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1461  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: New Official AMT Thread on: April 19, 2014, 02:18:05 PM
Anybody know a good way to remove the coincraft A1 chips from the board?

Maybe this stuff is worth at least the A1 chips on the board?  

Maybe we can get these guys in Virginia:  http://ntekcomputers.com/products/1ths-asic-bitcoin-miner-1000gh  to re-build our systems?

Heat guns can be found as cheap as $20, with spreading and focusing tips.

Here are some SMT tools and more info, if you are looking to expand your collection.
http://store.curiousinventor.com/guides/Surface_Mount_Soldering/Tools/

If you don't have a good heat-gun, with a temp-control and focusing-tip... There is an alternative way to rework or remove the components. (This is NOT an AMT recommended solution for anything. Use this information at your own risk, and voiding of any form of warranty.)

You can use a hot-plate and focus the heat with an aluminum or copper block. Use an old pot-holder as insulation, to focus the heat where you want it. You can also use a top-side fan, to ensure the stray heat does not loosen other components.
IRON as a hotplate. http://runawaybrainz.blogspot.com/2011/11/surface-mount-devices.html
SKILLET as a hotplate. https://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/59
BURNER as a hotplate. http://jimlaurwilliams.org/wordpress/?p=2101

1: Cut a hole in the pot-holder, to fit the block of copper. (Just a tiny bit shy of the actual size, so it holds firmly to the block, as you push it through.)
2: Place the copper block and heat-shielded pot-holder on the hot-plate, and get it "up to temperature". (You can use another pot-holder to contain the heat, like a cover, until the temp is high enough to melt the low-temp SMT solder. I use a junk PCB, which I can just lay on the block. When it turns shiny, it is just about ready.)
3: Brace the board with cardboard, so it will stay as level as possible against the block of copper.
4: Use a piece of electric tape, looped so the sticky-side is outward, hung from a pencil or paper-clip.
5: Tap the tape-wand down onto the chip, while it is heating, to try and "grab" the chip, to lift it off the melted solder. (Do not hold the tape down, just tap it down and pull it up quickly, or it will melt the tape. If the chip is loose-enough, it will stick and lift up off the board. Otherwise it will remain, when you pull up the sticky "grabber".
6: Use copper desoldering braid, to clean-up the excess solder from the chip, (Do that fast, don't linger with that focused heat on the chip.)
7: Clean the tape-gunk with a fresh piece of tape... Tap and pull, tap and pull.
8: Then clean any heat-sink compound off the chip with alcohol.

NOTE: The epoxied heat-sink on the top of the chip should/may loosen with the focused heat. If not, then it would be safe to remain on the chip.

NOTE: This board may not be safe to rework in a reflow-oven. There may be secondary components that my melt, which were added after the reflow process. (Such as the cable connections. Which would have to be removed the old way, with copper braid and a standard temp-controlled solder-gun. Prior to reflow-work in an oven. Never use an oven you cook food in, as the boards will release toxins into the air, which will later contaminate food.) You can quickly remove all parts at once, in a reflow oven, with an insulated fiberglass catch-tray, suspending the board upside-down over it. All the parts will drop-off, except for a few smaller capacitors and resistors. A quick tap should liberate them from the boards.
http://www.freetronics.com/pages/surface-mount-soldering-with-a-toaster-oven#.U1I35PldVK0


Need to rename this thread:  Official AMT Hobbyist and Craft Fair Thread - "Send us $3000 and we'll send you a fun electronics builder kit (tools not included)."
1462  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: The Habanero Project - Third Party HF Mining Board on: April 16, 2014, 03:52:45 PM
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Still undetermined, it's hard to set a price without having final numbers on what the performance will come in at.

One way to set a price is to add up your parts costs, assembly labor cost,  and development time invested, and add a profit margin - leaving performance out of it. 

1463  Economy / Speculation / Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion on: April 15, 2014, 12:52:26 PM
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/15/us-cocacola-results-idUSBREA3E0R220140415

First quarter Coca-Cola sales up 12% in China.

Fishing pole sales rising, also.

PBOC finding out what everybody else knew - bitcoin is nothing but hookers and coke.

1464  Economy / Speculation / Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion on: April 14, 2014, 09:54:44 PM
I've had Jorge on ignore since about his third post (and all who quote him.)

Is he still portraying himself as his countrymen's defender against the evil of bitcoin?

If yes, I wonder why he has no posts on the Portuguese language boards of bitcointalk.

1465  Bitcoin / Mining speculation / Miners' USD price point for selling mined BTC on: April 13, 2014, 11:49:47 AM
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=178336.msg6191139#msg6191139


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the last time I checked,the amortized mining cost of 1 bit coin was 700 dollars using the latest cheapest equipment.   the overwhelming bulk of all coin mining is being done with the latest cheapest equipment, as can be easily inferred from the hash rate graph.

these coins will not be sold for less than $700 I can assure you

Any miners have an opinion about this?  (The quote is not mine.)

1466  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: Official Thread: AMT on: April 12, 2014, 05:40:42 PM
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Ummm! I've seen the inside of Josh's truck,

How did you get out?  

Many people thought that was where you were headed when you made that trip.

EDIT:  Never mind, I thought you said, "trunk".

1467  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Satoshi spinning in his grave because ..... on: April 12, 2014, 04:49:53 PM
We have angered Satoshi.
1468  Economy / Speculation / Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion on: April 11, 2014, 06:04:25 PM
To Aminorex:

I'm supposed to have you on ignore, but you're posts are in the top 1%.

Question:  Why do you hang out with the prols?

1469  Economy / Speculation / Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion on: April 10, 2014, 07:46:06 PM
After a year on the sidelines, missing the $100 and $200 boats because my user name, I broke my cherry today at $393.

Anybody see the movie, "The Cooler"?  Whatever happens next is my fault.

1470  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: HashFast announces specs for new ASIC: 400GH/s on: April 09, 2014, 10:12:38 PM
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The only people   posts I have on ignore are the ones who are incapable of making cogent arguments and post the same thing over... and over... and over... and over... without any regards to facts or reality from waiting BFL customers who ask legitimate questions about  BFL delivery/refund.

FTFY
1471  Economy / Speculation / Re: A simplified estimate for a $100,000 BTC on: April 08, 2014, 10:02:18 PM

MORE:
only 25% in circulation
brick and mortar use

LESS:
too hard for mainstream
banned in some places
BTC velocity not taken into account


1472  Economy / Marketplace / Double-spend insurance for 0-conf transactions? on: April 08, 2014, 07:37:59 PM
It's been a while (several hours, at least) since I've posted a dumb question, and I need the practice.

Is there an opportunity in the bitcoin economy for selling double-spend insurance to merchants who believe their best business practice is to accept 0-conf transactions?





1473  Economy / Speculation / A simplified estimate for a $100,000 BTC on: April 08, 2014, 11:55:08 AM



http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/high_tech_telecoms_internet/internet_matters

The reference above estimates today's internet contribution to global GDP as 3.4%.

Using an order of magnitude estimate of global GDP of 100 trillion USD, the internet's contribution today is 3 trillion USD.

Using an optimistic guess that a fully evolved BTC economy will embody 50% of the internet economy the optimistic fully evolved BTC "GDP" will reach 1.5 trillion USD.

Using 15 million BTC to make the math easy, one BTC will be worth 100,000 USD in a fully evolved BTC economy.

(Applying this argument to today's price results in an estimate of 0.2% of today's internet economy transacted in BTC.  This is a huge overestimate, which I think can be explained by today's BTC price reflecting investment based on the potential of BTC.)










1474  Economy / Speculation / Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion on: April 04, 2014, 12:21:57 AM
Is there a way to ingore/hide quoted users, who are on my ignore list or do i have to ignore them all?

There are so many people on the ignorechain in this thread, I see about one post per page.  Only Adam gets a pass, cause he's the OP.  (And chartbuddy - he adds contextual markers.)

Fonzie and Jorge are the Adam and Eve of the ignorechain.  Anybody who quotes them (or quotes their quoters) is eating from the forbidden fruit.
1475  Economy / Speculation / Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion on: April 03, 2014, 08:28:51 PM
Lots of posts from fonzie on this thread. Why does he always say 'This user is currently ignored.' ?

 Grin

I noticed that.  All the people who quote him say the same thing.
1476  Bitcoin / Mining speculation / Re: Mining and Solar Electricity on: April 03, 2014, 06:08:25 PM
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solar has had a more harmful impact on humanity overall [than nuclear].

To quote something I read somewhere:

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feel free to convince me ... with some real numbers.


Those statistics are readily available information... use google. 

Translation:  "I don't have any real numbers".
1477  Economy / Computer hardware / Re: AMT 1.2 THs Bitcoin Miner in-hand and can deliver if in route to home (Illinois) on: April 03, 2014, 05:53:19 PM
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Its defiantly appreciated.

It's undertaken defiantly, too. Right, Phin?

1478  Bitcoin / Mining speculation / Re: Mining and Solar Electricity on: April 03, 2014, 05:46:41 PM
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solar has had a more harmful impact on humanity overall [than nuclear].

To quote something I read somewhere:

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feel free to convince me ... with some real numbers.
1479  Bitcoin / Mining speculation / Re: Mining and Solar Electricity on: April 03, 2014, 05:09:38 PM
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the process to create solar panels is more damaging to the environment and humans than nuclear.

Which is why Japan is ramping up its nuclear generation and turning away from solar electricity.

Or is it the other way around?

1480  Economy / Securities / Re: MPEx owner in danger of being extradited to US to face charges on: April 03, 2014, 04:35:05 PM
There is a priority list you cannot jump from 15 to 18

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1.  BTC980,000*. Satoshi Nakamoto

2.  BTC400,000*. HD Moore (AHA)

3.  BTC400,000*. Dustin D. Trammell (AHA)

4.  BTC400,000*. Tod Beardsley (AHA)

5.  BTC350,000*. "Dread Pirate Roberts" a.k.a. "DPR"

6.  BTC300,000.  Roger Ver

7.  BTC300,000*. "knightmb"

8.  BTC200,000. Mark Karpeles

8.5  BTC182,592. "Loaded"

9.  BTC174,000*. FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation, USA)

10.  BTC119,000. AsicMiner Management Team of 3 (names?)

11.  BTC110,000. Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss

12.  BTC100,000. "klaus"

13.  BTC100,000. "mezzomix"

14.  BTC75,000. "artforz"

15.  BTC70,000. Erik Voorhees

17.  BTC30,000. "nakowa"

18.  BTC30,000. Mircea Popescu

19.  BTC30,000. "Goat"

20.  BTC25,000. Chamath Palihapitiya

21.  BTC25,000. Gavin Andresen

22.  BTC20,000. Max Keiser

23.  BTC20,000. "Theymos"

Tell that to #16
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