..still worryied about his wellbeing. On another note, BKKCoins has too little trust ratings: three. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=29155..where one of the three screams "SCAM!". I don't know what's going on at BKKCoins' home. But I strongly feel his trust page doesn't reflect all that he did for us. Let's change that now. Ente I'm pretty worried about BkkCoins as his disappearance seems so out of character. And he DID do a TON of amazing work on this project. With that said, what do you expect to be added to his trust rating? I DON'T think he's a scammer at all. As already stated I'm worried about his well being. Yet I too have ordered items from him that I never received. I've sent a number of emails that have gone unanswered. By rights, I SHOULD be doing the community a "service" by stating so in his trust ratings. I haven't done that, because I DON'T feel it's in his character, and there must be extenuating circumstances. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I feel like I'm giving him a break by just skipping his trust ratings - I can't in all honesty give him a 100% trust rating, since I didn't receive what I ordered. I know there must be more to the story, and like momma told me "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all". Besides, would there there even any value in it for him to have a high trust rating, given that he's not logged on in quite some time? I agree, it's not like the Avalon chip scam was his doing. I would like him to surface and give his point of view on things. The Klondike project could be converted to Bitfury chips. |
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At one point it was in USD wasn't it? I thought it had a USD price and BTC price for batch one and some of batch two's first orders. These guys seem fair Im sure they will figure something out for small few that feel that got screwed. Although most of us understand the risk in pre-paying for hardware with BTC especially when the market is going nuts. Either way its a bummer to pay one price then to see a reduction a day later.
The units were always in $USD until Paypal refused to play ball, at that point it should have switched to Bitpay, not straight BTC pricing which changes all the time. |
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Fuck. I just bought 3 boards yesterday afternoon at 2.5. That was good timing, there goes a couple of hundred bucks down the drain.  Damn, I just got one too... Always sucks when there's a price drop right after you purchase but what can ya do? That's what happens when you work out your price in one currency, then take payment in another. Barntech should be using Bitpay to do the exchange rate calculation, not manually. When you buy of someone like BFL, they price the item in $USD and when you pay buy BTC it takes you to the Bitpay site, and does a spot exchange rate conversion. |
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The Monarch uses 2 x 300GH/s 1,020 pin chips.
Let me correct that... They have no chips on the design board whatsoever. Stating the Monarch uses anything is pure fantasy. Yeah sure, a troll like you would really know. |
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As to BFL using someone else's chips, it wouldn't surprise me and would be a good move on their part.
Ive suspected this from day 1, that they are using Cointerra's chip. The specs line up very well if you include the BFL exaggeration factor or overclocking. It might explain why they go with a completely daft form factor, so its not direct competition to CT, it would explain why we arent hearing anything about it, since they basically wouldnt know anything CT doesnt tell them. A BFL/CT deal makes good sense for both parties. CT has the skilled engineers that BFL clearly doesnt have, and BFL has a huge installed customer base that they can force feed unprofitable 28nm "upgrades" of undelivered 65nm orders. The specs don't line up at all, I don't know where you pulled that from. The Monarch uses 2 x 300GH/s 1,020 pin chips. |
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While it would be easy to install about 5 smd 7805's on the board to convert 12v to 5v, it would also require a huge redesign to place them as well as heatsinking them. And as the blank pcb's are either most likely being made or are on their way to the assembler it's too late to change that without upping the price for everyone and starting over scrapping well over 100 boards.
Can we give up talking about PSUs here, there is an entire drillbitsystems forum for this, and get back to discussing the group buy? Otherwise I am going to start putting people only my ignore list. |
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What I was meaning in a round about way is: We (I) just want updates on the boards. The PSU debate has rolled on enough. Everytime I see a new post in this thread I eagerly anticipate updates, but it's just PSU talk Same, the lack of basic progress information is frustrating, I am not interested in PSU or case talk, I will sort those issues out once I have a board to use. |
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I am guessing another 40% increment which is 375 million. Because KNCminer still have another half to ship  And then the start on their November batch. |
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rPI supports USB3. Update the kernel, on raspbian with "sudo rpi-update".
I thought the no USB 3 was a hardware thing... not a software thing Both you have to be able to detect USB 3 features. Hubs are misleading, I just received a 10 port USB 2.0 hub and it had a 500mA plug pack! So you can drive a max or 1 port at proper USB 2.0 spec. I think the NF1 could benefit from a good USB 3.0 hub if you are going to run several of them. but make sure you study the specs carefully and be certain it is in a good hub. |
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Hows the firmware going barntech?
Firmware is still happening. We have all hands on deck for this. Its the last hurdle before we go to production. Well, that and actually getting the chips, which really should happen this week, as should the firmware. The guys are feeling confident that it will be ready really soon. From there we are all set to go into production Any update on chips being delivered? The chips haven't been shipped therefore they haven't been delivered. The supplier wont commit to an exact date. What are you talking about? I can confirm the chips for atleast one batch have arrived at the assembler, and the other is enroute. Where has that been mentioned previously? |
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Blockchain.info has a stat for mining profitability based on electricity consumption of 650 watts per gigahash. This seems like a high figure to me in the age of ASICs. What would be a reasonable figure to use, based on ASIC machines currently in use? (as opposed to vapour-ware promised for next year).
I wrote to them complained about it a month ago. No reply. The figure is 6-8 mths out of date. The energy is down to a few percent of that. 650Watt is a GPU rig figure. |
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Hows the firmware going barntech?
Firmware is still happening. We have all hands on deck for this. Its the last hurdle before we go to production. Well, that and actually getting the chips, which really should happen this week, as should the firmware. The guys are feeling confident that it will be ready really soon. From there we are all set to go into production Any update on chips being delivered? The chips haven't been shipped therefore they haven't been delivered. The supplier wont commit to an exact date. |
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julz - i'll have more to buy in a day or two as per my email.
Everyone - this guy is FAST at delivery
Yep, that's how buying ASICs is meant to be, you place an order for stuff the supplier has in stock, and it ships the same day. Not this pre-order crap that has been forced upon us, that' not how modern PC hardware sales work. It's the realistic delivery that has kept ASICminer sales ticking over. |
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The site is logging me out when I change IP's eg. home/work even though I have disabled logout in the settings.
Using Firefox.
My Account -> Settings -> Logout on IP change: Disabled -> Confirm current password: <password> -> Update Account Worked for me (I'm using Chrome). That's exactly what I did, and it still asks me to login when I change IP's it's no big deal, it's just a bug with my firefox I guess. I am using version 24. |
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i think the point is that we need to have alot more people become aware of all of BFL's Major scamtastic downfalls
Selling cloud hosted vaporware with BTC only payments? HOW MUCH MORE SCAMTASTIC CAN YOU GET!
The cloud hosting is pretty much an open admission that BFL intend to mine in competition with their clients, I mean if you rent 100GH/s of hashing power from them, what are they going to do, turn the remaining 500GH/s on that Monarch, send it to the testnet until they sell it? I think not, I bet you it goes straight onto the main net. |
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I really don't like scammers and unprofessional people but fortunately, there are also professionals who do their job with competence. They are not numerous but they exist.
The biggest scams come from the most professional looking people. |
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Referencing historical charts is folly.
The charts represent disruptive leaps from CPU to GPU to FPGA to ASIC technologies. ASIC is the pinnacle. Charts from the ASIC period onward will be relevant, but right now the charts show horse and buggy, Model T's, '57 Chevy, and 2013 supercars.
Wake me when it shows just supercars.
The chart is less than two months worth, it's almost all ASIC, the entire CPU,GPU,FPGA net hash was like 50TH/s. or less at it's peak. |
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It's not about jealousy, it's about irresponsibility, and breaking trust with your clients.
RS is an obvious amateur when it comes to security.
The crypto world is full of amateurs. I am tired of these people who are unprofessional and who have no clue about business. I already lost much money with bitcoin-24, this site was made by an amateur, an unprofessional kid, and now he has problems with the justice... I learnt the lesson, I will never send my money on a site like this one without address nor name, even with btc-e, i am not sure that they are very professional. The crypto world needs rules and professionalism! Why are you involving yourself at all in crypto if you are that paranoid? Stick with fiat or cash under the bed if you don't trust bankers. |
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Is there a picture of a full set of these things all hooked up? Im interested just would like to get a visual of what its going to need for some sort of case to be made
thanks
You can hook them up any many different ways, there is no standard. eg. 1 board, 4 boards, 8 boards, those 3 configurations will typically have different case requirements, and then of course you need to add a power supply, some people may use ATX supplies, some may not, that's what DIY is all about. I am not going to bother with a case until I have a board in my hand, probably make a simple frame out of 12mm x 12mm pine, it will take me half an hour to organize and cost virtually nothing. |
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