ModMiner FPGA upgrade path to ASICs

[chewie]

Anyone happen to have the ModMiner, and have any idea as to what the terms are for their upgrade path from FPGA to their bASIC hardware?  Thanks!

[tHash]

I have not seen any information about trading in your BTCFPGA.   Best guess is that the upgrade path requires a fresh purchase.

[FrogBBQ]

I therefore assume that the next generation bASIC rig from BTCFPGA has not been released in the wild.

Is there any ETA on this? At $1K for 27GH/s it sounds pretty good and they have a track record. I have tried to contact BTCFPGA to no avail just yet.

In advance, thank you for sharing any information.

[2Tpower]

I therefore assume that the next generation bASIC rig from BTCFPGA has not been released in the wild.

Is there any ETA on this? At $1K for 27GH/s it sounds pretty good and they have a track record. I have tried to contact BTCFPGA to no avail just yet.

In advance, thank you for sharing any information.

the btcfpga 27 gh/s is looking good. More reputable and cheaper then butterfly labs 30gh/s

[FrogBBQ]

Actually the BitForce Single "SC" from Butterfly Labs is indicated to be a 40GH/s rig at $1299.00. This puts it slightly ahead at a 30.8MH/s/$ than the BTCPFGA (25.3MH/s/$ - 27GH/s at $1069.00).

That said, I totally agree with you that BTCPFGA bASIC rig looks very promising at the right price and time.

[chewie]

I think diversity is a good thing for BTC mining.  Modminer caught my attention, because he mentions that he has stock on hand ready to be shipped out.  If terms are something like only pay for the cost of shipping the Modminer FPGA to them for trading into the Modminer bASIC, then I'm definitely game.  Hope someone has info on this product soon, because I'll have to make a decision in the next few days or so.

[gyverlb]

If terms are something like only pay for the cost of shipping the Modminer FPGA to them for trading into the Modminer bASIC, then I'm definitely game.

• That wouldn't be sustainable for them.
• I believe they are at the end of their FPGA production: they just opened a thread for a batch of 10 and everyone with a MMQ order could convert it to a bASIC1 for free.

[chewie]

Looks like Tom's trying to determine a fair trade-in term for the fpga upgrade path. 

[Shadow383]

Looks like Tom's trying to determine a fair trade-in term for the fpga upgrade path. 

It'll likely be slightly more than the value to Tom of those FPGAs (assuming they can be removed and sold on or put to some good use somewhere else)...