Looks like I will never buy a S2 if Bitmain keeps raising prices. I don't play these games.
The price is coming down. 4.033 BTC today, 4.277 BTC yesterday. Looks like it's coming down to me. If you are coin flush and holding the coins it dropped. If you are going to buy coins with fiat it is more fiat. What has happened is the s-2 is getting to be a little better then it was and the s-1 is getting worse then it was. Kind of put me in a funny place to decide what to do. I can buy 1 s-2 or 2 s-1's. Not quite sure If I want the s-2 just yet.. Decisions. |
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Looks like I will never buy a S2 if Bitmain keeps raising prices. I don't play these games.
yeah both the s-1 and the s-2 have gone up…… I got 3 s-1's for 1.167 btc 520 usd on the day of the purchase may 19th with coupons If I buy 3 today with coupons .372 x 3 = 1.116 btc but that is 636 usd so from may 19 to may 25 s-1's went from 173 to 212 usd my purchase on the 5th of may was .482 btc for 1 that was 209 at the time of purchase I have to go back to april 29th when i paid .5 btc or 225 to be at a higher price then today makes the purchase harder to do |
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New price for AntMiner S2 1 TH/s Miner Batch 4: 2309 USD each one, shipping cost included.
Raising the price is not the best reaction to an exploding diff  To have a chance to get a ROI the price may not be much higher than 1500... well since this is a usd price based not btc based like the s-1. you need btc fiat price to go to 850usd it would then make roi in usd fiat maybe |
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So you have 8 antminers right now (~3.2kW) and he 15,000 BTU ac unit doesnt quite cut it? (15000 BTC should suffice for ~3.5kW). How do you intend to add more miners?
Im faced with a similar problem with the coming canadian summer (still hot enough that there will be a few 30C heatwaves), and am unsure whether to go with an air conditioned location (that will require a 100,000BTC A/C if not larger) or to form enough ventilation that i might just have to deal with 30C intake temperatures and a crontab log to underclock everything during the heat of the day.
If you were doing the shed over again, what would you change?
would you make it smaller / would you triple the number of ventilation holes and run on pure airflow / would a window-mount AC be more efficient?
and, would having the ac on an inline airflow with all the wasteheat dumped outside prove more efficient than cooling the entire cold side of the shed?
I need a good plan to handle 10kW (if not 25kW) of heat
No, we have 26 currently. Adding 6 more tomorrow. Doing it over, I would make the cold side smaller and the hot side bigger. I just spent 2 hours today moving the middle wall up another foot and a half to do just that. This will make the area the AC is trying to cool smaller, put the ac closer to the miners, and give more room in the hot side to trap hot air and expel it. They key is to funnel as much hot air into the hot side and evacuate it quickly. Shields on the antminers might help. We might play with that next. I dont know... I dont want to spend too much more time on this. These dont need to have lives of years as they wont be worth it in a while. From what I read, split AC systems like the one I got are more efficient than window units. I might upgrade the second exhaust fan to another 1350 cfm one over the 650. Im not sure I understand what you are asking here "would having the ac on an inline airflow with all the wasteheat dumped outside prove more efficient than cooling the entire cold side of the shed?" my guess is the ac blows its cold air directly at the intake fans. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I do have this suggestion buy these http://www.ebay.com/itm/151276722479?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649assuming the seller has more of them. he charged me 107 usd for the 14. add them like this. this will really help pull the hot air out. also if the oem push fan fails on any ant these will protect that ant from over heat. these move air like a mofo if you do not mind the noise these work great. these are delta 38mm fans loud but 160 cfm. I got them on ebay used 14 for around 110 bucks. my gear is running at 45 c in a 84 f degree garage they run push pull  they attach with 4 pipe cleaners and 4 nylon nuts  they power off the miner's power  |
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It's sad that this campaign has come to an end. This has been one of the best options for frequent posters since a long time. I hope you guys get an opportunity to start this campaign again when the market for signatures gets better  Yeah I am retired and I post 200 to 300 posts a month. this was a nice deal for me. oh well. I still like them so much I will leave my signature the same for 2 or 3 extra days. Then on june 3rd or 4th d a new sig. They deserve a give back. My 3100 posts since I joined in 2012 will carry the sig for free. |
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okay I am a bit lost but here goes. Lets say I go to the website and order 3 fury units. week 3 order .
they cost 150 each x 3 = 450 usd.
I get a Zeus pi for free?
I plug the 3 fury units into an ATX power supply .
I plug them into a usb hub
I plug the pi into same usb hub.
I plug the pi into an ethernet switch.
I log onto the pi say the address is 192.162.x.x
like an ant minter and drop my code in and I am mining at the Zues site?
so first question is can I run my grid seed blade on this? or is the blade locked out.
not knocking this just sounds like a lot of work if my grid seeds are shut out this does not help much.
I need to decide if I want to let you host or if I want to run.
6 or 7 mining setups between all of my gear.
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well I am committed to ritz for now. I see what is going on in June when I have been freed . I do like 1 week payouts.
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Important News:
As from May 31st 2014 we will cease with this signature campaign.
The reasons are as follows:
1) It simply isn't viable to continue with these high prices. The ROI is just not there.
2) It doesn't help, when the price of the btc is on the rise.
The Ritz Grand Casino does very well without the need of a signature program. In fact, the return visitors we get are incredible. So we are here to stay.
Everyone will still be paid up until May 31st. You must remain with the program until payout day, (1st june) to be paid. We will still check on the posts
We would like to thank every one who has participated in our signature campaign.
Good luck to you all and thanks for your support.
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I want to thank you for the campaign. It was a nice way to pick up some extra coin. Thanks again. In fact I will keep your signature for at least 2 or 3 days in June on me. |
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still at 750 gh.
if you want to keep it at 750gh and give me a price break send me a pm.
we can negotiate something.
thanks phil
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Even with the coupon these S2s are still over 3.5 BTC. For 1TH/s that's over the top.
We need a step change again here bitmain (like you did with the S1). Bring these down to 2.5 BTC and start selling a pile of them.
My guess is they are waiting for the coupons to run out at the end of the month before doing a big price drop. They don't want to drop the price to say $1650 and then have people asking for $400 off that. yeah that could be, but I have june 2 coupons. If you order a pair of s-1's he gives 2 new s-2 coupons. |
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I was thinking tennis.
The top female pros are great, but they rarely get a chance to play the males. Tennis? Definitely not. The female players will be destroyed by the male ones. The hard fought victory by Billie Jean King against the 55-year old Bobby Riggs can't be taken as an evidence to claim that the female players might be able to compete with the males. Yeah. tennis would be a no go. I like my 3 picks : 1) pool/billards/8ball/9ball 2) bowling 3) horse racing jockeys In all of the above women have defeated men in world class events. car racing is a good pick shooting guns is also good And one more : there was a women fast toss softball pitcher she would beat mens teams. pitch no hitters etc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fastpitch_softball |
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Thanks. I will look for a drop and order again. I was able to set up some at my friends office. I think I can run 4 at his place with under volt and down clock . I can get 600 gh and 800 watts. He shares a building 4 ways and splits the power bill 4 ways. so I am getting power at 4 cents a k watt in his place vs 16 cents in my home. my limit would be 4 units in his office but at 4 cents a k watt I smell roi. That's a nice price for electricity if you can get it. What would be even better would be if the S2 came down to a more realistic price of 2 to 2.5 BTC - then we could all save on elecricity bills... well diff jumped to 10.455 from 8.853 that is 18% jump maybe they will do a good price adjustment. |
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Thanks. I will look for a drop and order again. I was able to set up some at my friends office. I think I can run 4 at his place with under volt and down clock . I can get 600 gh and 800 watts. He shares a building 4 ways and splits the power bill 4 ways. so I am getting power at 4 cents a k watt in his place vs 16 cents in my home. my limit would be 4 units in his office but at 4 cents a k watt I smell roi. |
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do they price drop on the weekends? or should I wait until monday.
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It's always a pleasure doing business with GAW, extremely decent of you guys to sort out the rusty 5-chip issue despite it being in no way your fault, this is why I don't buy from anywhere else.  Hey Josh, I'd like to throw out an idea for you. IF GAW could put out a photo(s) of the day (during these next few crazy weeks). Maybe a behind the scenes, maybe hardware....everybody likes pictures. Agreed! Some photos would be awesome to help us through the last remaining few days anticipation before we get our hands on our new GAW miners.  yeah they squared me away on the 'old' five chip gridseeds. I now have a credit and can't make up my mind on what gear to get with it. GAW has been spectacular fixing any and all problems I have had with gridseed orders. |
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I do not have to have remote access .
But my machine has dropped down to 750 gh again. please check it out it you will.
thanks.
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I have free s2 coupons please send a pm.
I have 2 that go bad on may 30th.
gave away 1 and I have 1 left.no more left. |
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