While I won't complain about an increase in BTC price, a rise from $218 to $230 won't really have any significant effect on mining operations I don't believe. I don't think there are Petahash's sitting on the sidelines just waiting for a $15 bump in BTC price. Now $300 will motivate some folks to restart operations in my opinion.

Is there something significant about September 10th? It all looks very uncertain, and yet September 10th is a fairly specific date. Care to share your reasoning?

I would think by now that most of the effects of the last adjustment period are washed out of the bitcoinwisdom projection. Just looking at the graph, it really looks like hash rate has been more or less flat for a week or more. Yes it oscillates, but it really doesn't seem to be showing any significant growth like it did last year. It could easily be a "coin toss" in terms of plus or minus adjustment this time around.

Unfortunately it also appears that the Westhash "gravy train" of overpriced rentals is really gone.

While it might be obvious, also space them out across the sockets on the hub to allow more air circulation between the sticks. Some hubs have the sockets VERY close together. All stick miners need a high quality hub, adequate spacing and some airflow, even the original Block Erupters.

Considering the damage BFL has done, you might want to replace a 2 week estimate with something more like 3, even if 2 is more accurate. While this is obviously hugely more transparent than BFL, I am afraid they may have ruined the phrase "Just two more weeks".   

Additional discussion on the ASICSPACE situation is in the following link:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1036376.0

I don't know if dmwardjr and LordPaco will continue posting pictures of their adventures here on not. I also don't know if ASICSPACE will post further info here or not. Not a complaint, just a statement of what I don't know.

That's a real shame.

From your posting I surmise that this a legitimate project that ran aground for various reasons, as opposed to an outright scam or fraud. Is that right? Sorry to hear about your damaged S5's.

Sounds almost like a "Pool of 2" on top of a "Solo Pool". Does that make it a "Meta Pool"? 

Pretty clever, Phillip. Looks like you have a severe case of "Mining Addiction", since you aren't running several Killowatts of mining hardware for the summer. I think there's a 12-step program or something.....

At least in the US, when a company is faced with a lawsuit that they may not win, they are motivated to do the right thing. It wouldn't be a surprise if a similar dynamic is in play in Sweden.

Case in point: Butterfly Labs (aka BFL)

I wonder if perhaps since the S5 was originally introduced, the balance of more slower clocked chips has shifted. By now, you would expect that the yields on BM1384 parts is pretty good. That usually drives down the cost of the chips. At the outset though, perhaps the chip costs were expected to be higher so it made more sense to have fewer, faster clocked parts. Of course their view of costs and margins are probably wildly different than sidehack's.

Looks like the party at Westhash/Nicehash is completely over. The payout value is now .0104. It's now down to less than 1500TH, compared to well over 4000TH earlier in the week. My lone SP20 has given up on Westhash.

So the ASIC is essentially "screening" POSSIBLE candidates for a solution? It rapidly discards impossible solutions and only alerts the upper level processor when it "might be onto something"?

Am I interpreting the main home page for the pool? It's been well over 4 days since the pool solved a block?

That's just plain brutal!   

Depending on your personal family situation, would you save lots of money on electricity, only to hand it over to an airline for trips "back home" to visit family? Unlike some folks, I am unwilling to chase Bitcoin across the country. Just my personal choice though.

While the device you show, might be able to produce 240V, there are some serious, un-mentioned caveats:

- You almost certainly need to have the two 120V outlets on different circuits. That doesn't just mean two different outlets on the wall, but different circuits. You would have to figure that out for your house.

- There will be an ongoing efficiency cost, on trying to do this. In order to get 2000 Watts out on the 240V outlet, you will almost certainly need 1050 Watts for each of the 120V lines (total 2100W or more).

- There is also no mention of how well suited this kind of a device is for 24 hours per day operation. I'd be surprised if it didn't generate some heat itself, and run the risk of failure.

So while might be theoretically possible, I doubt if it would be practical, or cost efficient to do so.

When I first saw this, I was thinking dmwardjr, and not Phil. Personally, my wife would just wave as she sent me on my way, alone, to Washington. Yes, I make adjustments for mining. Moving from Minnesota will NOT be one of them.

I have to agree with the recommendation regarding the S3's. They have a reputation for serious reliability, way better than the C1's cooling system. Also with two miners, you have the option of splitting your hash as you might see fit. Say across two pools, or maybe renting one on Nicehash/Westhash. If you really want to fiddle with a liquid cooling setup, then C1 is your choice. Otherwise I think it's S3 all the way.

Please put me down for +4.51 to 4.75%

I actually hope that no one wins because it's so negative that it again hits an empty spot!

And just think, after Thursday you can stop complaining about those "noisy SP20's", since the new S4+ will completely drown them out! 

I am glad I don't get your electric bill each month. What's your electricity cost if you don't mind the inquiry?

Wouldn't you think that Sfards would try and get a premium price for the "dual mining" feature, even if folks only use it one way? As I recall the Gridseed was nothing special, and perhaps a little feeble, as a Bitcoin miner. It's key feature was it's ability to do Scrypt in hardware. As a Bitcoin miner it would have been an utter failure. I thought the follow on products dropped support for the Bitcoin aspect, even if they were based on the same chip. I think it became pretty obvious that it was never going be anything other than an "also ran" in the Bitcoin space, and hence that was dropped.

It will be interesting as to what Sfards actually comes out with, and when.