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761  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: [Guide] Dogie's Comprehensive Black Arrow Prospero X1 Setup [HD] on: November 21, 2015, 08:16:09 AM
Maybe you can help me.  I turned the X3 off for a couple weeks.  When I turned it back on, it's hashing just fine, I can see my stats on the pool site.  However, I can't access the login.  It used to be 192.168.1.60, but now it just hangs saying there is nothing there.  I just want to change the pool settings.

I am unsure what recovery options you have on an X3, but this is a common problem with the controller. Is there an SD card?
762  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: [Guide] Dogie's Comprehensive Bitmain Antminer S3 Setup [HD] on: November 21, 2015, 08:15:33 AM
I already have the Corsair AX-760 which is why i wanted to use it  Smiley
would suggest you keep the draw at the wall at 670 or under to keep the load at 80%~ for maximum PSU life time

That's far too conservative, the 760W rating on Corsair PSUs is already its 24/7 rating with 836W being the peak rating. They're also MTBF'ed at 100,000 hours.
763  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: [ANN] Spondoolies-Tech - carrier grade, data center ready mining rigs on: November 21, 2015, 01:22:26 AM
Frankly, I'm sometimes astonished about how few due diligence is done in the Bitcoin world. BTCS... or TouchIT Technologies, Inc., or Hotel Management Systems, Inc. were all some kind of really weird financial constructs which, at the end of the day, were producing money for the management and leaving the ordinary shareholders with empty pockets.  No wonder had they to write in 2011: "Not quite sure why there is a rumour out in the investment community that we are not a real company and a scam - we couldn't be more real if we tried!" Well, they obviously didn't try hard enough.

Of course the last few pages are filled with dribble, no understanding of the filings being read and very poor conclusions are being drawn from dogie and others.. I am not going to jump in the middle of it since it looks like I'd be trying to tech a Kindergartner finance in the case of dogie.. All I will say if that if folks on the forum are looking for a real assessment of the filings they need to get someone qualified to review them to weigh in...

If you disagree on a point then disagree on it, don't claim "I'm better than all of you so I'm right generically, non-specifically and without any evidence and that's it". You're saying that everyone (including you) isn't qualified to read SEC statements, yet you're claiming that my 'interpretation' is wrong - how would you know I'm wrong if you're also not "qualified"?


Kindly explain how the below - directly removed from page 63 of the latest filing - could in any respect be interpreted as 'not insane'. It is not an interpretation, it is 4 numbers directly quoted.

1. Company has $38k of revenue
2. Company has $31k gross profit
3. Company has net loss of $14.7m
4. Management paid themselves $8.9m, or 23500% revenue.

764  Other / Meta / Re: Introducing a chatbox to BTCTalk on: November 20, 2015, 02:30:53 PM
Well I have read the other thread so I figure we don't need to keep this one open. I see this proposal has been rejected so I'm locking the thread.

EDIT: Can't seem to do that in this section, Moderator, please lock. Thanks.

Bottom left.
765  Other / Meta / Re: Introducing a chatbox to BTCTalk on: November 20, 2015, 02:12:13 PM
Why exactly would a forum need a chat box? The entire site is a chat box.
766  Other / Meta / Re: Wow, you can buy positive trust for 0.0301btc on: November 20, 2015, 02:10:14 PM
PM'ed escrow.ms, I guess no one else had at this point?

Fixed, escrow.ms removed him from DT. Can we get a thread lock now its resolved?
767  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: [Guide] Dogie's Comprehensive Bitmain Antminer C1 Setup [HD] on: November 20, 2015, 08:38:55 AM
how is the controllerboard powerd?
through the blades?
I have 1 dead blade.....

Yes, through the blades.
768  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: [ANN] Spondoolies-Tech - carrier grade, data center ready mining rigs on: November 20, 2015, 07:26:25 AM
That they have the Stock Option does not mean that they can vest it.
It doesn't remove the fact that they're trying to pay themselves that much.


I think no one would buy stock's in that big amount with the current Situation.
That huge document was essentially an information leaflet so current shareholders can sell. Lots want out it seems.
769  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: [Guide] Dogie's Comprehensive ASICMiner Prisma Setup [HD] on: November 20, 2015, 07:25:35 AM
I'm using a 10volt power supply would that be the cause? To much power I'm unsure it just disconnect from the pool and restarts mining..
No that's fine, it will vreg itself down to whatever its actual voltage is. Does it have enough amperage though, the adapter is recommended to be 12-15W.
I had a 9 volt 2 amp power supply on it I believe it's a rev 1.0 erupter everything I seen was 5 volts at 2 amps? I want more like 10-12 amps?

No, 12-15W recommended = 2-3A at 5V.
770  Other / Meta / Re: Wow, you can buy positive trust for 0.0301btc on: November 20, 2015, 05:29:24 AM
PM'ed escrow.ms, I guess no one else had at this point?
771  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: [Guide] Dogie's Comprehensive ASICMiner Prisma Setup [HD] on: November 20, 2015, 04:22:56 AM
I'm using a 10volt power supply would that be the cause? To much power I'm unsure it just disconnect from the pool and restarts mining..
No that's fine, it will vreg itself down to whatever its actual voltage is. Does it have enough amperage though, the adapter is recommended to be 12-15W.
772  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: [Guide] Dogie's Comprehensive Bitmain Antminer S5 Setup [HD] on: November 20, 2015, 04:20:50 AM
Please note: I do only have this one running so doubt this fan would perform adequately in a multi miner / hot environment.

What is your ambient?
773  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: Avalon 6? Any owners out there? on: November 20, 2015, 04:20:06 AM
out of curiosity what does your shipping weight say? mine says 5 packages but 13 lbs.

1 package 13 lbs, which sounds about right for a single miner (S7 was ~14 lbs)

S7 was 8.8lbs packaged, wasn't it?
774  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: [Guide] Dogie's Comprehensive Bitmain Antminer S7 Setup [HD] on: November 20, 2015, 04:14:51 AM
If things keep the way they are I will be reqesting RMA just before me 90 days are up. When do they begin when machine is deleverd right?

They have previously said from sale date, but it should be from day of receipt. Don't cut it too close.
775  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: [Guide] Dogie's Comprehensive Bitmain Antminer S7 Setup [HD] on: November 19, 2015, 05:24:40 PM
How long would an RMA process take as I am still in the warrenty periode.
I live in the Netherlands

You'll be serviced by Bitmain china then, so potentially measured in weeks.
776  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: [ANN] Spondoolies-Tech - carrier grade, data center ready mining rigs on: November 19, 2015, 04:32:47 PM
Another 90 page FTC filling.


Ah ha, here we go, buried on page 63. In 2014 the company had $38k of revenue, $31k of gross profit and posted a net loss of $14.7m. And yet the management paid themselves $8.9m.


I have to say that it does look bad. I especially "liked' the fact that they paid CTO some 4.5 mil. For f-ing what?

Wait, you mean to say that CTO's aren't meant to earn 12,000% of their company's revenue?
777  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: [ANN] Spondoolies-Tech - carrier grade, data center ready mining rigs on: November 19, 2015, 03:56:39 PM
Another 90 page FTC filling.

Again, nice to see that the management are paying themselves a $12,500 base salary a month each on top of huge stock options.... and yet can't pay their debts.
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On May 12, 2015, we agreed to convert accrued and unpaid salaries owed to Charles Allen, our Chief Executive Officer, and Michal Handerhan, our Chief Operating Officer, into shares of Common Stock pursuant to conversion agreements. Charles Allen converted $25,000 of accrued and unpaid salary for the months of March 2015 and April 2015 into 50,000 share of Common Stock at a per share price of $0.50. Michal Handerhan converted $25,000 of accrued and unpaid salary for the months of March 2015 and April 2015 into 50,000 share of Common Stock at a per share price of $0.50.

They also note that they've raised millions and millions and millions in fresh cash this year.... but not paying their debts. That is, apart from the debts and loans to their management which are promptly being paid back with interest.


I think this is the first time its been stated in plain English, Spondoolies is becoming a subsidiary of BTCS.
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... pursuant to which the Company shall purchase all the shares in Spondoolies ... from the Selling Shareholders so that Spondoolies will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company after the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement ... .


So, "we'll go out of business if we can't raise $500k, but we can pay our management $100,000s".
Quote
As of September 30, 2015, we had a cash position equal to $91,623 and expect that we need approximately $500,000 to fund our operations from October 1, 2015 through June 1, 2016. We may require additional funds for our anticipated operations and further expansion and if we are not successful in securing additional financing, we may be required to delay significantly, reduce the scope of or eliminate one or more of our business activities, downsize our general and administrative infrastructure, or seek alternative measures to avoid insolvency.


"We're going to keep draining the company for personal gain, creditors and shareholders will get little if we go under".
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Our independent auditors have indicated in their report on our December 31, 2014 financial statements that there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. A “going concern” opinion indicates that the financial statements have been prepared assuming we will continue as a going concern and do not include any adjustments to reflect the possible future effects on the recoverability and classification of assets, or the amounts and classification of liabilities that may result if we do not continue as a going concern. Therefore, you should not rely on our consolidated balance sheet as an indication of the amount of proceeds that would be available to satisfy claims of creditors, and potentially be available for distribution to stockholders, in the event of liquidation.


Not sure they understand that 50% attacks don't magically become possible at the 50.00000001% threshold, just more likely.
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If a malicious actor or botnet obtains control in excess of 50 percent of the processing power active on the Bitcoin Network, it is possible that such actor or botnet could manipulate the Blockchain in a manner that adversely affects an investment in us.

If a malicious actor or botnet (a volunteer or hacked collection of computers controlled by networked software coordinating the actions of the computers) obtains a majority of the processing power dedicated to mining on the Bitcoin Network, it may be able to alter the Blockchain on which the Bitcoin Network and all bitcoin transactions rely by constructing alternate blocks if it is able to solve for such blocks faster than the remainder of the miners on the Bitcoin Network can add valid blocks. In such alternate blocks, the malicious actor or botnet could control, exclude or modify the ordering of transactions, though it could not generate new bitcoins or transactions using such control. Using alternate blocks, the malicious actor could “double-spend” its own bitcoins (i.e., spend the same bitcoins in more than one transaction) and prevent the confirmation of other users’ transactions for so long as it maintains control. To the extent that such malicious actor or botnet does not yield its majority control of the processing power on the Bitcoin Network or the bitcoin community does not reject the fraudulent blocks as malicious, reversing any changes made to the Blockchain may not be possible. Such changes could adversely affect an investment in the.

 In late May and early June 2014, a mining pool known as GHash.io approached and, during a 24- to 48-hour period in early June may have exceeded, the threshold of 50 percent of the processing power on the Bitcoin Network. To the extent that GHash.io did exceed 50 percent of the processing power on the network, reports indicate that such threshold was surpassed for only a short period, and there are no reports of any malicious activity or control of the Blockchain performed by GHash.io. Furthermore, the processing power in the mining pool appears to have been redirected to other pools on a voluntary basis by participants in the GHash.io pool, as had been done in prior instances when a mining pool exceeded 40 percent of the processing power on the Bitcoin Network.The approach to and possible crossing of the 50 percent threshold indicate a greater risk that a single mining pool could exert authority over the validation of bitcoin transactions. To the extent that the bitcoin ecosystem, including the Core Developers and the administrators of mining pools, do not act to ensure greater decentralization of bitcoin mining processing power, the feasibility of a malicious actor obtaining in excess of 50 percent of the processing power on the Bitcoin Network (e.g., through control of a large mining pool or through hacking such a mining pool) will increase, which may adversely impact an investment in us.


"As long as we line our own pockets", just one of the management stock option grants:
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General and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2014 primarily consisted of compensation and benefits of $239,248, accounting and legal fees of $361,428, impairment loss on website development of $144,796, impairment loss on investment of $400,004 and stock based compensation of $13,126,445 related to the grant of 6,201,472 stock options to management on February 5, 2014 and 12,450,000 stock options on November 7, 2014.


No shit.
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We have not yet adopted a code of ethics that applies to our principal executive officers, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, since we have been focusing our efforts on growing our business and obtaining financing for our Company. We expect to adopt a code as we further develop our business.


Ah ha, here we go, buried on page 63. In 2014 the company had $38k of revenue, $31k of gross profit and posted a net loss of $14.7m. And yet the management paid themselves $8.9m.
778  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: Avalon 6? Any owners out there? on: November 19, 2015, 02:07:53 AM
I will do the long review with undervolt in mind.

Great.  If it can get under 0.2w/gh I may still consider grabbing one.

Im still curious about the noise levels.

This might the fan it uses ?


http://www.nmbtc.com/fans/part-numbers/DC-Axial-Fans/12038RB-A1L-EL-01/28658

That would indeed be perfect. Only 42 dB. Cool

Its a 4K rpm fan as I already said, about the same as an S7 in 30+ ambients and quieter in lower.
779  Other / Meta / Re: USers with no account can create a thread before? on: November 18, 2015, 04:31:16 AM
Link?
780  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: Avalon ASIC users thread on: November 18, 2015, 03:23:36 AM
kilo17 has not contacted me.

i may order from zoomhash on weds.

Zoomhash cancelled my order and bob called me to say he had to cancel it since they are out of stock til Friday afternoon.

Said to redo my order on Friday


Sounds like they're just buying from the major distributor, why don't you buy from them direct?
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