It's weird how all people here are atheists no one is religous ir what I keep seeing them in other threads , feel free to post your opinions .
Also and as I said ... please I said without hurting however I see some people insulting

Basilisk sent you here to recruit me, didn't it?

0.07w might be at severe underclocking and at the chip level. In actual implementation its likely 0.15-0.4w/gh at the wall depending if you over/underclock

I still think we need more accessible ways to safely store bitcoin and easily use it.

If it is faster to grab a creditcard than to use your bitcoin wallet, hardly anybody will use it.

Nevertheless, every company accepting bitcoin is one more that spreads te logo!

How do you make/redeem a physical Bitcoin?

If anything, they could easily buy the entire bitcoin supply.

And they still would be okay, if the bitcoin failed on them. they own like more then 1 monopolies. They even named roads after them..

On miners and UPS's... Miners do NOT like yer normal PC stand-by UPS's. Been there, tried that with several different makes. Even with a miners PSU at 1/2 load every one I tried caused the miner to hang when they switch or adjusted the voltage. Reason is the relay switch transfer time which for most UPS's is spec'd at <10ms. That blip is long enough to often cause a big enough dip in the 12v output to lockup the controller.

If you are going to uses a UPS is MUST be what is called a on-line UPS. Less efficient as they are always 'on' changing AC>DC>AC but there is zero transfer time. For several of my S4's and S2's I use http://www.cyberpowersystems.com/products/ups-systems/smart-app-ups/paragon-series/ol2200rtxl2u.html Pricey? Yes. However, are rock-solid.

btw, the s2's & 4's are the only ones on UPS's. When spiked (well, dipped really) they can be (are) the most susceptible to the sd card getting munged.. S3's and s5's just hang so the majority of the farm is not on UPS's. Waayyy too expensive to do that.

I was handed a bunch of these busted and I fixed most of 'em but they're just sitting on the shelf. They're decent little units, and you're right it's an excellent size/volume/power-draw for hobby desk miners.

You shouldn't call them efficient, but they are a fun hobby miner.

Exactly. Normally I don't side with the cops, but in this case, the cop is not to be blamed. As someone rightly pointed out, the kick seems to be an instantaneous reflex. Also, just think what would have happened if the cop was a female and the arrested person was a male. As saddampbuh posted here, none of us would have sided with the male.

Lightbulb is a neat idea.   I really like it and want one to play around with.   Just would be a fun project.

I think space heaters make a lot of sense.  They could easily do anything with heat.    Or maybe a fun USB one that uses sun to get power stores it and allows a usb to mine all day with no electricity that would be neat.

Right now, KnC is in a lot of legal turmoil... they will likely waste a lot of their budget on defense.
If not, they will go the way of Butterfly Labs...
I would be more ready to bet on KnC's closure than releasing a new chip any time soon, let alone half the process of what is readily available.
They've got a mad stance against home mining so I wouldn't put my hopes up on them releasing a home miner.
They were selling Uranus 3Th.s or whatever for a few $100 bills and no one were buying them even at that price.

KnC's a shill, a shady outfit, I wouldn't put my money on them... never did, never likely will either.

Bitmain & Spondoolies FTW

Gold & Bitcoin would be my no.1 choice if I was buying, also Land, where I am the cost of land gets almost doubled in an year or 2. But it really depends on what budget you have.

Quite parallel, but they can be daisy-chained .. with a load at the end socket and improper contacts in-between, all sockets will go hot.

.. kind of what you see here:


One reason to do maintenance at least once a year.