Following up on my OP.

Physical cards and sim card just arrived today

- successfully connected cards to apple wallet and even appstore, made a few purchases
- made a few online payments, no issues
- used to withdraw low 4 figure amount in cash from ATM - seems like the cash withdrawal amount is limited to $250 per transaction, so I had to do several transactions, but at the end went perfectly.

Overall I am very happy with the purchase and the service and support has been outstanding.

Will do 5 figure amount until the end of the month and report back. 

Hi all,

I know I am a Newbie but look at my registration date. Anyway, I am going to try out his services and report back to the community once the package arrives. I am ordering it today and keep posting updates so people have an idea how fast or slow everything is happening.

Cheers

Had to find this old account of mine first which took me hours... gosh it's been a long time since posting here.

EC01, what's the plan for (the original) Electra from here. Let me know if you need some help, I worked briefly on the ECA project before I quit since the team had actually no idea of what they're doing or trying to achieve. XEP is build to be an exit scam. Anyone who believes that the XEP airdrop covered almost 90% of the ECA circulation, e.g. that those wallets are all genuine user wallets ... common. 90%, seriously? Just have a look in the XEP discord and you'll see daily people mentioning how they've missed the airdrop. Do the math. 10 day window, 90% of ECA's circulation - no way.

I am however very interested sticking with the original ECA project and be part of a team [of normal people]. EC01, let me know how to get in touch.

G.

PS: Also can get my hands on a Baikal-B, for roughly 5500 USD

Hi guys,

long-time lurker here. I am in China and I am thinking of getting into mining. I am wondering what would be the best investment right now. Initially, i wanted to go GPU, however looking at the ROI I decided to ty the other route while nicehash is down.

Options are:

Baikal X10 (2800$), S9 (4400$) and Ebit E9 (2350$).

I never mined before, however as I understand it the X10 offering 5+2 algos seems the best long-term option.
Can someone elaborate on that?

Thanks,
Alex


PS: Prices are quoted prices in China for in-stock items, that's why they are higher

Thanks for staying on topic. I was thinking of using custom GPU racks, but I am not sure if I should pull the trigger now
on rx480/470 or wait for something new and better to come out.

I have a location, that's not the problem and I know an electrician who will "make things work".

As I said, the only thing I am stuck with is the hardware in order to get some quality ROI. Thats where I need some advice from you pro's. 

Thanks for responding. Yes, like I've said electricity is cheap in China if not the cheapest, so that's not a problem.
I was thinking of using cards with a bigger hasrate but bad energy consumption, but I need some details.

As I said, I am a complete newbie

Hi,

I know that I might be a little late to the party, however when I see how many people are still mining I can't just shake the feeling that I can still start mining too.

I was actually looking for ways how to invest 5-10k with a good annual return when Bitcoin crossed my mind. As a newbie and a day of reading blogs and post here I quickly
realised that mining Bitcoin wouldn't make sense for me and I started looking at Alt. Man, what a mess

Now, obviously electricity prices here in China are pretty low, however the hardware seems about 20% more expensive than let's say Amazon or in the US. In theory, I would like to have
a rack that would be able to return the investment within 6-8 months, but i understand that altcoins are very volatile and that there are no guarantees.

Nevertheless, I would like to try and I am asking for your advice, or what you would do in my situation. Here the details:

1/ $2-8k investment for hardware 
2/ Cheap electricity - Location in China (unfortunately I do NOT need heat)
3/ Expected ROI of 3 - 9 months

Of course 3 months is unrealistic, but bottom line - what is possible? Again, I am a newbie but in order to minimize risk I would probably mine several different coins at a 30/70 ratio (30 risky / 70  stable).
Of course that might be complete BS, you know better - let me know.

Any advice would be highly appreciated!
George