I don't know who you are or what your affiliation with Halong is, but damn you're going to defend them to the death aren't you? You are the exact mirror image of the people who say this is a scam. You are so adamant that it's real and go off on anyone who questions the validity you yourself have lost any credibility as an impartial proponent. You're either a paid sockpuppet, part of Halong, or a member of their cult

Can we start a new saying...  Instead of Mine On...

This one I thought of has a special ring to it, and promotes growth of the pool.

Miner UP!

:-P

I would recommend you go back and read the last 10 pages. Just about every question in the book was covered. Also, if you decide to stick around for the next 48 hours all the questions will be covered again. 

I did this same thing. It was the next day before I got back in.

Tidying up after some hosted hardware failures.    Should return to normal shortly.   

You can join the DragonMint community channel at https://t.me/DragonMint

There are indeed meetings going in Miami between customers and MyRig and Halong staff. There was never a "demo day", this was a rumour that started because some people reported publicly they had appointments to meet and discuss their orders in Miami which happens to be around the time of the "BTC Miami" event. These are unrelated. FYI, it's not possible to have a public conference in any case, because the meeting organizers of BtcMiami bind the whole area with non-compete agreements prohibiting hotels from hosting any other Bitcoin events. I presume this is because they drive so much premium paying customers, they can muscle these terms. The Miami meetings are 15 minute slots per customer by prior arrangement, with mutual NDA in place to protect customer's interests as well as our own. If they like to say they were at the meeting, and they saw the miner, that's fine of course. This is normal.

As for the miner, DragonMint 16T is a real product and is hashes at ~16TH. We deliberately chose minimal publicity because demand is too high, the last thing we need is the entire world banging at our door when we cannot meet demand. The point of publicity is to sell, and we have zero difficulty.

The blake2b miner is also real, and there'll be a video of that coming soon. Surprise, we have more algos on the way too, and if you don't like that, we are sorry. Our engineering team has a lot of fun and enthusiasm for making new ASIC products. Since we have the resources, we let them play. Consider this like Google's 20% work rule where employees can spend 1 day a week working on anything they like for the company. New algos do not interfere with out flagship BTC product because resources are siloed.

Halong Mining is a huge project with lots of moving parts. We have chosen our particular strategy deliberately, even though it may not appear to be traditional - we're not in a traditional space anyway. This whole magical internet money has already ballooned out of all proportions - it's literally insane - so Halong's approach is frankly tame in that backdrop.

In any case, there will be no vindication until miners show up in mass starting in March. Even then, there will never be an end to criticism regardless of what we do and our long term strategy is more important. As far as we are concerned, letting conspiracies run wild will only make us look better when all of our promises turn out to be true. We wont change or be cajoled to change our strategy. Some of the conspiracies are pretty amazing, from being an overclocked Ant to a stolen miner. We might actually give a prize for the most imaginative theories after March, that could be fun. Let's be playful. Healthy scepticism is very welcomed, so keep it coming.

Our goal is very simple, we're going to stimulate competition in the mining space because we believe that is the best way to support the utility of Bitcoin. It is only by maintaining and strengthening the unique properties of Bitcoin, that the utility can increase - it's the foundation. The consensus protocol relies on rational economic incentives, so, if these assumptions hold true, it will be profitable. If not, Bitcoin is a failed project anyway.

For those in the community calling for the downfall of the incumbent mining manufacturer, we have a different point of view - if that happened it would be a disaster, and a failure of the core objective of our project. We believe competition through innovation - at the end of the day, we're all contributing to Bitcoin's security, and we all win when we work collaboratively. There's plenty room for everyone and let's have fun while we are at it. Bitcoin is about building a different future that includes individual financial sovereignty as a foundation.

Thank you.

Doing similar, but I am cashing out 75% and hodl 25% at 1st until b/e and paying down some debt, then I will increase hodl percentage

to be honest...... with all these S9 releasing, and difficulty rising.... I think S11 are already up and running in Bitmain's farms....
that's why we are seeing so many S9 coming out

No. You just got what the scammer and trolls made great everywhere and you know the half story.
Read between page 34 to 37. Its already in here.

Its confirmed that it was in the room of Slushpool.
Confirmed by Jan Braiins (CEO of Slushpool)
Just visit his official Twitter profil and you will find it public announced.

But the one thing does not exclude the other thing.
Official Slushpool as company did not developed it, they dont belong to Halong and they are not connected in any business way for now.


--> https://twitter.com/slush_pool/status/933735724104503296

Yeah it can seem fishy. True. But isnt

If you dont trust the words of Jan Braiiners (CEO @Slushpool), Adam Back (known Cryptographer) or maybe just trust that btcdrak is involved in helping Halong...

Maybe ask themself (Halong) before beeing scary about its fishy? Always best way to not talk about someone. Ask him and get in contact.
Why I know you did not and never asked them anything? Because I did and got in touch with them very nice. The answer came in under 12 hours via normal support.
Now I have another option to connect with them, too. (phone app)

I myself hopefull can visit a testmachine in the EU soon this month, because the other testmachines are too far away for me to visit.
I could visit them right now, but my destination is a bit too far for a quick visit, but short enough to maybe do it.

That is the offer I got official from a Halong employeer, but on the other hand I ordered a big bunch of them. I dont know if any "none believer/customer" will be able to get such a demonstration. Just ask them.
And I dont know if I am able to master such a travel right now. But 3rd parties are testing the machines around the world and I (you/investors) can visit them.
And already some did and visited such a testmachine. Why they all should lie and risk their names?
Are you from Russia, USA, Norway, Spain, Iceland? ... then maybe its just a short walk to such a test machine.

Get in touch with them. They are very friendly and its not fair what people are saying in here about them.
If you once are connected with them, you will understand what I mean.

Its time to proof why not believing the sources, proofs and facts and not the other way around.

Bitmain owns BitcoinCash and it is 30% up today when they released their new batch