shipping
Step. 6 [...]: Dispatching


Payment to reseller will be done as soon as BATCH 2 has been confirmed as shipped. Unconfirmed reservations of BATCH 2 are moved to BATCH 3.

? means you haven't supplied that information to me ... please PM.

I'm almost certainly in for 15 units + controller. I'll pm you when you have the final pricing and payment options online.

Is the payment in BTC, Paypal or bank transfer?

Probably:

BTC
Bank Transfer

Then I would be interested in 10 to 20 with controllers

Which marketplace do you use? bitcoin.de mtgox coinbase vor another?

I'm using Bitstamp.

Interested in 10 if the final price is below $200. This will make ASIC as good as ATI Radeons per KHS but at a much better power consumption.

Please reserve, PM sent with details. Thanks.

Do you want me to pm you now to get a place in the list for 15? Or after final pricing?

PM me, please.

Reservation has no obligation value, it's more for me to see how far we are from 200
or if we could move in a batch 2 into the 500 ... order range.

I'd be interested in 10-20 depending on the price.

Can you do VAT free delivery within the EU?

But... I hope those who PMed you will keep their queue position for the first batch?

Would like to take 10 with controller and all necessary accessory.

best regards

Hektek

I can try get my hands on accessoires.

As an alternative they are all buyable on ebay with around 2-5 days delivery in Europe.

sure ... gona put up the list later ...

I will take 10 with controller, local pickup thanks.

okay than i only need to know, what kind of accesoirs i need to bring it up and running ;)

1 controller and schipping to germany.

best regards

Hektek

updated:

Interesse für
10  + 1 Ctrl    Schweiz

I am in for 15 units

And  1 controller

I would be interested in about 20 units, but exactly what else would I need to get these up and running?

PSU? Brand? Model?
USB hub?
any particular cables?


Please make a proper list to go with these units. I would like to get at least 10 units, up to 30.

Thank you.

I would be interested in 20 or so and controllers. But also would need direction on what else needs to be purchased to run these.

Thanks

Actually I am in USA. If you don't ship there please take me off the list. Thanks.

Oh shoot, did not see you weren't shipping to US. Any chance you would make an exception as you have better prices than anyone else?

2 UNITS + CONTROLLER?
if thats possible

reserved 10 + controller, thanks

This GB is only for EU + CH

and only for at least an order of 5 miners ...

Each USB Miner needs a 12V 5A connection with a plug (2.1-5.5mm or 2.5-5.5mm need to verify 2.1-5.5mm worked for me)
Instead of buying for each Miner such a power supply, you could buy a industrial power supply that offers around 12V 30A, this will let you out on adding power cables from the PSU to the Miners ....

Please check my support thread .... for additional information that is referenced in the first post.

Reserved 20 units

Any update on the VAT question?

I will pay VAT when importing those units 8% ... for switzerland.

If I send out from germany I will have to pay what for them.

This would be reflected in the additional costs.

Reservation & Order:

The smallest reservation & order quantity is 5 pieces.

Reservation, write PM including (amount of USB Miner, amount of controller, contact email, shipping country or local pickup)! I will post a list with the bt-nicknames.

Do you already know what payment options you plan to accept? Will you accept FIAT with Paypal,
Sepa or cash upon pick-up, or a mix of these (like x% pre-payment and then
cash upon pick-up, I'd be very happy with that as you probably won't accept escrow, right?)

I can offer BTC or bank wire.

If we got enough people paying in BTC we can process the payment around 5 days faster.
As soon as I got funds set for around 100-150 devices I will send of the bank wire to Gridseed
for the first batch order.

PM 'ed I'm in

I have sent reservation through PM, thanks. Please confirm by updating list.

Update:

- I will receive a final pricing for import costs on wednesday.
- Receiving, some accessoires tomorrow, so I can test what can be used.
- I hope we can finalize everything till end of this week.

My name for final 10 units and one controller is not at list why?

I'd be in for 20 pieces with controller, delivery in CH (or maybe shipping to CY).

20 depending on price

pm for you :)

Mark me down for 10 Including controller and accessories

for me the same :D

I would be interested in 10 + controller

I didn't found a reservation PM ... including the following information.

Please remind yourself, that I'm not a reseller of those miners.

I'm organising a GB that will price the units at costs of getting them to you and to me excluding my work.

So cost will be.

- gridseed order (bankwire payment)
- import costs (bankwire payment) for imp/exp company including VAT for switzerland
- shipping to you (variable) or local pickup (free)

Let's see if the overall price is better.

Also we have to consider that accessoires ... are needed.

Can you disclose the identity of your partners in China? (As far as I know, any shipping out of china involves a third party,
as gridseed itself does not ship abroad.) Will you be contracting a freight forwarding company or do you have personal contacts?

I'm asking this because we are supposed to pre-pay, so I'd like to have a clear understanding of the risks and potential
problems. Thanks!

I asked a swiss imp/exp company specialised for china for beeing my contact in china. They would like to pickup the miners right at the manufactury,
so they're contacting now Frank from there honk kong agency to get details about the product size, weight and there manufactury location.

I can disclose the identity of my swiss company partner to GB participants before payment as soon as I got the deal set. I probably will ask for a written document/contract from them any way.

On a side way I'm organising a personal contact, which has a logistic partner in china. This would involve a 1% fee for handling logistic in china + shipping cost.
I will try to move to that chain for a next order or a future product.

i am in, 10 units.
i have linux laptop so i dont need controller.

I think we safely topped the 200 cap. We could probably even go for a good 300-350 :)

I'm curious for the update on the pricing. I'm looking to get a few hashing here fast and I'd rather get them near cost than through another groupbuy at "retail" ;) (or at least, get more miners from this buy for the same amount of money elsewhere)
If we'd have a concrete delivery schedule I'd be looking at a few more to buy :)

I am the same as yourself, it is all dependent on the additional costs. If it is low enough then I will happily add to my order.

.... please don't post any more reservation ... nor send me anymore PM concerning additional reservation. ...

UPDATE:
- I got a final pricing for the import, it's around 1500$ per 200 pieces. This would lead to a final price for 200 at around 36'500 $ including swiss VAT. (185$ per device)
- I got a mail from Gridseed, that advised me to go over a reseller. Reseller offered me a price of 195$ per device ... without shipping.

I will close the public apperance of this GB and contact all involved revservations for further actions.

I will move over to .... seeds as our reseller, this way I can handle it faster ...

group buy is again open ...

BATCH 1 will be a small order of 100 pieces to checkout "seeds" shipping and delivery process ...

10 Miners packet


If your interested in joining, sent me a PM or post it here.

still not open to US residents, even if we pay for shipping?

hello i want to buy 5-10 machines.

is this still open?

Send you a pm for one Packet. :)

Sent you a PM, i am in for 20 pcs.
thx

still open, .... as delivery time will be short ....  payment to processing is around 3 days ... confirmed by seeds

I will already start batch 2 .... will be 200 pieces.

I had a sleepless night, so I took the opportunity to take some night pictures of the miners ...

https://i.imgur.com/sh6pgdAl.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/sh6pgdA.jpg

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

https://i.imgur.com/vFyBXk2.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/z0o3Cwv.jpg

http://imgur.com/sh6pgdA,69jCpDP,4QsNvNd,MpYENOS,bixZhnj,vFyBXk2,7b8qM4I,z0o3Cwv,m0aL2d7#0

batch one is closed ...

I hope to get the final quotes for shipping today...

batch two is open for reservation ...

added reservations for batch 2 ...

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=483142.msg5316195#msg5316195

Reserve another pack in batch 2 for me please darkfriend77

Any possibility of shipping to the US?

At the moment I'm only shipping in europe ... preferably EU countries ... except switzerland ^^

I sent pm for 10 pieces and one controller

Hello darkfriend77,

im from germany and interested in 1x Gridseed package (10 miners).
Before that i wanted to ask if these are the new models with upgraded firmware which can reach up to 500 kh/s?


greetings
criptix

I don't know which model it will be, ... probably the golden ones ... which firmware are you refering to ...link?

to be precise jack (lightningasic) posted a picture which showed 5 mh/s.
there are some comments that a new firmware upgrade would increase the performance.
not sure exactly in which thread it was, coz there are severals ~

I dont' believe anyone has got those speed. It was just false advertising. The highest speed I got out of them is around 4mh, more stable at 3.8mh.

What I believe lightning did was keep restarting the miners until the pool show that kind of speeds at the start. Sometimes when you start the miners a unit can show 800kh/s, but thats for like 5 mins. Over time it averages out to 350-400kh per unit.

Cheers

thx, for clarification ...

Small review .... concerning installation of 40 gridseed miners ...

even if setting up one miner looks really easy ... it's not if your gona setup 40 in a limited space enviroment ....

and this  doesn't include setting up software and maintaining stability ...

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

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

https://i.imgur.com/yt1Qqhxl.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CeBZtRvkzQ


concerning the software and stability .... I will write later some stuff ... just a short summary ....

https://i.imgur.com/0ECoYAl.png

The cabinet you've put them in, is that some standard IKEA like thing? As I'm going to need something that's easy to move/use I'm curious for something standardized.

yes it's a standard ... cabinet I bought in ... Baumarkt .. Schweiz ... ^^

Thx for the pics and the video :)
They seem to be quite noisy.. Did you have a look at the
fans and can you say if they are standard size and mounted
in a standard way?

If guess they took the cheapest fans they could find in all
of China. I might want to replace the fans some day then.
I have a secret place with "free energy", but this works only
as long as the equipment not too noisy.. :D

I had the same idear ... probably its possible to just remove the fans and add over 4 of them a silent 200mm fan this should work out ...
but noise is at the moment to lowest concerns I got ... stability ... concerning .. the controllers ... is more of a problem ...

right now it seems that the most reliable controller is the one straight from gridseed ... the wiibox controller ...

1 of the 3 lightningasic controllers is stable the other one semis stable .... right now stable for 8 hours ... and the last one ... is bricked i think ...

... so ... I need to workaround ...

I see... Did you try connecting them to a computer? I'm not sure if it works (I heard rumors that it's difficult with more than 4, but that sounds strange to me), but
if you have like 40 units, it's no big difference in power consumption if you have e.g. a laptop with win7 running, and this should as stable as it gets, no?
But maybe I'm wrong, I have to admit I don't really understand the reason why we are supposed to use a controller at all (except for some minor savings in energy consumption compared to a laptop or raspberry pi..)

they work with computer ... but ... right now with the compile of cpuminer they using ... also btc cores ...and use to much power ...

I just received a binary that should be fine ... I will try it out ...

I received final price and PI proforma invoice ... gona send out emails to batch 1 reservations ... later ... for payment details ....

I will buy one of the miner kits for 2140$ with everything included in it (batch 2 of course). PM me or email me at inthemoney25@gmail.com if you need some info.

I will also buy one of the 10 pack miner kits with 1 controller and with everything included in it from batch 2 please for shipping to the UK

Thanks.

Phill

I will also buy this packet from Batch 2 for 2140 $ with 10 USB-Miners, Controller, Power supply and so on for shipping to germany. PM already sent.

Thanks

...

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=483142.msg5316195#msg5316195

updated BATCH 1 payments ...

batch 2 has 3 packages left to close ...

Hi, I want to buy one kit if the second batch. What I have to do?

That should help ...

... actualized ...

all Batch states ...

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=483142.msg5316195#msg5316195

... not far from closing batch 2 ...

I'll buy one kit

Please send me a PM, including your contact email, country for shipping. thx.

Hey I want to buy one or two kits if there are some Left.
Whit shipping to Germany.
You will get the Pm when i can Write some =D.
Or i get you the information via e-mail.

Thanks.

added your reservation,

batch 2 will be around 200-300 pieces ...

we are waiting now for processing batch 1 successfully

before initiating batch 2 ... stay tuned.

White these Grid Seed can I mine all the Scrypt coin or only LTC?

most of the scrypt coins .... there are some with special requirements like vertcoin ...

Ok, buy I can mine Doge, Aurora, ecc or not?
Sory for these answers but I'm new of this world

Yes, you should be able too ... every normal scrypt coin is minable with those miners.

pm for you !  :)

updated batch 1 payments & batch 2 reservations ...

if everthing goes well batch 1 will be dispatched starting of next week ...
and batch 2 will be open for payment ... goal is to get batch 2 dispatched ...
in the week of the 17.03 ... still an estimation ... no shipping arrived so far ...
but I got confirmation that bank wire is cleared for batch 1 and shipping is processing

Hi Darkfriend77,

i want to buy 3 x 10 units all including (Batch 2)

Kindly Regards

Eincoinhase

thx, please send me a contact email ...

Update:

[batch 1] tracking numbers ... waiting to be delivered next week and dispatched.

[batch 2] all reservations from batch 2 actualized. Payment email will be sent off soon.

Hi darkfriend77 (sorry nur deutsch)
Ist noch etwas offen? Ich hätte Interesse an 1-2 Packs mit allem und scharf :-)
Aber bitte in Euro. Danke!

1 packet for me on batch #2

Salut,

ja meld dich per PM, der Batch 2 ist noch nicht bestellt, d.h. man kann noch hinzukommen.

gruss

:-) nice to have you on board.

Update:

[Batch 1]:

I got all 3 tracking numbers. Accessoires are sent of in the last one. Estimation of delivery is next week. Dispatching ... for group buyers Friday or Saturday.

[Batch 2]:

Sending payment eMail later today, the goal is to have most of the funds collected to do the payment for Batch 2 on 17.03. Estimation of dispatching for group buyers 28.03.

I will wait with the payment until I have dispatched Batch 1, to be sure everything is working well.

Do you have any plans to open this Group buy up to the US in the next batch?

I could open it up, but probably shipping and taxes would be to much ...

just check DHL for 10kg, 270mmx270mmx400mm from Germany or Switzerland to your address.

Hast PM.

Einen 10 er Satz bitte.

würd auch wohl nen pack nehmen.... pm send

More Pics please :)

Nice "Carpet" ;D

;-) check the link under it ^^

Nice  ;D

For all group buyers of Batch 2 ...

please check your Mail (swiss.btc.mining.association[at]gmail.com) and PM's payment details where sent off ...

maybe it hit the spam ... :-)




Step. 1 [done]: Negotiate pricing & shipping with Gridseed or Reseller
Step. 2 [done]: Opening reservation
Step. 3 [done]: Payment is open now!
Step. 4 [...]: Initiate order with bank wire payment, planned: 17.03.2014
Step. 5 [...]: Shipping, estimated: 21.03.2014
Step. 6 [...]: Dispatching, estimated: 27.03.2014

... ^^ around 6.8 Mhs ... 20 units

https://i.imgur.com/rNw7jtDl.jpg

Hi,

can u post a pic with a sheet of paper with your nick on it ;D
I ve seen the picture somewhere else, dont know, if it was from u.
Sorry ;D

sure ... you probably saw it here ... (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=482352.msg5600900#msg5600900)

I will satisfy your need of trust later today with some special pictures ...

You asked for it ...

https://i.imgur.com/aL73bjVl.jpg

so you actually found a solution for the noisy-fans-problem, darkfriend?
Can you post more details, like temps compared to the original
setting (if available), which fan for how many devices etc?

ok ... I just cutoff the fans ... with fans they stay ice cold ...

without they get warm but touchable ... if you add one 200mm like I did ...

they stay cold ... some one the side are not touched by the airflow so they get little hotter ...

but they work like a charm ... in that setup for the last 72h ^^

probably running them with out any airflow is fine ... as long as they are in an open environment.

cool, thanks, I'll try something similar with my miners then  :)

there is a skype user trying to ... take advantage ... of my name ...

don't do any trades with him ... it's not me ...

just let him sign a btc address from my profil ... or from this group buy ^^

https://i.imgur.com/z5fVtCe.png

to be sure to get me on skype ... send me your skype name with PM.

thx

What the.....
I got my five minute fame in this life. Again. :D

Thx.
If u can hold Timetable i´ll order next 10.

And nice Picture. I´m still searching where the cat is hiding.

I can hold for sure my part of the timetable ...

Paying
&
Dispatching ...

but timeline is depended on a few more factors,
like I wrote in my email and PM.

Glaub ich dir gerne.

Andere Frage, wieviel verbrauchen die Teile wirklich?
Ich meine, du hast ja ne Menge bei dir stehen.
Und wieviel verbrauchen die ohne Lüfter?

also ich denke mal so 7 watt das stück mit 850mhz  ge clockt ...

an den 180 watt hängen bei mir

18 miner ohne lüfter
2 miner mit lüfter
2 10 port usb mit strom anschluss
2 netzteile 12v30a für die miner
1 shuttle pc
1 usb hub mit 4 ports
1 atx netzteil zum testen
1 200mm fan

Hi all! Is anyone doing a group buy for people that only want one or two as I would like to get my hands on one these?

Sorry about the noob question but can these run without without the controller?

yes, the controller is needed if you want a kind of "standalone system"

otherwise I could just connect one to my pc without the controller?

yes, you can use ... your pc as controller. I'm running 20 pieces on a shuffle pc.

Or you can use a raspberry pie ;)

Cool! Thanks guy's

Would shipping from CH to UK bring any VAT or duty extras to be paid? Anyone bought in the UK yet?

Sorry for newbie question: Is it possible to use 5 or 10 of these with a raspberry pi? If answer is "yes" how to use it with raspbian?

I believe darkfriend77 offers to ship from Germany for all non-CH participants, so you should be fine I think..

pm sent for a 10 units reservation

I ship for EU from Germany, so VAT is included in the price already you will pay no custom or taxes on the package.

if i order 10 GRIDSEED USB-Miner packet 2140 $ and pay today, when do i recieve it ? im from east EU - croatia ?

Batch 2 is closed. I'm only taking reservations for Batch 3 now. Batch 3 isn't open for payment now.

Darkfriend did you see my reservation PM?

i am not at any list...
why?
what should i do ?

sent you a pm ... if you got more question send me your skype name ...

batch 2 is closed .... batch 3 is open for reservation ... batch 3 will wait ... open reservation ... when batch 2 payment has been processsed ..

I can`t see my name on batch 2 list, can you please reply to my PM.

any plans to bump up batch 3 to batch 2 if there are non payers?

Nope ... I would like to hold it smaller ...

Is it (still) possible to order 5 units only? and does pricing stay the same for batch 3?

It will stay the same or get less depending on the quotes I get, haven't talked about Batch 3 yet.

Let me first get off Batch 2.

I will write again as soon as I'm ready for Batch 3.

look at date, 25.02 ...
why i am out of batch 1 and 2?

Hopefully batch1 will come today Darkfriend77, I know that delivery to you is out of your control but I am reluctant to send the money for batch2 until I get batch 1

:-) It's fine ... sent you a PM ...

Many thanks....

Now I need help telling my clients that I might not be around on early next week as I want to play with my new toys  ;D

... :-)

... Finaly I will free my wall from those 100 gridseed package ... :-)

my whole room looks like a warehouse ... of electronical stuff ...

Update:

[BATCH 1] Dispatching the whole weekend.  :P

[BATCH 2] Closing payment window. (If your payment isn't accounted sent me a PM.) thx.

[BATCH 3] Waiting for ... Batch 2 to take off

Yay :)

How much for just one unit in btc? thanks

Update:

[BATCH 1] Dispatching done, check your PM .... only one last package of accessories is left for tomorrow ...

I'm in, 10 unit NOW, probably another 20+ in a week. Let me know terms and details

Update:

[BATCH 1] All pickups and shipping done ... you should have a PM. Waiting on your feedback.

darkfriend77 Hi!

I sent you a PM regarding a BATCH 3 reservation/order.

I hope you have see it ;)

Tad

I will open up Batch 3 for reservation as soon as the payment for Batch 2 is booked of my account on monday.

Also if there is any left over packages from non payed reservations from Batch 2 I will offer them to Batch 3 reservations.

... that's the plan.

Thank you very much!

I did somehow suspect that it may be so, after reading the statuses.

If there will be any place in Batch 2 left over, you can count me in.

Tad

News:

There will be an intermediate Batch 2.5 (scheduled 24.03.2014), which consists of only miners and only local pickup in Zürich, Switzerland ... if your interested send me a PM to get more information.

Update:

[BATCH 1] All DHL Tracking Numbers where sent out by PM. We got served with U.S. compatible Plugs which will probably not fit in your country. Sry.

[BATCH 2] The Bank Wire for payment is scheduled for Monday 17.03.2014. I'm trying to replace U.S. Plugs with EU compatible Plugs.

[BATCH 3] Reservation will open tomorrow.

Can you explain what we need in order to operate them? A US-EU adapter would work, sure..
But otherwise the PSU expects just bare wires from the plug, so sth like the following should
be fine, right?

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Netzkabel-Eurostecker-offene-Enden-Zugentlastung-1-5m-50502-/281087825154?pt=DE_Computing_Netzkabel_Verlängerungskabel&hash=item417223d502

Thanks :)

Okay,

first, for the power supply you will need a standard power cable for EU-plugs with an open end ... I used a standard ATX PSU cable (Pic. B) and cut just off the PSU Plug.

second, for the usb hub power supply you will have to get one of those (Pic. A) ...

third, the controller can be powered by USB, probably you will ask yourself what to do with that grey box you got ... I really don't know ... it seems to be the power supply for the controller ...

https://i.imgur.com/ks0UBeq.png

That was helpful, thanks :)

I am in for a 10-pack in batch 3, 95% sure! Will pay with btc.

Reserving one package of 10. Paying with BTC

i'm in @batch3 with one package!

PM is coming...

Got that stuff, thanks :) Still trying to get it to run, will take some time..
The controller doesn't work for me, it's all chinese, I don't get it :D
I'm not the first one to see that: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=502031.0

And I think this mysterious grey
gadget is something which makes the wiibox to hardreset every x min (In the
first weeks, there was an issue why the miners were not running stable so you
had to reset them from time to time. This box should automate that..)

:-) nice ... yeah the controller sux ... I'm working on a better solution for Batch 2 ... at least I think the plugs should be EU compatible now ...

Did you try to run it with win? It's not as straightforward as I thought..

edit: Nevermind, got it going :D For all others: You have to install the
proper USB->COM driver. Apparently, there are different of these USB->COM
chips installed varying on the batch of the miner. Ours is STM32.
See also: http://cryptomining-blog.com/tag/gridseed-golden-orb/

I don't know why, but for me Zadig didn't do it. So just google for
the STM32 Virtual COM Driver and the first result was the company
site which produces this chip. And their driver works now :)

Yep, Zadig is only for cgminer .... bfgminer works with the normal driver ... STM ...

most of the stuff is ... linked in my support thread.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=482352.msg5305445#msg5305445

Oh wow, that's great, completely missed that you wrote a support thread^^ That
would have saved me some time :D

sry, I thought ... most of the group buyers will do some researches ... about me and at least click on one of my signature links ...  ;D

I know, I know..  :D

Update:

[BATCH 1] Waiting on feedback.

[BATCH 2] All missing payments received and accounted.

[BATCH 3] Reservation actualized.

I'm more than satisfied by this GB, thank you very much darkfriend77! Great service and communication
from your side :)

There are some minor issues with the product itself (noisy fans, shitty controller, shitty PSUs), but that's
not your fault. I would suggest for upcoming batches that you try to get the miners without the accessories
for a couple of $ less.. The only thing I ended up using from the supplied accessories are the USB cables :D

One question darkfriend77,

is there any option to remove usb hub, psu and the controller and reduce the price?

Thanks

yes, for batch 3 this options will exist ...

I'm also interested in this with shipping from EU to Poland including taxes.

Could You estimate the price?

Ok ...

I can't tell you any price right now for Batch 3 ... I need to wait for Batch 2 ... also

I did change some stuff for Batch 2 ... like replacing the controller ... and I first need to see

How it works out ... what I can say is it will be a little cheaper then Batch 2.

If I understood correctly we have to wait until You can send batch 2 to the people (1 week approximately)?

Hi Darkfriend

I am interested in buying 8 x 10 Gridseed pack from batch 3. Check PM

can you elaborate on the shitty PSUs? I'm a bit worried by fire hazards.

^^ the PSU is one of those industrial PSU ... that are sold in masses on ebay ...


http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-12V-DC-30A-360W-Regulated-Switching-Power-Supply-for-LED-Strip-Light-/370683138608?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item564e6fd230


Over load protection
Over charge protection
Short circuit protection
Cooling by free air convection and fan rotation

It's not shitty ... it does the trick ... but it is noisy ...

Thanks darkfriend. Any idea about their efficiency? < or > 80%?

Ok ok, maybe shitty is too strong.. But I don't like them. They are noisy for *no* reason..
In LTC mode they supply like 40 W each, and for that they spin up and down fan rpm
from minute to minute, that's really annoying and makes no sense to me.

But fire hazard is the main reason why I replace them.
Dunno, maybe it's more psychological, but to me they don't look too
trustworthy with all this free wiring and stuff. I don't know, maybe I'm wrong,
but I'm not gonna find out for the sake of a couple of $'s (for which you get a decent
12V source) ;)

i'm wondering if that usb hub usable and stable, for example, not outputting ridiculous voltages to your controller equipment (Pi or whatever)? or is it shitty as well and need to be replaced?
i guess usb hub is one of the most important components to provide good stability and smooth operation these devices.
i own couple of such industrial psus. these aren't really that shitty at all. voltages are as pretty stable and the quality is reliable enough. of course, these aren't meant for open area installation like your average pc toys..

It's a standard 10 port usb hub, I'm using 5 of them over the last month and there wasn't any issue ...

In my opinion the usb hub is more then fine ...

I'm trying to work out some stuff ... for coming batches to improve quality of accessories ...

thanks for your opinion! i thought ya i'm gonna forced to outsource some other hubs.

I agree on that, the hub is working well for me, too.

[BATCH 1] DHL has delivered 80% of the packages already.

[BATCH 2] Shipping to Switerland started ... stay tuned.

[BATCH 3] Reservation actualized.

agree everything is working fine for me apart from the lightningasic controller, raspi is the way to go.

Did I gave you a lightningasic controller? ... that would have been a mistake ... then ... the wiibox controller in chinese ... would have been the right one ^^

... rasp for sure is ... a much better choice.

sorry i meant wiibox controller, the one that updates itself to the chinese pool after you have set your own pool details....

rasbpi has been stable since the weekend running scripta.

Ah nice ... hmmm ... after my SCRIPTA dead locked the day you picked your miner up (demo effect) ... I did a clean wheezy image with only cgminer ... on the rasp and since then it's stable ... but I might move back to SCRIPTA .. then ...

Package received today  :)

Well done Darkfriend77 for a successful group buy, now I am going to play with my new toys  :D

I guess it's time to buy another raspberry pi.

don't ... I probably will be able to replace controllers with raspberrys ... I'm working on it for Batch 2.

PM sent for 40, in EU.

So, does anyone need either my chinese controller or industrial PSUs? As I have no use for them,
I am willing to sell that stuff for cheap..

Update:

[BATCH 1] All DHL packages where delivered!!! Batch 1, is completed. Thx for participating.

[BATCH 2] All Tracking number received for Batch 2, estimated dispatching to group buyers next week.

[BATCH 3] Will send out mail for further informations this weekend, stay tuned. Process will be faster, for Batch 3.

Will be available to purchase for Batch 3 customers ...

Update:

[BATCH 2] Controllers arrived today ^^ :-) Rasberrys

https://i.imgur.com/9MGP0eAl.jpg

Can't wait :)

What the....
Holy crap.
Is that realy for batch 2? No mispelling?

yes, it is for batch 2 .. because those wiibox controllers are not useful, I removed them from the order and bought raspberrys ... for everyone, if someone still want's some original controllers ^^ I've some spare ones

Nice development  ;)

Will they be shipped with an "plug and play" image? So that we can start mining out-of-the box?

That, my friend, would be another nice trust from me for you and a posting in the "Trusted Members Topic"
Easy buying, easy mining.
Plug and Play at its best.

I just ordered a raspberry to play with as the gridseed controllers seem a bit flaky and a linux box is bigger than I want to use, may I have an RPi image for my batch 3 order? I'd like to dual mine while it is still more profitable than scrypt only, if possible on the RPis.

By the way, I've been running GPU rigs since last summer on compact flash cards, the only ones to die have been Sandisk, I lost 3 out of 5 before retiring the last ones, after 3 months... Kingston's slowest and 7dayshop cheapos are still rocking, some after 6+ months. A couple of Transcends running fine for a few months too.

Will try to do the image for you guys ...

Can you also upload that image somewhere then? I just ordered a Raspberry Pi as a replacement
for my chinese controller.

There are various tips on reducing disk access for flash drives, also useful is to use a bigger flash drive than you 'need'. I mostly (Sandisk is the exception) have success if I keep the flash drives less than 1/2 full. This drastically reduces the wear on the flash memory. Cards are cheap, downtime is not. It seems 4GB is needed so I'll be using an 8GB for starters. There are no problems writing an image to a larger drive than needed.
I wouldn't mind buying an image on SD if it's a pain to upload etc. About 10 euros for software that just works seems a bargain to me.

Oh, Great!  I've bought a PCduino to make some testing also. I'ts currently mining with two jalapeno and some block erupters... and it works really well ;)

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=482352.msg5871402#msg5871402

I will now write an Image to every disk ... so it should be plug and play ... however it seems ... make sure you all have a power cable for the raspberry ... it's micro usb to usb ... (LINK (http://www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/usb_to_microusb_cable.jpg))

+1 thx
Nice Cat.

Thanks :)

Beautiful cat!

More Pictures?
Come on...
Give em to us ;D

are u still selling?

Update:

[BATCH 2] Everything arrived, to much to count ... I will see what is left when everything is shipped...!



Step. 1 [done]: Negotiate pricing & shipping with Gridseed or Reseller
Step. 2 [done]: Opening reservation
Step. 3 [done]: Payment is open now!
Step. 4 [done]: Payed order with bank wire payment (17.03.2014 08:25 MEZ)
Step. 5 [done]: Shipping, estimated: 21.03.2014, 1.package arrived 24.03.2014 ... & 26.03.2014
Step. 6 [40%]: Dispatching, estimated: 27.03.2014 .... started 26.03.2014 ...ongoing, targeted to be finished 29.03.2014


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

[BATCH 3] Will have new prices, trying to get out payment details ... will wait till Batch 2 is finished dispatching ... sry .. it's a one man show.


as a side note, my dentist fucked up a teeth ... on friday and since then suffering horrible pain ... how ever ... the show must go on!

Where is the cat?

probably sent out in one of the packages that where shipped today ...

I hope it is mine! *fingers crossed*

Hey darkfriend, can you tell me what are the ssh credentials for your rasbpi-image?
user: root / psw: scripta doesn't work for me...

pi / raspberry

Ya that works :D thanks! the image is really plug&play btw, I love it!

U got yours already? :'(


Nice furniture.
If i get the cat, ill fry it ;D

I was in the first batch. But don't worry, this means I had
to mess around with the chinese controller and buy a raspi afterwards ;)

Looking forward to getting these!  ;D

Comoon man, how come you closed batch 2? You didnt even give me price for delivery + miners what i asked...
How can i pay you if i dont even get the price from you???

The prices are listed here, you can do the math yourself?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=483142.msg5316190#msg5316190

Aren´t you a clerer one. :D

No, I am just reading this topic properly ;)

This is getting OT, but you are clearly unable to see the sarcasm in my last reply.
Let me explain it to you a bit.
I asked for miners only and large amount of them. Shipping depends largely on scale and location. None of that information in in OP.
Do you get it now?  :)

I answered you by PM ... yesterday and a few days ago ... I don't get your point ...

I will PM you again to clear things up.

any eta for batch 3

Received today my Miners!!

Thanks for that!
Good man and good service!  :)

+1 in trust  :)

I've been researching and sourcing stuff. I found some nice looking 90 degree power plug cables from kenable.co.uk, along with decently priced usb cables. BUT the power cables are scrypt only grade, they won't take dual mining, well, not long term. I suspect this may apply to most ready made power cables.

I'll be making myself a bunch of 5A power cables, anyone else interested? I'll can put pci-e, cpu-power or molex ends on them. I can also put ends on that plug into corsair RM supplies or EVGA, they aren't compatible with each other though... the contacts are rated at 9A, one gridseed per 12V pin and maybe 2 hubs per 5V seems a sensible maximum. 850W corsairs have 25x 12V that are easy to plug and 5x 5V, more than plenty. 15x gridseeds in dual mode is probably maxing them out. My RM1000s are tricky to get to for a look, but I think they have more.

Give me a few weeks and I may be making gridseed cases too

Hubs.

On the pi, hubs can be stacked 3 deep. There is already a hub in the pi. That means you can only stack external hubs 2 deep. Hub controllers seem to only go up to 7 port, which means the most gridseeds you can theoretically connect to a pi without an unusual hub is 2x7x7 =98. I don't know if a pi will run this many, I'll be trying 30. The point is that 7 port hubs are the best to use if you want to dangle a lot of gridseeds off a pi. 10 and 13 port hubs have two stacked controllers, the 13s could be useful as 1st level hubs though

Don't forget that you NEED powered hubs. 5V Hub power can come from an ATX psu, as can 12V power for gridseeds. People don't seem to like the cheapo 12v supplies usually supplied with gridseeds.

I've mostly been running corsair RM series for my gpu rigs for months, no failures, a couple of them at 105% of rated load, so they get my stamp of approval...

Update:

[BATCH 2] First packages 200 miners arrived!



Step. 1 [done]: Negotiate pricing & shipping with Gridseed or Reseller
Step. 2 [done]: Opening reservation
Step. 3 [done]: Payment is open now!
Step. 4 [done]: Payed order with bank wire payment (17.03.2014 08:25 MEZ)
Step. 5 [done]: Shipping, estimated: 21.03.2014, 1.package arrived 24.03.2014 ...
Step. 6 [95%]: Dispatching, estimated: 27.03.2014


Everyone should have a PM for the Tracking number ... by now!

[BATCH 3] Postponed.

Many thanks for this well organized group buy. 20 Gridseeds with one Raspberry up and running  ;D

http://imgur.com/xDljK1r

Thanks darkfriend77, I'll give you +1 for trust

Hi what image is in use in your build?

Can't get the scripta working as intended (austostart etc.) even when i follow step by step instructions by darkfriend77...

I have to manually start cgminer

My package was from batch 2
darkfriend77 used this image: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=482352.msg5871402#msg5871402

At my first try I had some problems too and spend hours on searching in the threads. But then i noticed it is really that easy:

1. Unpack, connect power cables, usb cables to the hub, and micro-usb (power) to raspberry
2. Connect the raspberry to your LAN
3. Open your browser: http://hashracontroller
4. Enter your details for the pool
5. Connect the USB hub to raspberry
6. Smile ...

Thats it!

Thanks for reply.

So we're using the same image, except my is 8GB (version 1.2.7)

Hoped for modified scripta for gridseed with some nice features such as backup pools, email alerts and more information than Hashra.
Current version requires some knowledge of how linux works and my experience is very basic so I can't configure it properly.
Next version should support Gridseed natively and will use BFGminer as default one instead of CGminer.

also my Image is open for SSH access, just use pi/raspberry as credentials ...

I will take a small break ... there is something coming ^^ that needs my attention more then ... this batch 3.

stay tuned.

Please cancel my reservation for batch 3, darkfriend77.

Thanks

Tad

All batch 3 reservations are cancelled ... :-) for now.

Missed batch 2 DF, got ill instead... :(

Would have jumped on batch 3 but you have piqued my interest with your comment, a bigger, faster seed, maybe its now a bulb now or bean :)

pssst.

Any word on a batch3?

it's postponed for now ... at an undefined date.

Today I received the package!

All miners are up and running now and hashing away @3.6Mhz, this weekend I will put them into a datacenter where my company hosting servers are located. I am curious how that will go  ;)

Thanks darkfriend77 for this great GB!

https://i.imgur.com/1zSYCIA.jpg

Have you sprung a leak DF  ;D

If anyone finds another eu group buy, let us know? I just sold a lot of mining gear to finance gridseeds, the cash is doing nothing until I buy more...

i really want to know what you are up to ;)

Have fun!

best regards

Hektek

Everything arrived today, up and running - plug&play I should say!
Many thanks to darkfriend77 for his REALLY GREAT WORK!!!!!  8)

Fingers crossed it is going to be a good discounted price on the new blades http://gridseed-blog.com/gridseed-blade-miner-soon-available/

and a batch 3 for seeds.

+1

Everything was delivered and it's working with 362 kh/s since Saturday.
I was a little bit worried because the Power Supply had no Grounding/Earth so i had to fix that, because first had some Fear to touch them while running.
Nice Suggestion from OP to run them from 1 Power Supply, keep  1 as a Reserve.
1 Gridseed could maybe pass RMA, it had scratches and the Screws where overdriven. Thing made very annoying Noises until i inspected it, while it was running, then my Finger got stuck in the Fan, i dropped it, surprisingly now it^s working fine and the Klicking Noise is gone.


Thanks to Darkfriend +1

Should have read the Thread before, tried all the other passwds in this Forum.
what's the root pass? Root Password for the Hashra Pi Controla?

stupid me, sudo passwd to get root

changed prices for an upcoming Batch 3 ....

please be aware there is no shipping from EU included ...

shipping is done from switzerland or local pickup.


what changed else:

- no more power supply isntead atx compatible plugs are delivered in the package

Nice price you got now.. :) I'm out, but just for curiosity: Did you run into problems
getting them over the border? or are you just tired of playing the parcel carrier? (what
I could understand :))

That's a good description of how I feelt after the batch 2 ...

received miners today

ty !!

your welcome

my package is still sitting in radefeld like if it was glued in there. damn dhl fuckers..  >:(
i'm afraid that i gonna have no time to mess with mining stuff at all. been very busy with other things lately.. if someone in eu is interested in 10-miner package from batch 2 then pm me, i can reship/sell it when it arrives.

Nice!

Do i understand correctly that since you are shipping from Sw we will have to pay VAT on recieving?
Anyway, please contact me for price of 50 as i PMd your earlier.

I'm in for 30, I think... When will payment be due by? What price for bare miners +1 sd card? Shipping to UK. I'll need vat receipt as I can get that back, eventually.


I'll be making up dual mode rated power cables for modular Corsair and EVGA supplies, I have a pile of them becoing redundant as my gpus get sold off... If anyone wants some? Plug straight in to psu. 650W+ needed for 10 miners, 1000 for 15, 1300 will run 20 in dual mode. You must specify corsair OR evga, they aren't interchangeable, not without letting magic smoke out of your gridseeds anyway.

prices below for average lead length of 50cm, you can pick you own lengths. If you don't specify, they'll be staggered. 30, 42, 55, 67cm Extra length $1.5 per m

4x gridseed - modular supply: $12

2x 5V hub + poweron lead (modular ATX plug with built in 'paperclip' trick) $7

as above with 4x 5V hub $11

+ delivery from UK, bitcoin or bank transfer.


give me a week or two and I'll have Pis turning on ATX supplies.

No problem ... will note you up for 30 miners only I suppose ...

What is that?
How much?

Hey, I have one more stupid question: With this wonderful plug-n-play raspb-pi-image,
I can select clock speed up to 900. I think about this volt-mod, so what would be the
cleanest way to run higher clock speeds..? I could manually start the miner with
the right parameters using ssh, but there must be a better way, right? :D

Anyone knows how to log in trough SSH in the image?
Tried everything with root/hashra/pi, but i cant login  :'(

I need this blade !

It's not faster and also not cheaper than the gridseeds.

If somebody is interested ... we have some spare ...

If the prices go down as fast as with the 5 chip gridseeds I can wait 2-4 weeks and then see whether someone overclocked it already ;)

still thinking about buying some gridseed.. Roi will be very hard to achieve though..

The new g blades seems not that interesting given the current prices.

I live in the Netherlands and I have around 20-30k I can spend on the gridseed units.

What would be the price per unit and timeframe of delivery if I buy them with this group buy?

Maybe we should see what the prices are for a bulk order of these new g blades ?

I red a revieuw in some other gridseed topic that you can modify your gridseed getting a maximum of 490 kh/s per unit also they expect to achiieve 8mh/s from these g blades after modifying.

http://cryptomining-blog.com/1893-performance-results-of-the-new-gridseed-blade-miner-asic/

what are your experience with this ?

To my opinion of you dont overclock roi will be nearly impossible in a normal way .. How do you feel about this ?

Also since shipping is from sw i assume that all taxes are paid for people that live in Europa?

Best, Bob

sounds interesting, probably I can put you in a separate slot as you will fill a complete order, please send me a PM with your skype name or send an email to swiss.btc.mining.association [at] gmail.com ... so we can see what is possible for you.

regards...

So is the minimum still 10 units?
I ask since you have 1 unit listed as "only $160", and then there is a 10-pack...

sry, yes it's 10 units .... should list it as 10 miners only for 1600$ ...

10 units (or more) for 1050$ without VAT at http://hashra.com/products/

yeah. that crap prices fall rapidly. still heavily overpriced btw..  8)

yep ... sry wasn't able to adjust new prices .... 1150 $

I'd like to up my order to 40 gridseeds, maybe 50 in a few days

I've started making modular ATX to gridseed cables:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121317694319?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

I can, of course, do different lengths and number of plugs. I have an EVGA modular I can do leads for too, I've not got many connector shells for that type though.

I'm going to mess with GPIO on a pi and see if I can power on an PSU, should be very handy if you find a need to power cycle your gridseeds/hubs. The 5Vsb output is enough to run a pi.

Well, the power on works, sort of. The sort of is that the usb port feeds the gridseeds via my hubs, this overloads the pi and it shuts off, to start again. Might be able to fix that by cutting the 5v wire in the hub lead, or modding the hub so it will only power seeds via it's 5V jack. Neither is really a plug and play solution.

I've sent you a PM for some questions. Thanks  ;)

Bump my order up to 70 seeds, please. Any idea when you'll putting an order through?

would also like to know the time frame from when I would put an order until I would receive them

Yes, on coming monday ...

Yes, on coming monday ... It's around 7 business days after your payment is received.

Great :)

 ... first of a few got in my hand today ...

https://i.imgur.com/C45rA3bl.jpg

Nice to see Dark, I'm confident now that you are the guy to trust :)

I also have some of these "Blade". They works fine!



https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/t1.0-9/1623582_10203747740362460_5733724827332209431_n.jpg

I also have "some" lol ;D

you got a pretty nice stack!

Anyone told u lately that u are a pervert. ;)

Nice one.
Would love to have one to.
My wife has accepted the sound of the Gridseeds. Now i can get louder. And it makes the basement a little warmer.

Buying from minerEU has been an unmitigated disaster. Miners were used, many rusty. Poor compensation offer is a no-show. I'd like to order another 100 seeds, but I'd prefer to stay the hell away from minerEU. Do you fancy putting together another group buy Cedric? I'm in the UK and could distribute here in boxes of 10 or 20.

I would love to help you, but they aren't produced anymore as long as your talking about the 5-chip miners ...and they are sold out ... however for the blades I could help you of course and probably getting even a better price for you then minerEU.

Is Gridseed planning on making any other products?

not to bitch but if you bought them recently I've seen that they had put a disclamer on their site to say they looked used..

but I feel you I got some miners from an other distributor out of UK and on 5 units I got gold old ones, new ones, red ones, and one were the chips had been blown out and one with blood on it lol

yes. coming soon.

Can you give us some insider information?

The new GridSeed miners are the 75 Mh, I'll receive it in few days

This are just the A2 Terminators from Innosilicon ...

they work on something else ^^ :-)

and i hope they keep those easy voltmodable regulator chips ;)

Easy for you... Not for me, no idea how to solder -_-
Why not a cheap device with a "turbo boost", which is easily overclockable by simply changing its settings?

G-blade review and setup by me - http://fuk.io/gridseed-g-blade-vs-gawminers-cloud-hosting-comparision-and-review/