I just checked the leaderboard and I'm not seeing my Compac listed.    There were some issues over the weekend and I had stopped it, but it's been online for about 24 hours or so. Did I miss a transition to some new secret handshake? a new pool?

In terms of the real world, normal human, located in the USA, giga-watt is doing just fine.

In terms of internet timelines we all, you and me, too, move too slow because expectations are so unreal.

giga-watt is doing just fine.

Yes. giga-watt.com is where you go to manage your WTT tokens and miners. gigawatt.sg is their Singapore office/team where you buy your miners to place in the facilities served by giga-watt.com.

So click on the links that are provided, copy the name, model number, description, or whatever, then search for that info on your favorite online seller that does ship to Denmark. I would imagine that many of the same products are shipped around the world, and perhaps the only difference is the power supply that feeds the units. And that might be for local laws regarding safety approvals.

Hmmm, last time I checked a significant number of the miner manufacturers were taking your money for miners that they didn't have, and were not going to deliver for months. Maybe. If the schedule didn't slip, and there were no holidays, and their government didn't shut down their ability to take payments.

I'd also guess you've never tried to construct a building from the ground up. You can get permits by submitting a good set of plans. To get an inspector to sign-off on the completed work, i.e.: the work meets with the inspector's requirements, well, that's another story. If there are six different inspectors that could do the inspection, you will have six different opinions on how something should be done. And their word is the final say. Arbitrary come to mind, but hey, it's all part of the game. Now, throw in something that the inspectors have never seen before, and you have a recipe for potential delays. Long delays. It's all a power play, where the inspectors have the power, and the businesses don't. The business can't move on until the inspections are complete.

No throw in the Underwriter's Lab (UL) inspectors, and it gets more "interesting." They have their requirements that have to be met, and to get their certification you have to meet them. Period. End of story. That the UL didn't like the power Bitmain supplied supplies is not really a surprise as the power supplies most likely were not UL certified.

If you are really concerned about the difficulty, buy the coin and hodl.

That's Not quite right. The 16nm, 10nm, and 7nm refer to the minimum feature size of a die (what eventually becomes a chip). There is also the size of the silicon wafer (what the die are "printed" on). The standard wafer is now typically 300mm diameter, but there is movement towards 450mm diameter wafers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wafer_(electronics)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor_device_fabrication

You are correct about smaller being better. Other reasons that smaller is better is that the signal paths are shorter, which means faster. The use of lower voltages and currents usually means lower levels of heat generated, but the smaller feature sizes allows the manufacturers to cram more transistors/gates onto a die of any given size, thus increasing the current draw, and thus the heat dissipated.

maybe try here: http://poolpicker.eu
not saying it is the best, but it's a start

Crypto. What you earn is based on what the miner using the tokens is generating. I am receiving BTC and ETH currently, and for a while was receiving LTC, too.

So my story is a bit different. Back in late 2011/2012 I had a bunch of servers with multi-core CPUs and crappy GPUs. I mined LTC, but it wasn't worth squat. I got rid of the computers and held the LTC. Fast forward to 2016 and LTC was over 4 USD per coin. I sold all the LTC for between 4 USD and 6 USD and converted into BTC and ETH. That original coin is now funding all of my cryptocurrency stuff, including other alt coins, tokens, and miners. See my sig for the gear that is online.

I got rid of the original servers because I was done with them and moved on to other things. I dipped my toes into the cryptocurrency waters to see what they were about, and then lost interest. Now I'm back and paying more attention.

The answers to your questions can all be found by asking sidehack here on the forum. The problem is that the design is his and not in the public domain. sidehack is not producing any more of the original one BM1384 chip USB stick miners known as the "Compac", but occasionally you can find them for sale on eBay, amazon, and on the forsale forum on this board.

sidehack has been producing two BM1384 chip USB stick miners known as the 2Pac. Check the message:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1764803.0

for details on which resellers are still selling them (I do not believe that sidehack is selling to individuals any more), or have them in stock.

sidehack is also working on some "pod" designs, one of which is based on eight ( 8 ) BM1384 chips, and is called the terminus. The terminus is not yet ready for prime-time, but it is progressing. Follow the thread here:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1845307.0

for more information about terminus and other "pod" miners.

Indeed. Well, maybe. I predict that there will be lots of volatility in crypto markets, but the general trend will be upward as the world catches on to the value of cryptocurrencies.

What will drive prices upward will be wholesale adoption by big finance and governments, which drives demand up. Because most cryptocurrencies have limited supply the increased demand will drive prices up. It's a basic law in economics; the law of supply and demand.

No luck involved. I heard about the ICO, did some research, and prepared for when the ICO went live. I bought my WTT in batch 1, and soon afterwards ordered my first miner (L3+). I knew that unless something really bad happened, my miner would arrive after my tokens were issued and after the hosting space was ready.

Perhaps you have lost trust, but I have not. My tokens are rented and generating income. That's good for me while I wait for my miner to be brought online. I'm expecting the miner to come online before too long as it was due in on 20-Sep, however, I'm not going to panic because it's not online yet. Hell, I'm not even worried.

The one you modded for me is quietly mining away in the corner as I type. I had it pointed at several p2pool nodes for a while, but for the last few months it's been pointed to ck's new non-solo pool running his new payout plan. If anyone reading this is curious there is a link in my sig to my miner's stats.

The pool doesn't have a huge amount of hash, but it is growing and it did find a block no too long ago.

Here is a link to the pool message thread:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1876330.0

Welcome!

You are contributing and that's good. The more people contributing hashes, the better. 

That's good news. Looking forward to the Terminus and BF gear.

Try this:



Works pretty well, but you have to use it to get results.

This is not the first time that the Chinese government has moved to restrict BTC, nor do I believe it will be the last. Each time it has happened the BTC market has recovered and gone on to set new highs.

On Topic, I am waiting for Giga Watt to get Canaan Avalon miners on their "approved" list, i.e.: I order from Giga Watt and Giga Watt orders from Canaan, so I can jump on the Canaan BTC miner wagon. Either that or the next new Canaan miner makes an appearance, and I try to get one of those. 

Based on the numbers published a few messages earlier in this thread, I wouldn't overclock to get the extra 6GH because it costs 500 watts, and some unknown reduction in the lifespan of the miner. Usually when you overclock something you shorten the lifespan, and then there is the issue of heat. 500watts is a lot of heat to dissipate, and heat is the enemy long life.

Hey, are you still selling these?