I run a node 24/7/365 and I

mine them at solo .

  I mine my single one at solo.ckpool

here is my 1 u2 stick  .  The odds are against you using a u2 stick  you could sell them on ebay and use the money to buy one of sidehacks sticks.


https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1086011.0  they are 6x better then a u2

Can I pm you for specs? 

would love to know what the gear can do.

yeah you overheated the port and the pc is protecting it.

If you live in the usa here is a hub.


http://www.amazon.com/Etekcity-Adapter-Charging-Protector-Indicators/dp/B00ELPSEVW/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1436533264&sr=8-4&keywords=10+port+usb+hub

Coins have past 291 then dropped to 284.

we have made 81 blocks so far

https://blockchain.info/blocks



we should be at 78    so not that bad.

    I got a few emails from avalon last night.    I should get a review unit soon maybe late July,  as for availability for sales say a 40 or 60 pack   early  or mid  August.  No word on pricing.

  So xiangfu (avalon dev) told me pricing is not yet decided. As they are ramping up production.

So  I will check back here with any info the next few weeks.


With btc getting near 300 usd. It is hard to say what pricing will be. As gear prices do tend to track BTC price.

the plus side is a simple build  and nice to have one or two around for fun.

thanks for corrections.


I listed the 1 chip at 13.75 gh as that is my max.

Since I can't get a higher freq yet. I am pretty much certain I can get it to do 300 since at 250 with a fan it is only 90f or so.

My software skills are brutal.

 So cut + paste not much else.

If you want to send an sdcard with your minera image that has all the higher freq's

 I could test a rasp pi.

Which rasp pi did you  use?

 the B the B+ or the newest model 2

I have a B and

 the newest model 2 4 usb hub

http://btc.blockr.io/charts

6-28-2015  145 blocks 144 is normal   but we were partial for sunday.

so  about 108 made  109 norm so >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>  -1

6-29-2015  132 blocks 144 is normal >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   -12    

6-30-2015  146 blocks  144 is normal >>>>>>>>>>>>>  +2
 
7- 1-2015   139 blocks  144 is normal >>>>>>>>>>>>>   -5

7-2-2015    153 blocks  144 is normal >>>>>>>>>>>>> +8
 
7-3-2015    158  blocks 144 is normal >>>>>>>>>>>>> +14

7-4-2015    154 blocks 144 is normal >>>>>>>>>>>>>  +10

7-5-2015     146 blocks 144 is normal>>>>>>>>>>>>> + 2

7-6-2015     171 blocks  144 is normal>>>>>>>>>>>>  +27

7-7-2015     142 blocks  144 is normal >>>>>>>>>>>> -2

7-8-2015      159 blocks 144 is normal >>>>>>>>>>>> + 15

7-9-2015      132 blocks  144 is normal >>>>>>>>>>>  -12  bitfury seemed be offline due to a software update making its transaction size bigger

total >>>  1740 made  normal 1693    so plus 47

 this is (+2.77%)



  https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty -------- (+2.21%) this is lower then real number.



Adjust time:   After 271 Blocks, About 1.8 days


BTC/USD: 266


July 9 was  weak  132 blocks.

so 2.5 to 3.5  seem to be closest

 25 usd ----------------- 1 chip stick   gives about 13.5 gh max at freq 250---- as I have not gotten software to load higher freq values (poor software skills on me)

35 usd  ----------------  2 chip stick   should give about   32 gh max ---- once built


45 usd -50 usd ? -- 4 chip pod    should  give  about 80-90 gh max----  65gh with 35 watts 90 gh with 50 watts



110 usd --------------- 18 chip board gives about    300gh     at 120 watts


Just to compare pricing please make corrections.--- I have corrected as per sidehack's later post

Yeah looks like they are testing out software.  Oh they may have waited until today or not.  If they add huge amounts over the next 2 weeks which they may one could argue they scheduled the down time now.

We did under 140 blocks today so we dropped a bit. I will post in about an hour. with the other site's info for  the 9th


http://www.bitcoincharts.com/    >>>>>>>  has us at (+1.83%)


Blocks   364618
Total BTC   14.365M
 
Difficulty   49402014931
Estimated   50308754342 in 278 blks
 
Network total   306140.614 Thash/s
Blocks/hour   5.19 / 693 s >>>>>>>>>>>>>  very slow


with 278 blocks left    we are looking at sat the 11th 

I am going for 20 or so.  I will play with them for quite the while.  Since .31 watts is nice.

most likely run them at freq 200 or 225.  I want the amps under .9 ..

 freq  250 does  need 1.07 to 1.13 amps

my hubs will do .9 amps with no issues.  So freq 200 or 225 is the more practical limit.

4 chip units work  I am looking at my heat sinks and I think I could rig something up.

they altered block size did one block at 974.5kb then looked like they crashed for 8 hours or so.  seems to be back up and now running 974.5kb blocks vs 135kb blocks

The case is really nice.
I look forward to see more from you in this thread.

if you are a big player  on the mining side  fast growth of the network is not needed.  exactly what has happened  since the fall under 2% growth per diff adjustment works well.

r-box-little = older smaller one

r-box-big   = newer bigger one

maybe they had a meltdown


they could stay offline for a while

your power is cheap an s-3 for 80 to 100 bucks   and maybe one of your pc's has a decent power supply .


So lets plug in 80 bucks  at current prices for coins

in about 144 days you will be ahead 5 bucks 

if you pay 100 bucks for the s-3 you will

need about 206 days to be ahead 12 bucks


but and here is a big but  in either case you lose at worst 80 or 100 bucks.

If coins go up a bit you could make more.

Yeah I had those sticks on bitminter and the client consistently under reported hash.  this is from 2013.  there was an unsolved bug in the client for the sticks.

So I switched to cgminer and they worked.
Once you load zadig  you commit to cgminer.
I am glad it worked for you.

the idea is cheap but

to be really sure do two things the op's and  Just add a fan as a pull

connect it to your psu for power not the s-5 and

leave the stock  fan connected to your s-5.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nidec-Beta-V-TA450DC-B34262-57A-Case-Fan-120-mm-x-38-mm-12VDC-8-Amp-/321196720453?



50 cents plus 4 bucks =  $ 4.50 a miner


pretty much fool proof with the two combined