I totally get that a lot of folks involved in bitcoin are the sort to loathe Apple's "walled garden" approach to apps, but at the same time, is not the goal here for bitcoin to go mainstream? Well crafted wallet apps from reputable, reliable sources are truly needed to further adoption, don't you think?

David has been on here he's from BA. Been a hot minute since he's chimed in though.

Other than that, just resellers stuck in the same quagmire as everyone else.

Valid point. I wonder if it's stuck in approval?

I still have the old one working, wrong aspect ratio and all. 

The PSU's are what sealed the deal for me in canceling. Even the included one.
I have the rest of my hardware running off 80Plus gold PSU's and have seen a dramatic increase in efficiency.

The internal PSU is nice and all but at the end of the day efficiency is king. The less power it uses, the more ROI I get. I wish they had made an adapter plate for plugging in molex connectors. Might have even kept my order.

I mean, maybe I should have been worried a few months ago when I discovered this company used to sell equipment for credit-card-skimming. What do you think CardReaderFactory is? Why would people pay several thousand dollars for a few bucks of hardware that happens to be a very tiny credit card reader.

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.  

I mean, they offered me credit when I had inquired about the possibility of a refund on the 1st. I opted to wait it out for a bit but here we are delivery date still unclear, happily they kept their word. I'd imagine they'd hesitate to issue a credit to someone who is asking now for the first time once shipping has begun.

I'd wager that if the next pallet's tracking info isn't updated in the next few days they might give you credit after all.

Minersource was put in a tough spot by black arrow and I'm glad they honored my request.

Well boys and girls - it's been real but I jumped ship and successfully cancelled for credit. Got a unit with more than double the hashrate for the same cost, which has already shipped.

To those of you still aboard - god speed.

Whoever rubbed their rabbits foot yesterday don't you dare stop rubbing it :-) I love seeing luck like this.

Oh - okay I misunderstood. That's better news. I'll keep crossing my fingers that I'm in this batch. Thanks for the update.

The minersource site is saying tracking numbers have been issued for the first X1's. Good news.

Except I'm batch one and I still don't have a tracking number. Bobsag, is the next batch enroute to you or no information on that yet?

I never thought my rating as a US Coast Guard licensed captain would have a use on this board, however here goes:

While the flow rating on bilge pumps is higher they are designed to be activated by a float switch and then rapidly clear water from the hull of a vessel. Once the water is gone they shut off. The upshot of it all is your average Rule bilge pump is not rated for continuous operation. Running it 24x7 I would not be shocked if it burned out within a month. Your mileage may vary and it's been 5 years since I worked the water - but a pond circulator pump seems way better.

For what it's worth they offered me a dollar-amount gift card. Tempting, with the S3 coming out. But IDK man, I ordered this thing with play money and I want it.

I know some people here made investments and - frankly at this point - lost. And my heart goes out to them.


I mean, the "Minersource chose to be a partner with the likes of BA" doesn't really hold up because by the same account you chose to order a BA product. Are we to hold ourselves accountable?

Well yeah actually to a certain extent we are - we ordered pre-order bitcoin hardware knowing the past. It's a fine line between "we were lied to" and "we got the most accurate estimate they had that turned out to be inaccurate". I'm not going to litter this forum with even a passing defense of black arrow. I might have In June but we're well into july in China and batch 1 hasn't even shipped. That's pretty inexcusable no matter the circumstance.

But I think the resellers made the same choice we did, and they - and we - kind of lost.

I hope to hear that Minersource has tracking numbers this week. I'm not holding my breath.

Got an email back from MS.

Black arrow indeed did not ship Friday and they are hesitant to provide an updated eta.

Not to anyone's surprise.

He did seem to leave the door open for a refund. I feel bad for minersource having gotten in the middle of this. They're a good reseller, and now it seems whenever they have pre orders now they guarantee the ship date.

I opted to wait it out for now.

I mean, I'm definitely buying an S3 no matter what. 

You know what, I drafted up a refund email but like, F it. I'm riding this ship to the ground. I only have one X1 ordered and I've basically already written off the cost of it.

I'm pretty damn furious about the delays but nuts to this. I want to see how this ship runs aground.

This: Everyone is going to be selling their antminers in the next few months because they aren't profitable.

Yet, with free electricity - they sure are profitable.

uh. wat?

As far as I know: Use 3333, if you have connection issues use 4444, and on either of them if your reject rate is quite high try 5555.

And I thought I was bad for giving away 12 when they were $4. That blows dude.

But related to the service - I'd like to see an addition to the profile page that shows the original BTC cost of each contract. This way it could be easy to see your progress to ROI.

Variance is variance. There are good streaks and there are bad streaks and in theory it all levels out.

But yeah, this block is a nail-biter, huh...  

EDIT: Almost simultaneously to me posting this we found 308482 :-) Here's hoping for a lucky streak to come.