So ... has anyone who opted for a 7.7% BTC refund received it yet?

The miners shipped on time ... the refund (for me) awaits ... still shows 'init' on the bitmain site.

Lol, Bitmain made a bitcoin miner clock 

So ... what is this random beeping all about from the S3's?

Every now and then I hear a beep, not sure if it's always from the same miner ... and neither of them ever switch over to a fall-back pool, so connectivity seems OK.

It's just a single beep, so contact with the pool/internet doesn't seem to have been lost.

Both of mine show '0' Best Share as well ... no idea ... guess they might include it in a firmware update.

Received my two S3's today, in the UK, and paid UPS £137.00, not sure what the declared value was as the usual pink UPS invoice was missing. They say they'll send it in the post.

I would have thought so ... the S3 is a direct S1 replacement ... and as such they will sell thousands over the coming months. The S4 will be a level above ... in the TH/s.

Ah, yes ... silly me, today is the 16th! 

Nope, today it shipped:

Shenzhen, China    07/16/2014    11:58 P.M.    Export Scan
Shenzhen, China    07/15/2014    11:08 P.M.    Arrival Scan
                           07/15/2014    10:52 P.M.    Departure Scan
                           07/15/2014    9:41 P.M.    Origin Scan
                           07/15/2014    8:32 P.M.    Pickup Scan
China                    07/15/2014    10:19 A.M.    Order Processed: Ready for UPS

I got notification that mine have shipped today ... with delivery by UPS on Friday (In the UK).

Update: After TNT took an extra day or 2 to deliver, Advania got my SP10s racked and mining within 24 hours, so very pleased.

Intake temps don't fluctuate more than 2 degrees at most (In the range of 19°C to 21°C).

As I write they are showing:

Miner 1 shows: 20 °C intake / 67,79 °C @ 1.42 Th/s
Miner 2 shows: 20 °C intake / 69,70 °C @ 1.44 Th/s

Seriously thinking of sending the SP30s on order there as well.

Just in case this works out Ok with a good price, stick me down for one.

Fingers xx'd.

LOL, 'we only have one S3' ... and it's on a test bench.

They don't say how many benches ... won't shoot them though for that. If their farm 'is' entirely populated with S2s, it will be interesting to see how the price drops when they swap them out for S4's, or S2's with upgraded boards.

Well remembered ... I missed it/forgot.

Partial? I can only go by what you have written on this forum.

"It's quite easy to sit back and play Armchair Data Center Operator" ... now that I don't do ... I only comment on things people experience & what I have experienced myself.

"perfect storm" ... planning sorts that one.

>> Out of curiosity, have you ever been in a data center?
>> Have you ever been in a data center that has 100 or more mining machines running at the same time?

No .. but should I? How would that help? If I said yes ... would that make my any reply diffrent? No ... When I choose a hosting solution it is based on cost/reliability/feedback/TEMPS/SLA and an averaged view from others in the forum community who have used them.

If possible can you post a copy of your SLA please?

You may have been in the business for years ... which actually makes the current situation worse with your reply.

>> Unfortunately, we had some units fail and in a worst case scenario, our redundant unit also failed.

So, you didn't have proper pre-planning in place for worst case scenario then. Not meaning to shoot you, but if some units fail  ... and at the same time the redundant unit 'also' fails ... there is no robust plan in place.

Doesn't seem too professional to me, MichColo should have had redundancy and back-up plans.

If your dead ASICS don't come back to life after a cool down in temps ... they cost you.

Unless I missed a page ... (which is quite possible) scrolled forever through the block history ...this block is getting close to the last two very long blocks back in March 2012.

As I write we are at 2 days 15 hours and 27 mins @ 98.66% CDF.

2012-03-10     2d 18h 11m    99.0% CDF
2012-03-02     2d 16h 23m    97.8% CDF

And difficulty was only at 1,496,978   (Now at 16,818,461,371).

Dig in everyone ... all will come good in the world of averages over time.

(Still ... doesn't make you feel any better when the electricity bill keeps rolling without reward though).

True, quality is built in ... but I keep wondering ... and have voiced this in various threads  ... a 6 Th/s miner is fantastic ... not seen before ... and I can't wait to receive my orders.

The bar is set .. BUT what next?

Sponds ... what are you working on ? ...

A little teaser would be appreciated by all.

Out of interest I went back and looked at the block history on BitMinter ... and how things have changed ...

The oldest entry is the 3rd July 2011 and took 14 days 3hrs and 10 mins! (When Bitminter started). Difficulty was 1,379,192 and the pool speed registered at 0.0 Thps ... naturally DrHaribo made the block that day.

Three blocks were solved on 4th July 2012 (none on the third) and the pool speed was 0.2 Thps.

3rd July 2013 shows 6 blocks solved and the pool speed was 5.9 Thps and difficulty was 21,335,329.

3rd July 2014 ... 3 years on from the start... (only 12 months later than the last stats) - 'hello! and welcome to ASIC miners' - 1 block solved at a difficulty of 16,818,461,371.

As I write we are on a 1 Day 15 hour block ... and counting ... but there have been a few good days recently ... and the pool is running at 1367 Thps.

What will 3rd July 2015 show? We can't even speculate.

IF the group buy comes off, he should do the same as Roadstress did with his group buy ... hand all the information over to Spondoolies and let them take the orders directly ... so you deal directly with them, not him.