Really depends on the quality of the work. Lots of people have different ideas of what constitutes as "experienced" as well. So the price highly depends on what they produce. I'm also wanting to do a second site which whomever gets this job would likely get first dibs on, unless they don't want it.

You're better off going to ebay for the miners. That high a price plus escrow for the BFL miners is just crazy, considering you can get 50Ghash miners new and in-stock for close to the same price. Considering the low possibility of return on those miners, you're lucky to get half what you're asking from anyone here.

I find it funny how all these people claim for it to be super easy to get in touch with someone from AMT.

Seventeen emails unanswered. Three phone calls not returned. All from the beginning of December.

Point. Updated.

I'm looking to have a rather simple Bitcoin-related website thrown together. The website needs to do/have the following:

• CLEAN written code is a must.
• Interface with bitcoind in order to send/receive bitcoins to/from multiple addresses and detect deposits.
• An anonymous login system, as long as certain details can be stored through the current sessions.
• Header/footer style simple layout for the website that's easy on the eyes. Think BitPay, only slightly more complex.
• Must be secure from all possible forms of attack, be it XSS or database injection, etc, etc...

And no, even though I mentioned BitPay, this has nothing to do with payment processing.

Simple enough, no? I'll leave some time for people to place some bids. I will favor people who provide working samples of work they've done in the past.

I plan to pay in BTC. Would also be willing to do revenue sharing for anyone interested in long-term benefits rather than a one-time payout.

I guess I'm really more concerned about the upcoming scrypt ASICs people are talking about. It reminds me all too much of joining the BTC mining scene late with a crappy GeForce video card when FPGAs were just coming out. Seems like the same thing would happen, and I'd be stuck in the same position I'm in now when that happens.

A valid alternative, I suppose, but it's only  matter of time before I run into the same dilemma there as well, no? Power costs for scrypt mining also tends to be much higher. In order to make the same amount I make presently with BTC I would need at least 3 MH, so at least 3 video cards all eating about the same amount of power that my two SHA-256 devices are using total EACH. Unless I'm missing something, $3000+ for a simple scrypt device doesn't seem anywhere near as profitable as BTC mining.

Last year would be 2013 now, not 2012. I made a total of 6 BTC since then, and most of it went into preorders for an AMT device (which I'm still kicking myself in the ass over, as it's about a month late being delivered and will no longer make an ROI) and the Black Arrow 2TH miner due at the end of February. I started with only 60Ghash and didn't get the other 50Ghash until the first week of December, due to a kind investor on these forums.

Yeah, except both of those are way over my current budget, and I was hoping to keep rolling with nothing but what I've earned instead of having to dump cash into the hardware. As far as I'm concerned, every BTC I earned was free, minus power costs, as I earned them all through a video card which I already had at the time I discovered bitcoins. Which immediately went into ASICs.  Were they to release hardware under the $1400 mark, I'd gladly look into getting some, but... a Neptune is completely unrealistic for me, as is just about anything else in that price range.

So, here's the dilemma. I'm wanting to increase my hash rate significantly. I've been working with 110GH/s since the end of the last year, and am starting to see rapidly diminishing returns due to the increased difficulty. I currently only have $1400 in BTC available to spend. I currently have 2TH coming in February due to one purchase of a Black Arrow miner, but by that time, I'll probably be bringing the equivalent of what I have presently onto the field. So the dilemma still exists.

I was WANTING to purchase already available hardware, in order to increase my power NOW thinking it would be better to do so than to invest in hardware that's soon to be released. Unfortunately, it seems that unless I get some exceptional deals on hardware that's currently out, they'll never mine more than I spend on them.

I want to be able to keep a steady flow of BTC income. I realize this won't be possible with currently released hardware, unless someone's willing to get rid of BFL Singles (or equivalent) for about .6BTC a piece. So therein lies the question. Should I worry about investing in current-gen hardware? Should I wait for this coming gen?

More specifically, would it be worth preordering 300GH/s from BFL, under proper conditions (and assuming their shipment schedule isn't a year and a half behind like with their other devices), if it isn't going to come until February? Should I rather invest in more Black Arrow hardware that's due in March? What can I get now that fits my current budget of $1400 that will be at least be somewhat easy to get a full investment return on?

Thoughts, opinions, suggestions and "go screw yourself"s all appreciated.

Did that dude really just photoshop his name on a sheet of paper onto that photo? This would be hilarious.

I called earlier this morning and requested an upgrade as per their Miners Protection Agreement, since anyone who ordered anything less than a 220GHash miner during the month of December is entitled to, since at the time of shipping (3-4 weeks after ordering) nothing below that would have made an ROI, and if they refused to do so requested a refund. We'll see what happens with it.

Something tells me I won't hear from them, though, as I emailed them about ten times since I placed my order and never got a response. Not a word about my 128GHash or 1.2TH miner. I'm highly disappointed.

Or 6 times as much for just $600 more. >_>

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Waiting on the version information before I put an offer in. I'll wait for your response. Very interested in this either way.

I really wouldn't buy that. You can get a brand new 10Ghash Jalapeno, which is currently in stock, from BFL for 3/4 of the price. Just saying...

You're asking for ~$400 for something that's just over 6 GHash when you can buy 60 today for $1000. I don't see anyone taking you up on your offer.

Just a note, you put the cost field in at .25 USD, not .25 BTC. Should put the current value at $200 USD instead, which is the current mtgox price at .25 BTC.

ROI would be possible within a month if the difficulty never jumps more than 30% before February. So long as you keep it up even after it becomes non-profitable for you, yourself.

Tempting...

I'd like an update as well. Still not any less disgruntled, though.

It is an AMT exclusive problem when their Miner Protection Agreement explicitly states that everyone who ordered a miner gets a free upgrade if at the time of shipment their order isn't capable of achieving an ROI. They're the only company to do this, and in doing so, have bit off far more than they could chew.

As you said, they're pretty much shoving current-gen hardware that's currently available in mass quantities into desktop computer cases along with a controller of some sort. If they're having a hard time with their current orders, and can't manage to ship them, imagine how far out they'll be with shipment if they have to retroactively issue upgrades to everyone as their Miner Protection Agreement dictates?

This whole thing is collapsing. And fast. If they're under stress now, I can't begin to imagine how hard it will be if they keep waiting any longer.