Your electricity cost is way, way too high then. You'd have to go for something more efficient and even then, if you can't ROI before the halving, you probably wont at all. You could run the Math with a S5, see if you can get your return before then.

Hahh, i'd edge toward just using a cheap fix. Have your mining monitor auto restart the miner every 3 days or whatever.

Still i never seen this issue with a controller before, did you try all 4 slots? I wonder if it could be simply one of them has its signal cross so its thinking there is an unpowered blade on it.

Still icky, a controller that is starting to show issues could be a symptom of a bigger issue. Or it could be completely fine other than these little quirks.

Just the first fan would be enough to pull enough air out. As long as the hot air does not get trapped, it depend on how you setup your circulation. It would be a pretty expensive setup but it would be pretty cool.

Why would you want to rent hashrate at Nicehash at a premium, to then mine it on Antpool by paying a second premium, to mine some BTC back at a loss?

Like you could put in 1BTC and you might get 0.85BTC back. Whats the point?

There's no difference between a S3+ and a S3. Beside the first batch of S3. Some S3 and S3+ overclock better than other, either way its something you need to individually check with the seller before buying, its not specific to the + or non + version.

I would probably go with the S3's because they're more handy.

Its merged, so it does not matter anyways. You can pretty much ignore the merged coin since the amount you mine have nearly no value anyways.

I'm aware of Slush's pool which is not in the list, which is why i am asking. Maybe i did not get the latest version branch when i downloaded from the website?

Considering 1.1 J/GH is still profitable here and i live in Canada, which is not a place with effectively free electricity like Venezuela, we still have a long way to go before 0.75J/GH become unprofitable. After all, many industrial setups have even cheaper electricity than be, where they can run 2 J/GH at the moment profitably.

With the BTC price rising, the difficulty will not only be sustainable at 95B but will most likely raise by another 30-50% during the next few months.

Yes, don't use AC. There is no problem doing this imo, just gotta keep in mind that your air intake, during storm could blow in water. Mine is protected by being at ground level and covered by a balcony, so water does not get in, unless there's so much wind that it can uplift water.

There is probably bunch of ways to go about this but the easiest would be to have a mostly airtight shed with a high performance fan at the outake, with some holes open at the intake that does not allow water in.

This is usually done by simply picking air from bellow something. Either you put an outdoor shield or you take air in from holes under the shed.

Starting as a "normal legit" (Paying) company is exactly what a Ponzi is, tho they pay the new customers with the previous customer's money. When it become unsustainable they suck all they can and run. *Cough*Garza*Cough*

Well if you want try to find out what the component is and try to track some down. Then acquire them, then solder them into place. Then you'd get another dice roll at making the miner work, but there is also a very real chance that it is not the only problem.

All in all, seem like a lot of work.

Depends on your electricity rate, if you already have a datacenter-like setup to place the miners in, etc. Maybe give us more details on your situation?


I'd sell my knowledge Consultants and specialists get paid for it all the time. Of course, this is a lot of money to entrust into some dude on the internet.

Are you switching all your PSU's to server PSU's?

If i "sell" those two 1100w server PSU (Quakefiend's) we discussed a few days ago, it would be to buy EVGA G2/P2.
If you're trying to do the same, but to selling EVGA's to get Server PSU's, maybe we should just swap?

He means the value you set for volt does not actually do anything. Volt on the S3 is not adjustable. You can set a value, but there is nothing to pass it to, therefore the 0.78V setting means nothing.

When a check is cleared, you are guaranteed to keep your money, because the process of clearing the check is verifying if its a legit transaction in all aspect. Clearing is not equal to receiving your money. You actually receive the money before the check clears.

This is because the banks legally have to give you the money within a week, but it actually take longer for a check to actually clear. So while you will receive the money after a few days in your account, if you want to legally spend it, you have to wait for the check to actually clear, which can take days to weeks longer.

Because this literally takes forever, people don't use check for this. The seller would have to wait something like 3 weeks before releasing the BTC. This would be pretty pointless for the buyer as well.

TLDR: Using Personal checks is bad for Bitcoins. But i guess a certified check would work fine.

According to JonnyGuru, this would be a decent PSU.

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story5&reid=283

However its expensive and you don't really need 1600w since you're going to be running it at around 12v. I'd go for a EVGA G2 1300. Cheaper. Rock solid and 10 years warranty.

You're fine after it clears, which is why this is a kind of an issue. It takes time to clear, so this would be a very slow way to buy bitcoins. Therefore its going to be a very unpopular way of doing it.

Good thing you held your end of the stick. I was worried for a while, if Bitmain had not given you back those blades, it would draw a pretty grim picture on what happen if your super expensive S7 does not work properly out of the box..

I don't think buying/selling accounts is a good practice and i don't see how he could get it done otherwise. I think it would be best if he just start slow, in real live. Saving a bit of money a month, while he could also nurture his account while already joining some campaign sig for a bit of pocket change.

The difficulty did not and will not halve. At the moment all my antminers are doing great. Even my S1's are profitable at peak electricity cost right now. Hard to complain.