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Technical Specs:

• Each miner - Can reach 320-350 k/hash SCRYPT @ approx 7watts, or 340-400 k/hash @ 12ish watts each (overclocking hashrates are approximate, your mileage may vary based on chip performance / cooling / planet & stars alignment in the night sky, i give no guarantees to overclocking speeds, but others have reported 340-400k/hash rates .... ).
• Each miner - BTC mode up to 11.25G/s BTC Hash Rate, with 2.4W/GHash
• Each miner - Dual-Coin mode supported - up to approx 8G/s BTC Hash Rate + 300K/s Scrypt Hash Rate, or up to 11.25G/s BTC Hash Rate + 38K Scrypt Hash Rate

Each set (10 miners) should be expected to mine between 3.6MH and 4MH SCRYPT at approx 100watts! (note: your milage on performance per miner on overclock may vary!)

OR

Each set (10 miners) should be expected to mine at approx 80GH BTC and approx 3MH SCRYPT in dual coin mode....

Power savings alone gives approx 12-15 TIMES more power efficiency than GPU's!


Auction and timelines

• 2nd March - Auction starts
• 5th March - Auction ends. 11:59pm UTC (GMT+0). Winners announced shortly thereafter. Shipping calculations to be added to winning bid (details below)
• 6th March - All payments to be received by 11:59pm UTC (GMT+0) otherwise you'll forfeit, rounders up will get second chance - first come first serve.
• 7th / 9th /10th / 11th March  - Items shipped on Friday / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday to all destinations. (details below on shipping)

Other timelines

• 3rd/4th March - ill be posting videos + showing them off, howto + newbie guides on the miners
• 6th/7th March - ill release a raspberry pi image with minerd compiled on it(non GUI & text based only for scrypt mining)
• 7th March (approx) - website will be online where you can buy from me directly
• 7th/9th March - ill release a raspberry pi image that will allow you to control the miners via a www website (will be clone of wiibox software - date is not 100% but i will provide a working image anyway as per the above)
• Sometime in March - 2nd Auction - OVER 10 SETS
• Sometime in March - 3rd Auction - OVER 10 SETS
• Sometime in March - 4th Auction - OVER 10 SETS

Whats included

• 1 set has 10x gridseed 5 chip miners, as per specs above
• With each 1 set (10 miners) you'll also receive 10x 12v power heads - this allows greater adaptibility with PSU's (industrial type or computer PSU type) example: http://goo.gl/mfYXfl
• Nothing else. You'll need to source accessories such as cables, USB hub, PSU, etc, etc. (details below)

Auction Rules
(very similar to bitcointalks auction rules)

Post your bids in this thread. Prices must be stated in USD per set. You must state the max number of sets you want.

I reserve the right to reject bids.

So if someone bids for 18 sets @ $5000 USD. and this is the highest bid, then he'll get all 18 sets. If the two highest bids are 18 sets @ $4000 USD and 1 set @ $5000 USD, then the first person will get 17 sets and the second person will get 1 set.

The notation "2 @ 5000" means 2 sets for $5000 USD each. Not 2 sets for $5000 USD total.

- When you post a bid, the bids in your previous posts are considered to be automatically canceled. You can put multiple bids in one post, however.
- All bid prices must be evenly divisible by $25 USD
- The bidding starts at $2100 USD.
- This auction will end as per the time listed above.
- If two people bid at the same price, the person who bid first will have his slots filled first.
- Bids are considered invalid and will be ignored if they do not specify both a price and a max quantity, or if they could not possibly win any sets

If these rules are confusing, PM me or don't bid.

You must pay for your sets within the timeline listed above - Otherwise your sets may be sold to someone else.



Payment

• please see below thread with info!

Shipping

• Each set weighs approx 7kg
• Dimensions of box: 50cm x 50cm x 15cm
• Want to calculate your shipping costs? Go here: http://www.parcelforce.com/price-finder
• Take this quote - make a copy - and then subtract approx 30% of the cost(i get approx 30% discount)
• PM me these details if you win a set, along with the information above, i can help you to ensure you send the correct amount
• All shipping is trackable online
• I can always do the quotes for shipping if your unsure
• SHIPPING TO ALL DESTINATIONS

Escrow accepted!

• Escrow is accepted, however, these are the terms:
• Your escrow agent will need to ensure the correct amount of USD (as BTC) is sent to us, so its recommended this auction post is given to him so they can read in full- especially this section, he/she needs to agree to these terms before acting as an escrow agent.
• As you can understand the BTC price fluctuates, between payment, shipping, and the escrow being released
• Our supply chain deals in fiat only - USD and RMB, so we cannot accept BTC fluctuations/risk in the market
• Whatever the BTC amount you send to the escrow agent, e.g. $2,400USD (4.297 BTC at time of writing) you are to send 20% MORE to the escrow agent
• This ensures if BTC drops within that amount, the correct amount in USD will be past to us (we dont hold BTC, we need to immediately transfer into USD/fiat etc) - e.g. as per the above, you send 4.297 BTC+ 20%(0.8594) = 5.1564BTC to the escrow agent.
• Your escrow agent, at the point of releasing the funds to us, will use http://preev.com/ to convert USD into BTC (including shipping etc) - and will send us the amount of BTC + shipping that equals your USD bid price + shipping costs agreed in the escrow agreement.
• If your items get stuck in customs / border controls / duty tax holding, et al for international shipping, we will hold no responsibility. However we forsee no issues within Europe - this might only apply to International shipping, but we dont see it being an issue at all! However WE WILL do our very best to ensure smooth delivery, but, you can understand we cannot be held accountable for delays, - if such an event happens - your escrow agent will need to release funds, and you'll need to wait for your item to clear customs etc - please note we will honor a refund policy if the items are DOA and returned to us (we have a US agent who can accept returns).
• Only reputable escrow agents who have been active for 1-2 years will be acceptable, they must abide by the following rules listed in this section
• All shipping is trackable online
• Once item is received by the buyer, escrow agent is to release funds by default within 24 hours of that reciept, (or sooner if given OK by buyer) - no exceptions (we cant be waiting days / weeks for escrow to clear as we deal in fiat)
• I hope this makes escrow fair for everyone!

Accessories list per 10 miners - you'll need to obtain the following:

• 2 x 360w PSU with 12v supply, 1 can power 5 miners easily. e.g these: http://goo.gl/Lek5RP
• 2 x computer power cables that you can strip and wire into the PSU
• 12v wiring cable at a length of your choice (to connect miners from PSU's)
• 12v 2.5mm inner x 5.5mm outer plugs WILL BE PROVIDED (screw taps on the end - example: http://goo.gl/mfYXfl)  WILL BE PROVIDED
• 10 x Mini-B USB cable at a length of your choice.
• POWERED USB hub - 10 ports, recommended so that each port can supply 5v at 1A each ... (get a 40-50w powered usb hub) DO NOT BUY USB 3.0 - not compatible with raspberry pi and other devices - get a powered USB 1.0/2.0 HUB.
• and then a raspberry pi, and/or a linux box of your choice running 3.x kernel. (Windows supported too) .... We have found the wiibox controller others provide to be unreliable and in some cases not detecting miners.
• Setup guides will be provided soon.

SHIPPING FROM UNITED KINGDOM - NOT CHINA -  TO ALL DESTINATIONS

youtube video up with a Demo of hashing units on the raspberrypi!

http://youtu.be/lwhVe7KJ3VM

it'll be available once youtube process it:)


Pics:

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


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

Lots more pics here:

http://imgur.com/PTMeUCX,BEpmOQj,1hrJ9zW,TQd2kHC,ZLsnEvT,6rHRY5m,hqKL2tf,XUiABHU



VIDEOS TO BE POSTED by Monday / Tuesday with how-to guides + more info and goodies!

AUCTION COMPLETE - congratulations buyers - please see below guide and send funds by 06/03/2014 - Thursday 11:59pm

Congratulations leofur with your free miner!

• 01 - $2400 - leofur
• 02 - $2300 - badalien
• 03 - $2250 - gsmline
• 04 - $2250 - coinplayer -
• 05 - $2250 - coinplayer -
• 06 - $2225 - manfred87
• 07 - $2225 - GH
• 08 - $2200 - highcommander
• 09 - $2200 - eestimees
• 10 - $2200 - ruudoleo -

Payment

• All payment must be in BTC, please use http://preev.com/ to convert USD into BTC
• Shipping cost is to be ADDED to the BTC you send - please calculate your expected shipping costs (see above)
• PAYMENT ADDRESS: 16bHfnws9vaha3FENY2TwUuoF6P1pwdw6K

ONCE PAYMENT IS MADE:

PM ME THE FOLLOWING:

Forum name:
Sets won:
Total USD:
Shipping cost USD:
TOTAL BTC SENT:
Blockchain website with txid / www address:
Shipping address in full: (including phone number)
your email address: (for future deals)





people who have been outbid (not counted)

• 10 - $2150 - maevy

09 - $2125 - spartan82
10 - $2125 - GH
10 - $2100 - licurg
10 - $2100 - ltc_bilic
08 - $2100 - Spartan
10 - $2100 - blazedout419
10 - $2125 - arij

To spur on bidding - the highest bidder will get a FREE extra miner at NO COST!!!

2 sets @ $2100

Have any pics of them in action?

I should have videos up showing the miners + howto guides tomorrow :)

lets go bidders!

who wants a free miner?! - start bidding! :-)

1 set@ 2100$

Great!

Ill open up the bidding list to keep track...

1@2100

1@2100

Any closer to getting pics/vids up of the units hashing steadily? I was going to be buying 100 of these miners but hearing about a lot of issues with these things. Hope you have some miracle settings

From my research the flakey issues are due to the wiibox.. If you use a r pi supposed to be more stable.

1 set @ $2200


Q1: what would be approx shipping cost to US?
Q2: when does auction end?

so just to get things straight here are you able to plug these units directly to a pc or laptop and have them work from there or do you need this wiibox controller or rasperry pi?

1@2100

Should this not go in the Auction subforum?

1 set @ $2100

How can I buy just a controller by itself?

I should have some vids up tonight :)

Most of the issues comes from the controller in my testing and from what others have said - and instead im using a raspberry pi with debian wheezy on it,

videos soon :)

Thanks - added your bid

Q1: approx shipping to US is $150 USD (i should be able to get more discounts)

Q2: auction ends Wednesday 11:59pm UTC (GMT+0)

One set 2100 $
Thx

Unfortunately not - and i wouldn't as well, the controller i have found isn't reliable.

Switch to a Windows box, Linux box with Ubuntu or Debian, or a Raspberry pi

@Alexuk,

I am only interested if they can run on my raspi, because adding them to a computer will at least double the use of electrics which is economical not interesting.

What guarantees can you give me that you have a working raspi image on the 9th?

2nd is there any news on the new firmware which could boost these units all the way up to 500kh/s? Would make a significant difference in the max bid I'm willing to place.

Cheers
EJT

Hello

1) the raspberry pi image ill be supplying initially is the following:

- Raspberry Pi Debian Wheezy image

With

- minerd compiled
- cgminer compiled (maybe)

Ill have videos up that will show itll be working etc.

Ill then work on porting the wiibox code over from the old wiibox controllers.

2) no news on the new firmware yet, however ill ask gridseed

Here is some build instructions if you dont want to wait for the image....


That should then make minerd usable... Videos soon.

1@2350

i increase my bit to 1@2300

Update - im still working on building the raspberry pi image - it seems to have issues finding the device over USB...

1@2200

Thanks - added.

1@2400

delete my bid 1@2350
new bid 1@2225

added, thanks!

Changed

1@2250

Thanks - added.

Update - i have the raspberry pi working with 1 miner, ill update more as i go along, and post videos very soon!

u provide the accesories too ?

No, not currently, however you can pick them all up very cheaply on amazon / ebay ... no point paying more for them from someone else, including me :)

Also the wiibox controller isnt very good its unstable, flaky, and overpriced... - im going to release a raspberry pi image that will allow you to mine with minerd and cgminer easily :)

Update: my raspberry pi is now mining with 7 miners happily :) i call this a success.... im writing wrapper scripts to help with starting/stopping etc

yea , well, depends where u live ...

I could potentially sell you the accessories package, with PSU's for approx $150 USD

You can use a raspberry pi to control / mine with

Where you based alex?

Kent, UK

bad audience here..  ???

Can/Will you ship to Vancouver, Canada? If so, can you provide a guesstimate for shipping to V3J 3C8?

If not, can you provide a source for those screw-terminal barrel plugs? They look fantastic.

Any pics/vids of working miners? Be good to see these buggers in action mining steadily before this is over..

youtube video up with a Demo of hashing units on the raspberrypi!

http://youtu.be/lwhVe7KJ3VM

itll be available once youtube process it:)

$2150

is that 1 @ $2150?

Nice video
good to see them working

when are you going to post the rasb Pi image?

yes 1

Raise mine to 1@2125

Just a little positive note lads, I decided to purchase two more Gridseed miners for my own 10 miner rig and after a few messages Alex managed to get me a couple at a reasonable price from his stock.

I was going to have them delivered but after further communication I realised I was a short drive around the motorway so I drove to him and collected paying with cash.

Generally a nice chap with lots of input, in my opinion a trusted one, I have passed on his details to my friends whom are looking at purchasing the gridseed miner setups for them to consider.

The only negative was tempting me with more products! I resisted and walked away only spending what I set out to.

Thanks mate, hope to deal again soon.

Thanks!

Ill throw in a pint of beer if you buy more ;)

can you add one @2200 for me
thanks

1 @ $2125

"soon" :)

trying to build cgminer first, if we haven't got it soon ill post up the image.

I would drive down and pickup 2 set $2200. where about you say you are in Kent ?  can you meet on weekend ? have a day job unfortunately

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Im near Edenbridge, Kent.

I can meet on weekend - Sunday - however, i would much prefer to ship to you on Monday / Tuesday as part of my shipping run - or you can pickup Monday / Tuesday...

If you would like to speak on the phone, pm me your mobile number and we can talk about pickup + the price...

2150

Guesstimate shipping is approx $150-200 USD for one set, i CAN ship 3 sets for the same price! (discounts only apply for shipping to me after 21kg)

Source for screw-terminal things is from taobao...

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2 @ 2250

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1 @ 2225

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ending in 10mins

AUCTION COMPLETE - congratulations buyers - please see the payment guide and send funds by 06/03/2014 - Thursday 11:59pm

I still have sets available for buy now with shipping Monday from UK - please PM me

For people having difficulty making all calculations and conversions for the payment I made a excell sheet on googledocs
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvATw_mQElC3dFZ1QXRGOXNOeXIwSEtlRmhYN1Nid3c&usp=sharing
you should only change yellow cells
the linked file is not writable so you should make your own copy to excel, Libreoffice or Googledocuments to edit
I am not reponsable if there are any errors in the sheet, but PM me if you find some.
In googledocuments you can save as tabseparated file which is a textfile you can copy easily into this forum.

badalien, have send the BTC.

paid

@AlexUK have PMed you my address, please let me know if you are available to meet on Saturday

I have 3 sets left - for Monday shipping

BUY NOW price is $2300 USD per set + $60 for shipping one set to Europe

If you live in other countries PM me and  i can quote you

my second batch of 100 sets (1000 miners) arrives Wednesday, ill be putting the store online then so people can buy from there.

PM me if you want to buy in bulk / discount deal etc...

RASPBERRY PI IMAGE AVAILABLE HERE:

https://minereu.com/

Scroll down to get into - you'll need to register on the site to get it :)

I want to buy 2 sets at $2300 each + EU shipping.

Thanks for your post, you can buy from our official secured website now:
https://minereu.com/ (https://minereu.com/)

Gridseed USB miners are currently on sale with very competitive prices.
per unit prices are
235   for 1 set
231   for 5 sets
229   for 10 sets
224   for 15 sets
220   for 20 sets
218   for 25 sets
212   for 30 sets
203   for 50 sets
190   for 100+ sets

all items have been shipped!

please PM me if you want the best deals around for more sets!#

all sets received, yeah.

Great, i hope you enjoy the smell of the boxes!

arrived in germany! thank you!

Hello MinerEu, i have placed 1 order today, check order #1031. Best Regards

THINK you should first ask if this is an active GB or not
guess since its not active for some months its not
hope you did not sent any btc

More than a month that orders a Rockminer New R-BOX in www.minereu.com and nothing :( They sent me two emails to say they are seeing the situation and failed to respond. I lost my money :( Beware of SCAM!

Sorry to hear this...