Can these be used for scrypt --litecoins, feathercoins?

How many can I hook up to one motherboard using hubs? can I fit 20?

Thanks!

I understand this is informal ATM, but I assume escrow will be involved?

Are these capable of mining other sha256 coins?

In for 1

USA (WI)

We need to create another thread for griping and/or binding interest. I'd gripe a little, but as pointed out in many conversations: free market.

Add me to the list plz.  Thx.

Can we get ASICminer to comment on either lowering the bulk 300 price or shipping small orders directly to users?

For those in Europe (note: thread is in german): https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=195037.0

i'm organizing the US based group buy. myself i'm in utah. unless there's a better plan, my intention is to wait until we hit order's for 300, then collect the payment from the individuals and place the order. once i got them i'd them mail them out to each person.

note: i am not able to front the cost of the group buy. also, i'd appreciate consideration for the re-shipping costs. something like .05 btc per usb stick maybe. i haven't looked at what the costs will actually be, but you get the idea.

currently we have:
arklan 1
bigbeninlondon 1
hepaist0s 2
BlackLilac Grant 10

and in PM 5

for a total of 19. 281 remaining!

This thread you've linked to is German.  I assume this is located in Germany?   Anyone in US looking to participate in group buy?  I'm in for 1.

Is this price definitive or can we have a Dutch auction? :

I don't have enough USB ports to power 300 of these at once.

Except that this seems to be more geared toward n00bs and casual miners. Meaning 2 BTC is a stupid price. Realistically, it should be 25%-50% of that cost to make it worth the cost.

at .5BTC, I'd buy several. At 2btc I'll buy zero...

I guess if you can't get your hands on an ASIC then this (FPGA and this USB miner) would certainly be better than GPU mining right now... But this price is well, well above wholesale. Someone said these lot sizes would be for resale? Don't see how. Wholesale on these devices would be more like $40, retail ~$100. Retail would be at least 60% markup. I see no room at all for markup in these, so these are retail priced for end-users now. Which makes the buy size of 300 a bit odd. Even at $100 you're talking two-months ROI minimum at current price and difficulty.

But here's the crazy part, I bet people will buy these all up even at these prices.

Oh, this is maybe the best effort so far to allow new miners to start mining with reasonably cheap and easy hardware.

I might just get few of those to give out to friends and family. Excellent way to spread this cyptocoin "virus" 

At this point, 1BTC per unit would be about fair considering it's a bulk order. 2BTC would be aprox. retail price. And that's now, in a few months with difficulty shooting up it could be much worse.

At this price I would get myself 4 or 5 right now, just for the novelty and to help spread mining. I can afford all 300 but I think it's not a good price and it would be much worse in August...

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Navigable version would not be especially difficult but I'm not sure which platform to use. Java would make it browser viewable (though not on this site) but Java in the browser is not so recommended anymore.

The major difference is that this is a finished product . Sure, you can buy a barrel of oil for around $2 per gallon if you order in bulk, but still even US people buy gas for $4 per gallon. The convenience of buying just what you need rather than have a supertanker on your doorstep, the complete conversion of the raw material into a ready-to-use plug-and-play product, the reduced risk of not having to handle large orders; consumers love the ability to avoid such hassles.

Add to that the mere psychological effect of being part of a movement, and I think these miners will be an easy sell, even at the added cost that a bulk buyer would have to charge consumers.

Just imagine having a shelf of "Real moneymaking machines, just $297" at Wallmart.

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