I think I would rather receive my unit untested rather than have it run under-current.  I'm not an EE...which is probably part of the reason I am paranoid about these sorts of things.

Also I worry a little bit about the time it might take to get the cgminer or whatever software figured out for these brand new devices.  I'm sure you will be keeping us informed of progress through the time you crack open the big box.  In the hopeful case that we get that far at any rate.  If everything goes smoothly and seems to be working, it would be nice to have the optional QA.

BTW, has ~friedcat mentioned anything one way or another about any QA they might do at the shop?  I've not spotted it in any of his posts.

I got a couple 10-port hubs recently myself (Rosewill), but as I look at it, I see the wallwart is only rated to supply 4 amps.

I don't think I'll be trying to run more than 8 on mine, unless I wire mine up to get 5V from my PC ATX power supply.

That would be a *lot* of wall warts powering those hubs. 

Well, I didn't want to be a wet blanket, but I don't really see the point of transferring the BTC to John.  I understand him being the point man on the due diligence of arklan, but since we will be trusting arklan with 100k of gear, why wouldn't we trust him with 100k of BTC?  I'm not complaining about anyone involved or their fees, I am just trying to find a way to make it more convenient for everyone.

I was also thinking if I were FriedCat and had intentions of continued retail in the US, I would hire a trusted individual in the US to do the resale.  Isn't that how everything else gets done?  You have the benefit of drop-shipping pallets of miners, and rapid deliveries of orders.  Of course, If I were FriedCat, I would probably be on the beach by now, being served drinks by supermodels.

OMG! Thief! They're takin' our jerbs!!! err.. bitcoins!

Sarcastic fear aside, it struck me again how smoothly this has gone.  Here we have 100 virtual strangers who've made a promise in an anonymous forum to make a purchase worth $200-$4000+,  a promise that 95% of have followed through and immediately paid up.  I don't know how many of you have tried this before in other group buy contexts, but that just does not happen.

We're also collectively trusting two other virtual strangers with the equivalent of $100,000. Next, we're trusting a tiny, relatively unproven company to deliver us an in-development product that nobody outside that company has ever seen function.  We do this knowing that even if things go incredibly smoothly with manufacture/delivery, and the difficulty ramp is better than expected, none of us will see our ROI for at least 6 months, likely longer.

Pundits on either side of the 'will bitcoin last' argument need look no further.

Congrats I actually bought a code for Crysis 3 awhile back, but I desperately wanted Bioshock.. if I didn't already have Crysis, I might've gone after it harder. Enjoy!

Does anyone know the configuration flags to use to get cgminer to work with the Block Erupter?

It simply takes 90% of the mined coins for the previous 7 days and divides it by the number of shares. 90% is an estimate, and it doesn't include any equipment auctions or sales.

http://deepfriedcat.com/

Enjoy.

Best news i've heard all day!!! Thanks to you and Arklan for busting your asses getting this done in a very professional manner. Danke!!

Goddamnit. 

Is there any chance I can still place an order for 20 units?  Please!  

I've never mined a share in my life(*).  How long does it take?  Do you believe that this QA is something which will slow down the re-packaging and shipping process, or is it something you can do overnight (and still have the mental capacity to ship the next day without undue errors or substance abuse

If you finish up and get some Z's you have authorization to leave my unit on-line overnight and try to pick up some BTC.

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(*) Actually when I first got around to building bitcoind I needed some coins like everyone else.  I found various documentation about cpu mining and built some of that software also.  Then I got an account on a pool or two.

I got banished in short order for 'inefficiency'.  Man what I butt-hurt!

Only then did I realize that I was reading months old documentation that was horribly outdated already.  CPU mining was already completely useless.  This would have probably almost exactly two years ago.

Again, you should not look at the BTC to USD rate, as you can just as well buy the BTC 2 and hoard it.

If you invest BTC then you should look at how long it will take to get the BTC back


Some of us do run on renewable power, which is costing us nothing, if you discount the government subsidies we get. Technically we don't steal from our parents but from all of you ;-)