all that is probably true, but by the time batch #4 will be out, difficulty will be sky high. People want avalons NOW to make all that uber mega fancy profit, get rich, retire early and drive bugatti  |
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is it possible to replace that little host board with Raspberry Pi? This should be fairly easy - just compile avalon specific cgminer and write autorun & monitoring scripts. Also i know that you need to remove jumper on avalon controller, as it gives power to TPLINK over usb. I was thinking about that before receiving the unit, but now i think i'll just keep raspi for my experiments rather than leaving it mining and loose this valuable & fun instrument from everyday use. (i have only one) Well, my principle if it works, do not touch it. I would put raspberry pi only if original host board died |
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ok, so all this got me wondering. Avalon says that their WR703N has custom modifications. So it it dies, is it possible to replace that little host board with Raspberry Pi? Since it is possible to run it on some linux PC
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Hey! I'm in Brazil but my Avalon is going to U.S....
I put my Brazilian phone number at the Avalon shop and my friend's U.S. address...
Maybe am I going to face problems?
Tks!
Thiago
Yes, your friend is going to be mining with your equipment! Shipping services usually only call if they are delivering something big, I don't think DHL has ever called me before... LoL good luck selling US minted BTC! Brazilian ones are always better quality  No shit! They better be at 52c/kWh |
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is it possible to connect avalon directly to a computer via USB and mine that way? In case that little board/host thingy dies
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OMG! So much drama here Those who depressed about batch 3 prices, feel free to bid on batch#2 here http://www.ebay.com/itm/Avalon-ASIC-Bitcoin-Miner-65-Gh-s-speed-guaranteed-PRE-ORDER-/140938300499 (STILL CHEAP!) or here http://www.ebay.com/itm/Avalon-ASIC-Bitcoin-mining-Rig-pre-order-/190814179747 Look! Batch#2 preorder for the price of batch#3! or here http://www.ebay.com/itm/Avalon-ASIC-Bitcoin-BTC-Mining-Computer-Rig-Miner-Unit-Pre-Order-/140937986794Oh yeah, especially for BFL fans/customers http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-x-60-GH-s-Bitcoin-Miner-BitForce-Single-SC-ASIC-Butterfly-Labs-Avalon-/230949834281 (not sure why it says avalon still. That is an insult!) So I'm expecting BFL raise their prices too sometime. People will buy these things anyway and of course, those who believe that avalons won't sell at $5-7K should look at this famous link again http://www.ebay.com/itm/Avalon-ASIC-Bitcoin-BTC-Mining-Computer-Rig-Miner-Unit-Pre-Order-/181105056846yes, this might be a fake, maybe shadow bidding and such. But the thing is, you have to pay fees on ebay, a certain % from your final sale. So, if this is a fake sale, that seller still has to pay ebay fee. Now, let's say I have batch#1 avalon. And I'm thinking about selling it. (Too loud, too hot in the room, wife won't let me keep it, kids etc. It is hypothetical, I have no wife, no kids and no avalon) But let's pretend I do have one avalon. How much does it worth to you? You could have it right now (10 days the latest depending on shipping for example) how much would you be willing to pay for shit unit? $10,000? $20,000? And why? |
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yeah, they should do invitations. if you have ordered asic from batch #1 or #2 you can invite someone. Amount of invitations is proportioned to amount asics you've bought. So, you can either invite yourself or someone else. Those invitations would be sold nicely, huh? |
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ok, hold on. Let's assume for a moment, this fancy asic isn't a scam. Now, my question is WHY should we donate money to this guy? I can understand (and I frequently do) donations to homeless, or sick kids, or animal shelters, or wild life...Some of them now accept bitcoins as donations. But heck, why should we donate here? Is this guy handicapped? This wasn't proposed as "oh, could you be my investor". This was asking for donation so this guy could get rich! or so he thinks... Bitcoins don't grow on trees, you know |
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No, ebay hates shadow bidding. In this case I think shadow bidding would be useless to the seller, because if items "sells" to themselves, well, they still will have to pay auction fees
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I have a single on order which is why I'm watching. But I'm doing a trade in from my FPGA single and used a CC for the other half. Right now my best path is just to hope something comes out soon. I have no idea how I would feel if I bought a minirig with Bitcoin. That is a totally different story.
I can totally understand your feelings. As BFL customer this might turn into some potential profit loss... That would be depressing. Praise Josh for his incompetence....wait...Josh didn't make the ASICs. Nasser did....or was it Chronicle Techs incompetence....Perhaps it was the Fab at fault...no...perhaps it was the bumpers....no wait....the packagers....or was it the broken tester? I am confused...who should I praise for this <cough>miracle<cough>? http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=clusterfuckYou are not BFL customer, are you? If you bought Avalon, well, then I don't get your personal hate towards BFL and Josh. if you bought mini rig and don't have it yet I am, in fact, impressed with BFL. It is a miracle they were able to get this far, given the obvious lack of competence at all levels, and a known scammer among them. Just look at what happened to another American ASIC project, bASIC.
It is not fair comparing these people with the kids from China (two teams to actually deliver ASICs thus far) - well educated, humble, and hard working.
, then I can totally see it. I must admit BFL exterior design look more pleasing to an eye. I'm not saying they are bad, nor saying they are good. I'm just saying that avalon customers have no reason to bash them, instead they should be grateful for the delay, because difficulty is less, they get more coins with avalons. That is all |
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yep, still hides bidders if signed in. I don't know if these are real bids, or fake by seller, but if they are real... Avalon is mega money making machine even if you don't have it |
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well, possibly seller themselves placed bids on that thing to get price high. But I really doubt it, because they'll have to pay HUGE fee on ebay. and if it "sells" when in fact it didn't they will lose money...
If these are real, actual bids, this looks like gold rush or something
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so... Why so much hate towards BFL from those who bought Avalon? I mean seriously. You should be happy and grateful for BFL not delivering in time. The longer they don't deliver, the more money for you. Instead of mocking BFL you should praise it. Just think if they didn't delay so much, you'd be getting waaaaay less today. Only people who should be depressed about BFL are those who bought their rigs. But they seem don't mind it, or they won't show it. No one wants to demonstrated they made a bad judgement. It is like horse race, you make your bet which horse will deliver first asic... Those who couldn't deside and bought both Avalon and BFL should also be happy. So come on, guys/gals, no need to rub it in to poor (and in some cases I mean it literally) BFL customers. |
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I predict at the end of April we will be at 7.5 million difficulty...easy.
You know what? you might be right (or slightly off towards 7.8-8 million) What do you think the price will be for bitcoin? |
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Asics are scam nothing will arrive and it will be the end of bitecoin I'm saying the truth. Period.
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but on that page it says that he accepts paypal only
PAYMENT Only PayPal is accepted. No cash, no BitCoin.
So... Maybe this is real unit?
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I am not overclocking it, but card does run at 85C (always has been)
I will look in details tonight (I'll take that computer apart and see)
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