Hardware whats going on?

[-droid-]

I personally have never purchased directly from manufacturers, I find it much more cost effective to buy from panic wholesalers on places like forums, Amazon, eBay, and Craigslist.

If u have never brought from bitmain direct then there is a good chance u have never roi!

usually when you get a good ROI chance is being one of the first couple batches on a new unit.  after that I also buy second hand as the difficulty and btc price makes roi on higher up batches harder and harder

this is pretty much the best way… 


As a miner threading water is big.  breaking even for 6 months then a 1 to 3  week spike and you make a shit ton of money.

last good time for mining was in the fall for 2 weeks nicehash rentals were 3 to 6 fold.  I earned 2.8 btc in 11 days.

Yeah I was using betarigs during that time and it was pretty good also.  I might jump back in and get some hardware soon, but debating between sp20's or waiting for future gen stuff "supposedly" this month

[MarketNeutral]

Stick around a little longer. A new miner will soon be unveiled.

[crazyearner]

Stick around a little longer. A new miner will soon be unveiled.

Yup and a new company to come out soon too that will wipe a lot of the current markets out, but will sure give antminer a run for their money. Their a few company's in the making however its a mater of if their legit and deliver on time as promised, or their just another BFL job and take pre orders. I know one thing for sure is that I will never do pre orders with any company ever again. Nice first days of avalon, ok I got my rig however massive amounts of bitcoin chucked at it could of been far better off keeping the BTC and just wasting for the rise. Mining now unless free energy and cheap and PH of hash your gonna be pissing in the wind to brake even or RIO on top.

[TheRealSteve]

For the bored, pick this one apart
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1125157

[Yan-Aquifer]

That "yesminer" is an obvious scam.  It's always a bad sign when they're taking pre-orders for delivery 5 months later from a "team of veterans" none of whom are listed.  Anyone that does not have a reputable established name in the industry is not worth the risk of a pre-order.  It's like saying if you give me $100 today I'll give you $200 in 5 months.  The only companies I would recommend a pre-order relationship with is:

Spondoolies
Bitmain
Bitfury (not so sure they're selling gear)

Those are the only ones that I know have created products without taking millions of dollars from their customers and not providing what they promised.

Regards,
Yan