Been sold out of batch 3 for a while now .

Definitely do NOT plug both into 1 side and none on the other... or you'll only be powering 1 board.  The design is virtually the same as the S1, so at least 1 plug per board.

If we're going to continue the analogy, you should have written, "your lottery tickets' chances of winning get smaller and smaller every 2016 jackpots..."

From another post, you get 1 coupon per unit you ordered.  So, since you had to order a minimum of 2 units, you will get a minimum of 2 coupons.  Total value of the coupons is based upon the price you paid in the batch your ordered.  For example, if you ordered 5 batch 1 units at 0.75BTC each, you will get 5 coupons of 0.075BTC each.

LOL... want to buy some FSC?  I've got plenty.  DRK is X11, so CPU/GPU mined... go and sign up for a ton of cloud servers at AWS, Digital Ocean, etc and install the software on them all... might cost you a bit, though

Gotcha.  No anti-virus program is perfect.  Typically they are reactionary.  A new virus is found, it spreads, research is done, a cure/fix/detection is created, it is added to a new definition file for you to download and install.  Even with the best system out there, you're not immune.  Your best defense is good old common sense.  Got an email from someone you don't know?  Probably shouldn't open any attachments or click any links.  Find something that seems too good to be true?  It is.

Fixed that for ya

If you met a complete stranger on the street, would you willingly give him the keys to your car if he promised to turn it into a Lamborghini?  Or, the keys to your house if he told you he was going to install a new 70" 4K TV?  Would you let somebody reach into your pocket and grab your wallet if he told you he was going to put $100 in there for you?  Would you leave your iPhone on the front seat of your car and leave all the windows open while you went shopping?

I suppose the same people who answer yes also have ATM pins of 1111 or 1234 and passwords of "password".

What percentage of your paycheck do you keep in your wallet, in a checking account, in a savings account, in other investments?  If you have multiple accounts and distribute your money between them, follow that same pattern with your BTC.  It's a lot easier eating a small transaction fee for moving the money around than it is eating a loss of your coin because your hot wallet was compromised.

Why would you even consider downloading something from a site with "hack" in the domain and "cheat" in the file?  I mean seriously... how about I create some crazy script and call it "GonnaStealYourBTC" and post it... wonder how many people would think, "Gee, that's a great idea, I think I'll run it to see what happens!"

People constantly trying to find that "here's free money!" scheme are always amazed when they get the raw end of the deal.  You don't need an additional AV... you need to get some common sense and not go and download stupid shit.

I found this youtube video that gives you a pretty good idea of what the SP10 sounds like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__crNsd7GEM

You can turn your speakers up nice and high to get the full effect

Yes, that's really a video of the SP10 hashing.  Yes, it does really scream like that.

That number will constantly change because your contribution to the round is constantly changing, as is everybody else's.

Oh... OK, sorry... thought you might have been under the impression that I somehow had an SP30 .

So... my experience with the SP10 has been from good to very good.  The initial batch of the product (April) had fast corner ASICs and hashed above their advertised rate of 1.4TH/s (usually getting anywhere from 1.5 to 1.6TH/s).  The next batch, the one I got, was unfortunately built out with slow corner ASICs, and initially nobody could get over 1.3TH/s.  Also, if you were running on standard US power at 110/120V, you were limited by the firmware to 1100 watts draw from the PSU.  This further reduced hash rate.  I typically got about 1.25 - 1.28TH/s at about 1000W from the wall.

As time has gone on, Zvisha (firmware god at SP-Tech) has worked very closely with a lot of us to release better and better versions of the firmware, and to help us with customizing the settings.  He also released a way to lift the PSU limit, and accompanied it with a warning to be careful.  So, after using that method and with the latest version of the firmware (1.5.2), my slow-corner May batch now runs at a constant 1.39 - 1.41TH/s at about 1200 watts from the wall.

You can also go the other way with the unit and down-volt it.  Running it at the slowest rate setting (which is called "medium" in the settings), I see about 1TH/s at about 700-750 watts at the wall.

I think you might be misunderstanding me.  I own the SP10.  It's the first product SP-Tech produced.  I got it in May.  It's a 1.4TH/s miner based on their Hammer ASIC.  And yes, it screams.  Think jet turbine.  It's a very loud, high-pitched scream.  This is caused by the server PSU fan running 100% (which you cannot control in any fashion) and the actual cooling fans (which you can set from 40% - not quite so loud - to 90% - hope you have earphones).

The SP30 is their second generation machine.  It is based on their 28nm RockerBox ASIC.  It is a 6TH/s machine.  It has not yet been built, since SP-Tech is still waiting to get the chips from the manufacturer.  They have everything ready and as soon as the chips are in will be building and testing.

Sure, it can be.  It's a gamble... maybe you get in early enough and can mine a bunch at a low difficulty.  Maybe the coin gets put on an exchange and people inflate the value because it is new.  Maybe you trade your coins for BTC while the getting is good.  Or maybe you mine a ton of a completely worthless crap coin and have a wallet filled with something that you can look at and say, "At least I have a few million of these."

People fall for this crap all the time, even WITH warnings.

Think about it like this.  If I tell you the universe is filled with hundreds of billions of stars you'll likely believe it.  If I tell you the paint is wet, and there's a sign on the wall that says, "Wet Paint", I bet you touch that paint to see if it really is wet...

You've been lurking for a year and don't know what to check out?  LOL.

What exactly are you looking to check out that you haven't been able to find in your year's time here?  I'd be glad to point you in the right direction.

Won't have too much problem keeping your hardware cool...

As was pointed out, GAWminers is just a retailer/reseller.  Spondoolies-Tech actually produces the miner.  I own their first model (the SP10) and am very satisfied with its performance, although it screams like a banshee

As of now, satoshigamers.com is available.  Maybe I'll buy it and put it up for sale...

I remember seeing the Mr. Bitty posts when I first joined and thinking, "Huh?  WTF is this?".  I like the icon, and that Mr. Bitty loves everyone

Been a while... glad to see happy top-hat-wearing Mr. Bitty here again.

Yup.  For 1 day out of 10, you try your luck solo mining.  It's an interesting thought... lose a day's mining (which, at current difficulty with the S3 means you lose 0.0128BTC) for a chance at 25BTC.  You a gambler?

Would you explain how you got to your conclusions, please?  At current difficulty, that 12TH/s would expect to solve a block every 72 days or so.  Expected daily earnings are about 0.35BTC.  I'm trying to figure out how you conclude that you've got a 1% chance a day to hit that block.  Thanks .