Some updates for you guys and more pics!

Finally got windows driver working, so all 3 native bfgminer drivers for Mac, Windows, and Linux are pretty much ready. Below is a screenshot of the window driver testing with the final production version of the PCB. As you can see I got the high end of the stick pretty stable, most of you Alcheminer owns can attest that .33% HW errors on this chip is pretty amazing Im pretty happy where the final version is and hope you guys agree! I was hoping that I could also make it super stable past 1 MH but unfortunately I think I have reach the limit of this chip...so much you can push a 40nm chip...



Below are pics of the board iterations...as you can see I shaved nearly 10mm off the original board...this does amazing things to voltage drop and efficiency!



And here is my prototype lunar army ready to take over the moon. Last one is the final production design.

Final numbers are in for PCB color...here are the totals between both forums

Green  5
Red     6
Blue    10
Black  12
Yellow 7

Total Votes 40


Close one between Blue and Black but black takes it! Should look pretty sick with all black heatsink+pcb. I do have to give props to peon miner for his suggestion though


Im finishing up component and PCB orders today and tomorrow...so now waiting game begins for everything to come over the next two weeks. Should still be on schedule to ship end of Dec/first week of January.

In the last photo are those custom power busses you have the ATX wires connected too?? Pretty badass.You have a photo without the rubber shroud?

Why not just buy an S7 and remove a chip or two from a board for testing? At the very least you can have a prototype working if they every decide to open up sales.

Im the current maintainer for the scrypt drivers on bfgminer, once the stick ships the driver will be merged into the main bfgminer branch. So it will work "out of the box" with minera. Of course doing this yourself is easy enough...you just need to replace the bfgminer directory minera builds with the custom driver for it currently.

I have expanded batch size to 400 units, and removed people who had not submitted deposits by now so there are now 130 units up for grabs. All the people still interested please follow the instructions at the first post and send the 2 LTC per stick you want to the public address and ill add you to the list, and send me a PM with the required info.

DONT SEND LTC FROM EXCHANGES DIRECTLY.

Im hoping to wrap things up this week with the final design from tester feedback, and make component orders by end of the week. With holidays coming up there might be a week delay on shipments depending on how fast I can get pcbs etc.

PM sent...


I have also expanded batch size so if people still interested id place deposit soon, there are 130 left and that will be it.

Would be cool if you added my scrypt stick to the thread. And I don't want to sound biased but I've seen that USB stick and its crap...its based on the old Zeus chip and overheats easily. That thing hashes at 220kh max if you can get it to not burn up, my stick starts off at 400kh at under 2 watts and goes up to 1mh.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1248914.20

I added a poll for the PCB color in the main thread in the Altcoin mining section. Head on over there and cast your votes!

Now to the fun stuff...you guys get to decide what color the PCB should be for the stick. I added a poll so place your votes! The heatsink will be black anodized.

Here you go! I got a little behind with thanksgiving but here is the video I promised of the pre-production version of the stick hashing. Video does not show off the LEDs that great but the Red led lights up when instructions are sent to the ASIC, and the yellow LED blinks when it returns a nonce response. I also sent out a few beta/review sticks so should see a review or two soon from people other than me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSz6pBTUGZY

Sold out for now...please don't send me anymore deposits. I will see if I can expand batch size in the next few days.

Please follow the instructions, and PM me your TX ID, your signed message, and sig hash. I can't magically associate crypto payments with who sent them...wish I could :p

Guys please don't sent LTC to the public project address from an exchange, this is very unsafe and bad for both of us. If you really cannot set up a personal LTC wallet then PM me before you send anything and well figure out another way...BUT DO NOT SENT CRYPTO DIRECT FROM EXCHANGE ADDRESS. There are plenty of lightweight wallets for Litecoin as well so you can set up and sent transactions in minutes.

New boards came in! This one is ready for its solder paste job Should have review units assembled and shipped out tomorrow, and a vid of some nice hashing blinking leds

If you really have no way to pay with LTC we can work something out.

Guys please don't just blindly send me deposits. Follow the instructions...I need a PM with your TX ID AND a SIGNED message with your sent from address, message, and sig hash to confirm its you sending the deposit.

I already have a 10LTC deposit for 5 units which I don't know who it belongs too...

you were on there just updated the list and your set!

Hey guys I have officially opened up the batch 1 orders. Details here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1256818.0

The final price will be between 29-32USD, I'm still hammering out some last components but this is a much tighter range and people should be able to decide how many units they exactly want.

Please direct any new orders/ ordering discussions in that thread. For everyone that has put themselves down the list please send in your 2 LTC deposit by next friday if you want to keep your place in line. There are only 94 units left to grab so this will most likely sell out quickly, and if i don't have your deposit by then I have to open up your slot to someone else.

UPDATE 3/14/16: Batch 2 is now shipping immediately...I only have a very limited supply (about 100 units) this time around. Also the official instructions/support thread is here:

https://litecointalk.org/index.php?topic=28691.0

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The batch of 400 units is sold out. There will not be another batch so please don't contact me for more orders. Once shipment starts there could be extra units left so ill update the thread if there are units available once I have shipped everything out. Please keep this discussion to just ordering/shipping/etc. For more info about the miner and any technical or other discussions should be directed to the main thread here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1248914.0

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Current batch is set for 300 units, at the time of this post there have been 206 units accounted for so 94 units remain. I could possibly expand batch size to 500 units if there is continued interest for more.
The final price will be 32 USD per unit plus shipping.

Below is main google docs sheet to keep track of everyone and status. I will keep this whole process completely transparent with everyone (only what you see currently in the doc will be publicly available...I won't publish any names/shipping/ltc addresses obviously)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11rcnSh4rAR5oeeCsb13BeHxmKOT29tUrOjXVIkl9NJA/edit?usp=sharing

IF you already posted in the bitcointalk threads you have automatically been added, if not reply on here with the number you wish to order.

The process to order these will be as follows:

1) 2 LTC deposit will be required to reserve your stick. I want to stay away from a per-order, but at the same time I can't just take peoples word that they will buy "20" sticks. This project will be built by me on my own dime so when I order 300 units worth of parts I need to know I will sell 300 units. This small 2 LTC deposit ensures that you are serious about buying one. The deposits in this address will not be touched and will be FULLY refunded if for whatever reason I cannot produce the batch or cannot ship all the sticks. The ONLY reason it won't be refunded is if you commit to the stick, I produce it, then you end up not wanting paying for one.

2)Please send in your 2 LTC deposit times the number of units you want. The address which will handle ALL transactions for the FutureBit MoonLander will be:
LbLSz3NASB4kGJWQYqRXUw5p3taKoHyWeR
This is the ONLY valid payment address for this project. I will NEVER contact you to send payment to any other address, and if I PM you Ill direct you to the link for this thread to view the address. So watch out for phishing scams that will most likely pop up with this project. DONT NOT SEND LTC DIRECT FROM AND EXCHANGE. Always send it from a personal wallet first.

If you have already expressed interests please send in your Deposit by Nov 27th, otherwise ill have to remove you from the list and you'll have to be added to the bottom of the queue if you want to buy one later. I want to place order for main parts by end of next week.

3)Send me your TX ID in a PM (or email me with subject MoonLander with your litecoin/bitcointalk ID at jstefanop @gmail.com), along with a signed message to confirm your the owner of the address, as well as your name/shipping address.

4)Once I begin assembly I will start shipping out in order I received. Before shipment I will ask for final price of stick minus your 2 LTC deposit plus shipping. Final amount will be sent to same LTC address. PLEASE use the same verified LTC address to send the final payment from which you used to send the deposit. Once I receive your final payment I will ship out same or next business day.

5) Shipment price will be a flat $5 for US shipments, and $8-15 for international depending on country using standard USPS for up to a couple sticks. If you want faster shipping PM me and ill get you an exact price. If you ordered more than a few sticks ill PM you with exact price.


I don't expect to conduct any international group buys, unless someone wants to coordinate this and has more than 50 units they can ship local. Anything under that you probably won't save much, as I'm keeping international shipping costs as low as possible by declaring low value for the miner, and the stick is small enough to be shipped in a padded envelope.