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August 24, 2012, 02:24:06 PM |
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i am interested in it but really want to find one with the shortest break even! This one wasnt too bad http://fpgamining.com/ 400 megahash/s at 17.2 watts and it cost like $580.0 and my power per kilowatt hr is 13pence so it worked out at £20.16 to power it 24/7. But after working it out it looked liek it might take time to break even at it roughly earning 0.5550 bitcoin a day! SO anyone got a good fpga that didnt take long to break even!
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August 24, 2012, 05:00:28 PM |
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Unfortunately if Bitcoin changes significantly, the ASICs could be rendered useless. They're dedicated mining units, so they're only good for mining.
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August 24, 2012, 05:03:18 PM |
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i am interested in it but really want to find one with the shortest break even! This one wasnt too bad http://fpgamining.com/ 400 megahash/s at 17.2 watts and it cost like $580.0 and my power per kilowatt hr is 13pence so it worked out at £20.16 to power it 24/7. But after working it out it looked liek it might take time to break even at it roughly earning 0.5550 bitcoin a day! SO anyone got a good fpga that didnt take long to break even! Break even times for hardware are usually between 1-4 years. FPGAs take longer, GPUs still have a bit better Mh/$ ratio but require more power. You may wait for asics to come out. People are working on it: e.g. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=99497.0 The numbers are way of. Someone is preying on people's money...
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August 26, 2012, 06:41:47 PM |
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Yes break even for fpga can be a little long. New technology usually comes at a price, but the benefit is they use ALOT less power for the same hash. Some are even more user friendly than gpu's. So i believe in the long run fpga is worth the initial cost.
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August 26, 2012, 07:35:38 PM |
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Unfortunately if Bitcoin changes significantly, the ASICs could be rendered useless. They're dedicated mining units, so they're only good for mining. It's very very very unlikely that the mining will change
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August 27, 2012, 08:50:30 PM |
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I love how they are upcharging for the preorder and somone actually bought it...
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August 28, 2012, 12:27:35 AM |
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Mining will change. Trust me. The asics will become useless. GPU mining is the way to do it. If those things will make 300$ proffit a month they wil change the code. Bitcoin's will loose their value if the asics take it over. They won't let this happen. Remember what is said!
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August 28, 2012, 02:18:51 AM |
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Mining will change. Trust me. The asics will become useless. GPU mining is the way to do it. If those things will make 300$ proffit a month they wil change the code. Bitcoin's will loose their value if the asics take it over. They won't let this happen. Remember what is said!
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17Np17BSrpnHCZ2pgtiMNnhjnsWJ2TMqq8 I routinely ignore posters with paid advertising in their sigs. You should too.
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August 28, 2012, 02:29:36 AM |
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there is so much mis-information on this thread it is absolutely ridiculous.
Currently the most efficient way to mine Bitcoins is with an FPGA device, however the release of ASIC's is coming soon and they will be far superior to current FPGA devices.
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August 28, 2012, 03:32:26 AM |
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Mining will change. Trust me. The asics will become useless. GPU mining is the way to do it. If those things will make 300$ proffit a month they wil change the code. Bitcoin's will loose their value if the asics take it over. They won't let this happen. Remember what is said!
Are you thick or what? ![Huh](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/huh.gif) ![Huh](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/huh.gif) ![Huh](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/huh.gif) ![Huh](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/huh.gif) ? ASIC will be the SAVIOR of Bitcoin !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No longer will it be easy or cheap to 51% the network,ever!!!!!!!!!!! With possibly 80 TH at least coming by december,it will be extremly hard to do ![Grin](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/grin.gif) ASIC's will & are CHEAPER than vid cards,no more tweaking core/mem/voltage or driver updates or expensive mobo's,heat will not be as big a problem either. Alot less power consumption,10x less at least............................. ![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi63.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fh148%2FBigblock462%2FStephen-Colbert-Popcorn-1.gif&t=665&c=gLMCzdDhPHdb4Q) Flame on ![Cool](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cool.gif)
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"If you run into an asshole in the morning, you ran into an asshole. If you run into assholes all day long, you are the asshole." -Raylan Givens Got GOXXED ?? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KiqRpPiJAU&feature=youtu.be"An ASIC being late is perfectly normal, predictable, and legal..."Hashfast & BFL slogan ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
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August 28, 2012, 03:40:30 AM |
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lol, do you end every post with "flame on?"
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August 29, 2012, 06:26:27 AM |
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Oh yes so the core coders are gonan change the entire way mining works which will take a load of effort and In turn reduce the security of the network. The developers want us to mine the more the better. They wouldn't kill off a like half of the networks power! And then all the clients would have to update.... And that means everyone with a fpga wouldn't update and I don't think others would too!
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August 29, 2012, 07:51:20 AM |
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lol, do you end every post with "flame on?"
Why,yes I do................I know its coming & I love it ![Grin](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/grin.gif) ![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi63.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fh148%2FBigblock462%2FFlameretardentsuit.jpg&t=665&c=xjpGkQ3lcBW1aw) I'm ready,fire it up ![Cool](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cool.gif)
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"If you run into an asshole in the morning, you ran into an asshole. If you run into assholes all day long, you are the asshole." -Raylan Givens Got GOXXED ?? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KiqRpPiJAU&feature=youtu.be"An ASIC being late is perfectly normal, predictable, and legal..."Hashfast & BFL slogan ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
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August 29, 2012, 05:38:36 PM |
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Temp climbing. 100 degrees. 500 ..... 1000
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August 29, 2012, 06:15:30 PM |
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Mining will change. Trust me. The asics will become useless. GPU mining is the way to do it. If those things will make 300$ proffit a month they wil change the code. Bitcoin's will loose their value if the asics take it over. They won't let this happen. Remember what is said!
Bullshit. Stop spreading fud.
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August 29, 2012, 06:26:22 PM |
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The only thing that will change any time soon and is always changing is difficulty, to maintain that blocks are not solved too quickly, by the network in general as I understand it.
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August 29, 2012, 09:38:23 PM |
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What's the difference between the FPGAs and the new ASICs that makes them so much cheaper?
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August 30, 2012, 02:09:37 AM |
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What's the difference between the FPGAs and the new ASICs that makes them so much cheaper?
FPGAs are generic logic devices. You essentially program the interconnections between logic gates to build whatever device you need, and when you need it to become something else, you flush it out and dump in new code. ASICs are fixed. The cheapest ones are pretty similar in structure to an FPGA, but with permanent connections instead of make/break links. Because the links are permanent, the chips are faster and less expensive per unit (assuming a medium-ish production run, there are still plenty of setup costs. I think someone posted quotes that went up from around $200,000 not long ago.) More expensive is to go all the way down to directly building the exact gates that you need in an optimized layout. This is pretty much identical to how mass production chips are made, where the designer (or the compiler more likely) has full control over the physical structure. That enables much higher performance, but with insane setup costs. For a complex chip, you need a very large production run to amortize the costs.
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17Np17BSrpnHCZ2pgtiMNnhjnsWJ2TMqq8 I routinely ignore posters with paid advertising in their sigs. You should too.
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August 31, 2012, 11:00:43 AM |
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this is seems to be a some bit of scam. why not to order direcly from BFL... 6000 orders is NOTHING for the ASIC production....
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