We received our batch 1 D3s and have shipped to all existing customers! For a limited time, we're offering a 15% discount ($8495/each) to anyone using the following Amazon promotion code: "D3D3Lisa".

https://youtu.be/C6J_Crx2hk8

First AntMiner? A large percentage of boards on brand new AntMiners (of all models) generate errors regularly. I've seen boards generate 1 HW error per minute that perform as well as boards with 0 HW errors for months and months and months without issue. Ultimately, it's a poor indicator of whether there's actually a problem. Just pay attention to the ASIC Status section and make sure there aren't any -'s or x's.

More D3s are available for the late Nov batch... again

https://shop.bitmain.com/productDetail.htm?pid=00020170912160304914mzIAF5BP0670


Looks like another 10,000 units


Max order quantity = 200

The listing page's source code shows the remaining count. The number decreases as people make orders and the item sells out when it reaches 0. Many here have assumed that each time they do a batch, they are actually selling that many units. I have no doubt that there are enough orders to add up to the total number offered, but I do doubt that a significant portion actually pay. I don't believe Bitmain is selling from a pre-defined number that they already have planned to make. Rather, I think they have a general idea of how many they want to sell and continue to put out batches of "20,000" until enough people actually pay and they reach the number they're shooting for. We may have seen 100,000 orders go through, but I'd wager that less than 30,000 will actually be paid for and shipped. That's still a huge number and I'm totally speculating here - I have no insider knowledge and could be completely wrong. We won't know for sure until November.

I still think these numbers are way higher than the real number being produced. I guess we'll have to wait and see.

Confirmed.

Confirmed. And I successfully added got through checkout this time! Thanks!

You're seeing a clash between conventional wisdom and actual testing results. Conventional wisdom dictates that you should not run a power supply at 100% of the maximum rated output. This is absolutely true for consumer grade PSUs, such as the EVGA 1600w you're talking about. Server grade PSUs, on the other hand, are actually capable of outputting 100% of their rated power 24/7. When actually tested, the APW3++ was able to reach ~1600W on 110v without issue. I 100% WOULD NOT DO THAT since you'd be running way too many amps on what is likely a 15-amp cicuit. But that does imply that the APW3++ can reliably handle 1200W on a 110v circuit without issue. I've mined with hundreds of power supplies and typically see a 5-10% failure rate after 30-days with consumer grade ATX PSUs. I've only had 2 of Bitmain's PSUs out of over 300 go bad thus far (across all 4 models). I'm fairly certain that Bitmain's APW3++ is only rated at 1200W for 110v because they know that most 110v circuits are only 15amp and 1200w = 10.9 amps. Since you should never use more than 80% of a circuit's capacity, a 15amp circuit should really only be loaded with 12 amps worth of devices. Had they rated the APW3++ for 1300w, they know that people would attempt to use them for the S9, which can easily spike to 1450 watts and go above that 12amp limit.

tl;dr I think bitmain is under-advertising the APW3++'s technical limits to prevent people from overloading their home circuits - which is good.

Confirmed. The APW3++ will be more than adequate for supplying 1200W to a single D3 on a 110v circuit. Just to see what happened, I tried running an S9 on an APW3++ over 110v and it worked great (watt meter showed 1430 watts). I considered showing that in my latest S9 YouTube review, but thought better of it and didn't want to encourage anyone to run these PSUs above their rated capacity.

Reputable? Ehhh, I got a free subscription with GhostPath with my UseNet subscription. I just tested with that and couldn't get through any easier so I went back to not using the VPN.

How did we end up with this guy? Dude, trace-routing bitmain's site and seeing Alibaba stuff doesn't mean anything. Also, half of the world's largest websites run on Amazon's web services, which also doesn't mean anything. Stop trying to connect dots that aren't connected. I'm in the US and DID get 1-order to go through last night. I didn't realize it until it expired, but it did go through. Also, most of us here have had no issues in the past and this traffic issue only started in the last couple of months.

Yeah, I agree. When I VPN to Hong Kong, my results are the same.

11AM in Beijing = 11PM in US Eastern time-zone. The sale was last night and almost nobody was able to get an order through. I managed to get a single order in for the L3+, but couldn't even reach the pay section until the order expired.

I just saw that as well. I bet they had a delayed payment or something and Bitmain kicked them to a later batch. I want to see proof of that email.

Any chance the earlier batches are actually 17.5GH/s? I think it's possible since the 15GH/s was likely just an estimate prior to actually manufacturing them.

Awesome update Greyworld! Glad everything worked out.

holy crap

Only the ignorant are directly mining litecoin with the L3+. Most here should be using NiceHash or ProHashing (or something similar). We're seeing $34/day with a non-overclocked L3+ on NiceHash at the moment and slightly more on ProHashing (on average). NiceHash is occasionally higher per day and is more stable, but ProHashing has been delivering more for us on a weekly basis.

Yep. It's fairly easy to show that Bitmain has not yet started mining with the D3 in any significant quantities. The global hashrate has certainly increased, but not by thousands of D3s worth.