It was. I was just being doubly obvious on my reply. Some people might be seeing the ebay listing and thinking that this is something new. Don't want people to get their hopes up.

As said many many times on this thread. Its a scam until someone independent and credible gets their hands on one for review.

The only "evidence" of working prototype is the youtube video. Only shows the miner for less than 30 sec then just shows the slush dash. Notice at 30 seconds in a finger conveniently hides the computer. Amateur doctored video.

https://imgur.com/a/hXk4Z?

Ebay pics are copies of the images from halongmining.com site.

What we know about that pic is that it was Photoshopped on 11/22/17 same day as the announcement, presumably modified to add the dragonmint logo which somebody (I forget who) acknowledged was not real.

We need additional photos and better videos, not copies of old ones.

Easy way is download and run Awesome miner or any of the other monitoring software you can find on these forums.

Or learn something for yourself, use python or your favorite scripting language to read the antminer api. Script is here https://github.com/dfoderick/Mining
 

Check out the other B2x mining pool. https://b2x.multipools.club/ Has higher hash rate than MiningPool Shop

Still no exchange will take a deposit for B2x. Anyone know where to exchange?

Same at HitBTC, can't deposit to exchange.
So far no way to dump this B2x garbage we're mining.

There are some. Follow this thread for exchanges.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2649215.0

I have account at HitBTC so will try there.

Do not open the machine during the warranty period!

I just shake machines gently when I first get them and listen for rattling, you need to make sure nothing came loose during shipping. The controller thing does rattle on top but that's normal.

Once the machine is running I try not to touch it. Monitor hash and temps. If you run them real hot I guess they could loosen up and drop off but temp would jump and machine would probably stop hashing. Then do the shake check again whenever you need to clean out the dust.

I live in cool dry climate and have 5 of them in garage so far. My ventilation is not ideal so I am looking to improve. But in winter I don't care because they heat my home.

There are 2 temps for the machine
#1 chip temps you can get from the machine web page, one for each hash board
#2 controller or chassis temp you can get from api stats command. I don't know where this temp sensor is so if someone knows then let me know. Its always lower than chip temps and it doesn't show on the web page. Awesome miner or the raw api output will tell you this temp.

My machines are running about 70 deg. Celsius chassis/controller and about 80-90 deg. Celsius chips. Not bad for a setup without proper ventilation. Many people run them hotter.

Who are you in communication with at Halong?
What have they been telling you?
What is the timeline for phases leading to production?
You have a blog on the site https://halongmining.com/blog/
Why is the blog empty?
Why is there no physical address for the company?
Why do we not know who the owners are?
Or the engineers? Or Anybody except you?

One board stopped hashing a couple hours ago. Red light on board was off. System only showed 2 boards. I shutdown, reconnected the cables on the non-hashing board, rebooted and now all 3 hashing..... for now.

Crap! It might be true. One of my 14Th/s is hashing at 9Th/s this morning. Never had a problem with my 13.5.

I think we got off topic from OP question.
Check these forums. Some say S9 might only last a few months then need repair, other people say they are still running from first batch in 2016.

I have only owned 5 S9's operating for a few months without any problem. Use good power supply and keep the air flowing. Check the heat sinks to make sure they do not fall off.

I can't predict future price but I can protect myself on the downside by accumulating the payouts slowly by mining.
I get your point about opportunity cost. The way I look at it is that I am leveraged to the price of bitcoin but in the most conservative way while I do carry a large risk by mining instead of just selling the unopened boxes for a one time profit.

And this.
https://twitter.com/adam3us/status/933358573307953152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.coinbureau.com%2Fnews%2Fnew-dragonmint-asic-mining-rig-whats-fuss%2F

Incorrect. Back did more than just "report seeing something". The fact that he invested $$$ in buying the machines was used as an endorsement to PUMP the SCAM.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2443327.msg25027632#msg25027632

I didn't think he would respond. This is 100% certain a SCAM.

I feel sorry for all those who sent their hard earned money to a SCAM operation.

Aftermarket prices are going to rise about Feb or March 2018 when higher price S9 hit the street? Why wouldn't you mine and then sell them? You will probably get the same $$$.

Scott, while we are patiently waiting for more details on DragonMint, can you please fill us in on your background or role in all of this? Do you work for them? What is your interest?

I think you are right. My "HK" was shipped from Hong Kong and arrived much quicker than the one not labeled HK. THe S9 not labeled HK spent about a week just to get out of China.
I still had to pay customs either way.

Can the community do some sleuthing with the BTC transactions they used to pay halongmining for the pre orders?

Did all the payments go to the same wallet? Trace some of the payments on the blockchain to see how they have been spent.

Anyone here have some knowledge about transaction forensics? Lets do it.