I prefer Libertybit---but personally I can't wait until we get Coinbase connected to Canadian banks. BTC market needs more competition in Canada.
Libertybit is the most expensive way to buy bitcoins. but it's also the most profitable way to sell bitcoins. :p can't beat 0.5% trade fee + $2 for withdraw. |
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The number is for Mr. Chen, a used chip vendor in Beijing. He has nothing to do with Avalon and just photographs the mailing label and emails it to Yifu.
Please don't bother poor Mr. Chen.
Lot's of people have Yifu's phone number. I won't post it here though.
I also am eagerly waiting for an update, and concerned about the complete lack of communication. I hope I don't have to wait for the bitcoin conference to track Yifu down.
DO WANT. send it through PM  Hmm, how many holidays do Chinese have  It seems like they got it pretty good. 1 Month long new year, 3 day holiday...etc etc |
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yes, just set cgminer to use 7970.
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I don't see how BFL stopped him from buying 23 BTC at any time, can you please post where BFL forbids people from purchasing BTC once they purchase one of our products, which are sold for USD (Not BTC)?
You can't? Oh, then your argument is fallacious. Nice try at rationalizing a false premise, though. Well, actually, no it's not. It's pretty sophomoric and elementary.
The trolls have shifted their stance from "BFL has never shipped" to people could have done X with their pre-payment money.
In the real world people can wait for many months for a house to be built with a deposit much larger than the cost of a BFL device, and they are perfectly happy with that, as long as the builder doesn't go bust and they get their house in the end.
see: Hindsight my friend. BTC could have went to zero too. this is a weak argument.
The value and income of bitcoin mining devices is tied to the value of bitcoin. Unlike gpus, ASIC can't be resold for other purposes. Therefore, by buying a BFL ASIC, he was still at the whim of BTC prices. when you're buying a mining device, you're essentially paying now to get bitcoins later. |
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Is it possible for you to post schematics of your design? It's impossible to judge distances with a 681 × 569 3d render. you seem to forget that the motherboard needs a huge heatsink on it for the cpu, plus extra space for RAM and northbridge/southbridge heatsinks. Also, I've never seen a atx motheboard that allows you to pack cards in that manner. even with risers it's impossible because there's not enough space for the riser to twist. plus you're packing the cards way too densely. there's no way you're going to get good airflow.
You have a good point. It is hard to see the details in this picture. There is about 1.5" in between the motherboard and the graphic cards connectors. This is the section that will be over the CPU, which means that I will probably have to use a low profile heatsink+fan or just a low profile heatsink (passive cooling might be sufficient). http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835114094that heatsink alone costs $30. you're better off making your frame a bit bigger to accommodate the OEM heatsink. Also, I have no idea how your fan design is going to work. you have to realize that the fan doesn't magically pull air up. there's going to be turbulance and dead spots when you're mounting your fan that close. |
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No, he paid in USD, just like everyone else. Nice try, though.
Meanwhile, if he bought BTC, he would have 23 BTC, right now. Nice try at post rationalizing though. Hindsight my friend. BTC could have went to zero too. this is a weak argument. The value and income of bitcoin mining devices is tied to the value of bitcoin. Unlike gpus, ASIC can't be resold for other purposes. Therefore, by buying a BFL ASIC, he was still at the whim of BTC prices. |
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There is a lot of people looking for the shipment of batch#2. And due to delay of batch#2, batch#3 will soon be involved to the delay.
What can we do beyond waiting?
I asked/suggested in a similar thread whether anyone has tried calling them? The phone number was in their previous email. I'm sure we have a lot of Chinese friends here waiting for their ASICs, perhaps someone could try calling them? it's 3 day holiday in china right now. |
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For a $149 investment it'll repay itself and make $1300 on top in one month of mining.
Think again. You paid about 23 BTC 10 months ago. You'll make .3 btc/day. Even if the difficulty doesn't skyrocket (which it will), you need more than 2 months to just break even. You aren't making any profit for a long time. No, he paid in USD, just like everyone else. Nice try, though. Meanwhile, if he bought BTC, he would have 23 BTC, right now. Nice try at post rationalizing though. |
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you seem to forget that the motherboard needs a huge heatsink on it for the cpu, plus extra space for RAM and northbridge/southbridge heatsinks. Also, I've never seen a atx motheboard that allows you to pack cards in that manner. even with risers it's impossible because there's not enough space for the riser to twist. plus you're packing the cards way too densely. there's no way you're going to get good airflow.
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15 BTC for one, shipped. Escrow mandatory, funds released after it arrives.
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I am not seeking counterfeit lancelot, i want real icarus and lancelots. he wants icarus/lancelot so he can trade them in for batch 3 avalon, and get priority. |
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$100 to setup a pool without a frontend? You can setup a p2pool node for free, and it includes a frontend.
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So did I won?
it's not an auction. |
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a card alone costs $60-$80 (5830/5850), why would anyone sell to you?
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...or just list your price is usd/btc and let the buyer do the calculation.
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36 panels on our house for a total of ~7.5kW. During the day if the pool pump or AC isn't running we are in the positive. I run 3 GPU's and my PC takes up about 800W. Our average electric bill has been about -$200, yes negative, and the lease for the panels is about $180. Crazy, I know.
is that with or without goverment subsides? |
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I know that he is using it for litecoin, and the need for more than 4GB of RAM for 4 cards is still false.
I have a litecoin mining rig running right now with 4GB of ram and 4 7950s using cgminer.
I'm a little new at this, but everything I can find on this forum says you need more ram to support higher thread concurrency to maximize the cards' potential. No reason it wouldn't run with less ram, but your thread concurrency would be limited. When ram is probably the cheapest component, why scrimp to save a couple of dollars and limit yourself? it's still a waste of money. besides, if he doesn't have enough ram, he can always buy more. |
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damn..anything i can do?
get your amazon account unlocked, and offer to ship things directly to the buyer (works best for physical items). btw, my offer is still open. |
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thanks, I'll play with that, I want to get gitian builder setup in my VMbox but I'm not sure how to install it from the source (I assume you compile, but as you can see I'm learning about compiling at the moment making it hard for me to install gitian)
gitian is pretty easy. it sets up the vm, installs all the packages needed for compilation, and compiles it. It's all done inside a vm with scripts (included with bitcoin), so it's actually easier than compiling using your own tools. |
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The detection mechanism for orphan blocks makes sense for miners, but it does not take into consideration the entire network. An overwhelming majority of blocks created today are by mining pools. They are hosted in datacenters with excellent network connectivity. Hence propagation between miners is usually fast. However, allowing the block size to grow reduces the usability of the bitcoin network. By increasing the block size, clients (especially full nodes) are forced to store extra transactions. This cost can not be reliably calculated by orphan rates alone, because these nodes do not mine.
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