Jesus fucking christ, I just realized how much hashpower is needed to make a bitcoin in a month.

Never. Selling. Again.

What will save you Searing is what has saved many of us: We're just too damn lame to sell.

Remember, once you start selling it's like a druuuuuug. Instead hire people for services and pay in bitcoin :-)

C

Ok. One of these days I will actually buy (as opposed to earn) a bitcoin. Just to do it.

Problem is I just can't see worthless fiat turning into something like bitcoin. And if I do Bitcoin will instantly tank. Hm. Really need to think on this.

Meantime, Lambo? Naah, LP500S is the only one I'd want and I already have enough serious car stuff.  I'd have to buy a house with a garage to park it....

It always works: I sell a bit-dime and the price skyrockets as a result.

Maybe I should start a donation wallet: Donate bitpennies to me, I'll sell it, and the price will skyrocket as a result.

Thoughts?

Or you can send the boards to me for repair. I've been doing this on Avalons, Titans, and S7's for awhile now, and I've seen some poor attempts to do it which don't end well.

If you want me to fix bad connectors, drop me a PM and pack the boards in bubble wrap.

And since I believe information should be free and the skill of work be paid for, here are some tips on how to do it:

You have to get a pre-heater. Aoyue 853+ or better at minimum. Don't use a super big soldering iron, you will just burn the vias before you remove the part.

Cut the back three prongs on the connector before you start. That way you are removing them one at a time, not six at once.

And the super magic secret: Tin the leads with lead/rosin solder. This will lower the melting point of the crap ROHS solder a *lot* and make removal easier.

Use very good flux. Flux cleans connections and transfers heat.

Once off, use the solder wick to take up all the solder. Flux is good.

Clean everything up before installing the new one.

Flux the ends of the new plug before inserting. That way the new solder will flow.

Heat the board again then solder the back three pins.

Flip the hot board over in your lap and solder the front three.

Oh wear thick pants.

Clean everything up and admire your work.

But whatever you do, don't try to remove with just an iron. Or send it in to me for repairs, I take bitcoins :-)

C

That's true, I did forget about those. More to the point though I did get a lot of satisfaction in solving the whole Raspberry Pi problem. That would have stopped a number of titans in their tracks, so getting it working was a good thing.

And now I'm working on another code mod for someone. Bitch on wheels, working on it between fixing other titans. We'll see.

C
(can also fix Avalons and S7's)

Stopped by a gold and coin shop up here in Boston where I picked up a beautiful 14k watch chain a year ago with Bitcoin. The owner was exceptionally happy to see me again and was showing off some very fine E Howard 18k watches from 1861.

Guess he wants moar bitcoins.....

The train just keeps on a-rolling...

Toughie. There are only two in the recent Ebay sold history, so I'd say put it up and see what happens.
(Note those prices included a Pi so they would run Titans natively)

Well, not quite lambos yet, but still 6k is a really impressive number.

Whee!

You're kidding me..... :-)

Wait, bitmainwarranty does not do warranty work?

I've been playing with the S7's for a bit, swapping the voltage regulators and the chips themselves is not too hard; there's a diode that can also fail on there as well. I'd be willing to look at a dead S9, and report the results. But for the most part I've been thinking as long as they are under warranty it wouldn't make much sense to do repairs that could void said warranty.

Hm....

Correct. This is also why I ran my business as a LIFO based accounting system: When I need money for parts or power or taxes I sell bitcoins at a rate that is close to what I received, thus minimal short term CG taxes. Since I receive payments in bitcoin I make sure to pay income taxes on the money received at the value of bitcoin at the time the work was agreed to (because the price might change by the time the work is completed and I receive payment, but I consider that to be float, not increased revenue. Need to check with a CPA or the IRS on that, but I do the best I can do).

Thus the stuff I made over the years is free and clear of anything but capital gains taxes, which would be paid if I sold deep enough into my account.

And since I have never purchased a bitpenny, if bitcoin went tits up I would really not lose anything in the real world other than the value of my labor.

A really interesting side-effect happens when I buy other services for bitcoin, tax analysis on that is a bitch on wheels. Have to convert to cash virtually on the ledger, then convert back to goods and services. Sucks.

Offer the controller board for sale on Ebay or something. With my Lightfoot code it can run Titans.

(Just a data point: I think I got one donation for writing/promoting that code. Fixed a lot of people who had Pi's blow up, just noted)

Bored bored bored.....

Nope. Those are 10 or 15 sized torx bolts. The thermal paste is only for the main core chip. Swapping it won't help the DC-DC's.

Just run them at 250mhz per die on 4 die units and 300mhz on 3 die units. Solid 65mh will also keep the power plugs from melting.

I don't know, but running the DC-DC's at 90c is the best way to get a unit ready for shipment to me :-) High temps like that can cause the gates to short, resulting in an instant shorted cube with possibly a short to the SCL lines as well.

Not too bad to fix, but run the cubes with die temps under 45c and supply temps under 80 and they will live long and happy little lives.

Meantime I have been working on antminers, S7's and S9's have pretty much given up their key secrets, now just need to play with an A4....

C

It's weird when you come home and 5600 a bitcoin is mildly depressing.....

60 is kind of nice, but for awhile I was working at a rate of $90 per LTC. So it's got a ways to go....

Bitcoin.... Excuse me I have to go pleasure myself.

Sure, same here (well not a ton, more like a tuna) fixing bitcoin and litecoin miners. Gotten pretty good at it too. I do convert bitcoin to cash to pay my taxes and expenses, but never the other way....