I'm not saying rocket, I'm saying that bitcoin is growing in acceptance and recognition. Its gone from a few cypher punks to early adoption phase.

I'm not saying $10,000 will happen, but i think that in the next 3 years bitcoin will either be under $200 or over $10,000 depending if it actually continues to grow and gain utility

What do you need confirmed? Read the last few pages of the thread. There's no incentive for them to add hashrate much of a year after the mine was increased to the present 500th

That's the long way around. 'vi /etc/config/asic-freq' works without browsing directories

oh, not sure where/why i got the impression each fan was 2A, and the pump was similar - that makes the issues i raised more of a non-issue. (though at a glance the S1 fans are 1.0A each so i assumed the rad fans would be a similar draw

its a male connector, with the presumption that you could connect it to one PCIe connector on a blade, and the other connector would be the power supply cable. IMO, this is a bad idea because if the fan/pump load is >70w (Im guessing it could peak as high as 90W if all 4 devices are running full power) that plus the ~200W of a blade puts a pretty big power load on the single cable to PSU - around 275W which could easily burn out cheap cabling (A >1000W and/or GOLD-rated supply should be fine for this, but cheaper supplies with 18awg or thinner wiring could fail and start fires as even 16awg wiring starts getting warm over 300W)
*you could also connect it to the PSU directly as you mention, but not all PSUs have modular cabling sockets, particularly that are the same pinout as a PCIe socket*

shameless self-plug: I sell good quality 18awg Y-splitters - If you think you should take some precautions against putting 275W on a single PCIe connector, you could split the syscooling load across two seperate blades in the C1 - thus balancing the power across 2 PCIe cables from the power supply at ~240W (15% lower). See my signature link for details - i have lots available now
And dry-running a pump is terrible. Anyone will tell you that. Either test it properly or ship it untested. 2-3 seconds of testing could create the conditions that lead to early failure or leaks when a coolant is actually added.

Heh, Ill offer the same deal myself, or 10/0.02BTC. I imagine there are thousands of these coupons distributed in total.

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I don't intend to make a copy of that outdoor setup, as it's likely inadequate for my use, largely due to the high risk of pidgin intrusion. I don't doubt that a warm enclosed area would become infested with sky rats on my balcony, and as such a more per meant design is preferred.

Imo, might buy some plywood and furnace filters to build something. The furnace filters leave lots of room for airflow, and are fairly thick so icing over is unlikely.

I feel like that sort of filter may be insufficient for the 1000-1200cfm airflow im expecting (if running 6-8 antminers), and may not solve my concerns over any moisture freezing up on the intake if temperatures there hover around zero (assuming its -5C outside but some heat from the mining keeps the area of the intake close to 0C)

Im still a bit cautious that you have a fairly significant power load (3x2A fans and a 2A pump) using only a single wire pair - thats around 90W load and it appears to only be 18awg wire.

The PCIe connector is a good idea, but you should make use of the fact it has room for 3 wire pairs, and better distribute the load so more wire harnesses dont get hot or burn through

is there a short and sweet recap someone can make? I think it seems pretty straight forwards:
1) buy a USB cp2102 for each blade (2 per antminer) and some powered USB hubs
2) hook hubs to RPI and wire the CP2102 to the antminer (GND, TX, RX) - no power connection needed
3) cownload the custom cgminer for the rpi
4) win?

"free" power is almost always "utilities included" rental units, and oftentimes the way these units are wired up, the landlord has no way to tell how much power each individual unit draws.

but theres still a limit on available outputs: 3-5 15A circuits are common in most 1bdrm units, plus a 220V stove outlet. Might make the place a hell to live in thouh with noise and heat

i have a 100 of them, ill give them to you for $5 each and you can make a killing on the resale

even then, youll likely be hit with tax and UPS fees of another $20-35/unit.

anyone built an outdoor mining cabinet? I want to put some S1 or S3 units outdoors for the winter, but am afraid that wayward snow/slush/debris on my balcony (its an apartment) might get sucked in or otherwise contact the equipment.

The solution in my mind is a 4-walled box (bottom,top,sides) with 1-2 fabric filters over the inlet/exhaust sides of the box (mostly the inlet). Main concerns are the inlet fabric icing over (if heat removal is too effective) or being the target of pigeon intrusion (yeah these guys are a messy problem - and a huge source of dust and debris on the balcony)

I dont understand - theres two obvious issues:
1) hot surfaces dont get condensation. thats not an issue unless the ambient humidity is like 95%+
2) if you mean to put the radiators inside a fridge, fridges are not designed to remove that much heat, and it would effectively dump the heat (plus ~40% additional cooling losses) out the backside of the fridge.

you have to be kidding him right? Why would you use multiple emails and skype for RMA - its a pain in the ass, and surely a waste of time on your end to be reading duplicate emails on two addresses.

secondly, his pump broke - doesn't sound like he knows or can see the reason why so a photo likely wont help at all.

 It seems like there is a substancial failure rate in the first 2 weeks of operation for these pumps - who knows if the radiator will hold up much better over time? I think a $100 system using a higher quality pump and >3kW rad (not unlike the offering you have, but with a better pump/resevoir) would be prudent. Having a week or two of downtime and headaches filing an RMA on a cooling system isnt worth saving $10 on a cheap pump and thin fan cables that are somehow expected to handle up to 8A from a single board connector

photos? 1BTC would be fair if theres a chance of fixing it or at least running 3/4 boards

personally, I like buying hardware because it holds resale value - I have resold several times the amount of hardware i can run at a time in my collection, usually for a premium locally over the cost of new hardware.  An S1 might be unprofitable to pay for cloud maintenance, but still has a resale value of $50-80 on a local market, which is significant

the prisma mostly, but i think thats pre-shipping.

benefits of the SP20 over S3+ units:
-fewer machines to configure (1.7TH/unit vs 0.5TH/unit)
-Spondoolies allows software undervolting for efficiency in 3-6 months from now or as needed
-smaller size

disadvantage:
-slightly higher BTC/TH price (shipping is cheaper though due to smaller size/weight)
-NOISY. 212cfm-capable fan means a lot of fan noise coming from this box