Nothing ships on Sunday, so I'll give him until tomorrow at least.

I don't see the point in posting all the same information again. If poochone wants it, they need to PM me. If that falls through, you appear to be next inline. If someone wants to bid more than 6, we can finish this up right now.

I've PMed with the winning bidder and he's been gratious enough to relinquish his bid in light of the recent interest.


Poochone: if you're serious about this bid for this as is module, PM me with where you would need it shipped.

Sucks to be me. I'm still finalizing the sale. If it falls through for some reason, you'll be next in line at "4 or 5."

Shoot. The countdown clock must have been messed up. I started the auction at 8pm and set it for 48 hours. My sold post was at 9pm. So sorry for the confusion, that's the last thing I wanted to create.

Sorry Bogart, but it was actually last weekend. The "auction" was already over.

Sold. Sorry, I didn't really think about the timing on this auction so it may not ship out until Monday. I'll check with the buyer and see what options we have.

Minutes after I originally posted this auction, I got an offer for 5 BTC. Guess I should have taken it.

Something felt wrong about closing out an auction so quickly.

Oh well. There's still time for someone with a sense of adventure! The module has something wrong with it... like a puzzle waiting for your enjoyment... not to mention 80 avalon chips.

ProfMac is the winner. Consider this auction closed.

The chips themselves don't look burned at all. The picture I posted previously was of the closest module to the PDU which just had some soot on it from the wire insulation. That one is mining away just fine.

I think the one that isn't working was the farthest one from the board since the power cables feeding power to those two modules were melted. My hunch is there was some kind of power spike. Here are some pictures of the modules I took as I was separating them (I sold 3 to one person and 1 to someone else).






This is not the actual module for sale, but the one I cleaned up which is working fine:




The module I'm selling comes as is. I'm not sure what's wrong with it, or if the chips themselves are damaged. Hopefully it's something simple like the top power board.

As for shipping to the EU, you'd probably have to cover the cost of that. The original buyer agreed to ship it, but he's in the US and shipping to the EU would probably cost more than he's willing to pay. Can you give me an idea of how much that would be?

Thanks for the tip. I'd be surprised if it created new interest, but it's certainly worth a shot.

I wonder how this forum handles caching with all those changing signatures. :-/

Thanks ProfMac. I'll let that bid stand for a little while and if there are no others who really want it, that may be the winning bid. Based on the PMs I got before, I'm surprised there isn't more interest.

Ah, sad face. Thanks for clarifying.

Underwhelming response.

I had quite a few PMs about these components, but now I'm just hearing crickets. I guess the starting price was way too high. Feel free to make me an offer.

Also, I may end up just selling the control unit separately.

Oh, look, a pretty count down clock.



I still think this is a great adventure for those who want to tinker with an Avalon module and have the means to do so.

Yes: http://dot-bit.org/tools/nextDifficulty.php

13/08/2013 18:11

And yes, there is a catch.

I'm the guy who fried an Avalon by not plugging in all the power cables. 3 of the 4 modules have been sold and are currently mining away. The rest of the components are up for sale (make me an offer). 1 of the modules, unfortunately, appears to be dead.

From the buyer:


Instead of having it shipped back to me, the buyer has agreed to ship it to whoever wants to buy it. Some may want it for the ASIC chips, others may have an idea what's wrong, a soldering gun, and a sense of adventure, but either way, I'm starting the bid at 1 BTC. I'll let it run for 48 hours. If you make me an amazing offer, I'll consider ending the auction early.

Who's up for a challenge?

Thanks again for your input, ProfMac, it's greatly appreciated. This being my first auction, I was sure to go about it wrong.

How does one go about canceling an auction, other than just putting in a follow up comment saying "It's cancelled"? I'm also considering listing the parts individually.

Also, what is a single use Bitcoin address? I'm not familiar with that. What you're describing sounds like escrow to me.

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So with that in mind, if those reading this are interested, make me an offer. I was hoping for 10 BTC to recover my costs, but with the difficulty skyrocketing as it is, I understand if that's too much. Still though, a working Avalon is better than a broken one. If you need this stuff, make me an offer and hopefully we can help each other out.

Though I've received a few PMs for these components, I haven't seen many specific offers. Still having trouble deciding what a good value is here. Since there are only 600 batch 3's out there, the potential customer base for this is quite small, I guess. That said, if you have a dead B3 Avalon, I could see this being very valuable.

Anyone know if all the B3's have been delivered? I kind of feel like I should give everyone a chance to turn theirs on and figure out what's working and what isn't before I close this auction.

I'm open to feedback.

Very well written post. Thank you. Encourages me today after the week I've had.

It also got me thinking about the future price of Bitcoin discussion in a new way. I've seen semi-convincing arguments of $100,000 or $1,000,000 per coin, but they don't mention mining or difficulty. If the price really gets that high, as you said, the number of mining operations would double all along the way. From $100 to $200? Double. $200 to $400? Double. If the price does go through the roof and people don't invest in mining to get some "free" coin, they'd be missing out. Your post got me thinking about mining as an anchor to the price. For the price to get too high without those profits being reinvested in mining equipment would be silly. If the mining hardware can't catch up, we'll probably see more big future bubbles pop.

Anyway, just wanted to say thank you for the thought provoking post. I hope this doesn't spin off into a future price of Bitcoin thread.