Diff thread Aug 8 to Aug 22nd picks are closed. Good luck!

[philipma1957]

Just set this up.   picks will open at block 300 made which is block 1716 left.  picks will end at block 1000 which is block 1016 left

Winner  the last was

jonnybravo0311 +0.76% to +1.00%

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1135304.msg12085442#msg12085442

We just had a nice low Jump of 0.81%

 Difficulty History

Date   Difficulty   Change   Hash Rate

Aug 08 2015   52,699,842,409   0.81%   377,240,166 GH/s



Jul 25 2015   52,278,304,846   2.35%   374,222,683 GH/s
Jul 11 2015   51,076,366,303   3.39%   365,618,871 GH/s
Jun 28 2015   49,402,014,931   -0.58%   353,633,397 GH/s
Jun 14 2015   49,692,386,355   4.42%   355,711,957 GH/s
May 31 2015   47,589,591,154   -2.50%   340,659,563 GH/s
May 17 2015   48,807,487,245   2.44%   349,377,603 GH/s
May 03 2015   47,643,398,018   0.07%   341,044,727 GH/s
Apr 19 2015   47,610,564,513   -3.71%   340,809,696 GH/s
Apr 05 2015   49,446,390,688   5.84%   353,951,052 GH/s
Mar 22 2015   46,717,549,645   -1.50%   334,417,246 GH/s
Mar 08 2015   47,427,554,951   1.59%   339,499,662 GH/s
Feb 22 2015   46,684,376,317   5.01%   334,179,783 GH/s
Feb 09 2015   44,455,415,962   7.71%   318,224,263 GH/s
Jan 27 2015   41,272,873,895   -6.14%   295,442,739 GH/s
Jan 12 2015   43,971,662,056   8.20%   314,761,417 GH/s
Dec 30 2014   40,640,955,017   3.00%   290,919,288 GH/s
Dec 17 2014   39,457,671,307   -1.37%   282,449,013 GH/s
Dec 02 2014   40,007,470,271   -0.73%   286,384,627 GH/s
Nov 18 2014   40,300,030,328   1.76%   288,478,854 GH/s
Nov 05 2014   39,603,666,252   10.05%   283,494,086 GH/s
Oct 23 2014   35,985,640,265   2.81%   257,595,247 GH/s
Oct 09 2014   35,002,482,026   0.98%   250,557,526 GH/s
Sep 25 2014   34,661,425,924   16.20%   248,116,151 GH/s
Sep 13 2014   29,829,733,124   8.75%   213,529,547 GH/s
Aug 31 2014   27,428,630,902   15.03%   196,341,788 GH/s
Aug 19 2014   23,844,670,039   20.86%   170,686,797 GH/s
Aug 08 2014   19,729,645,941   5.30%   141,230,307 GH/s
Jul 25 2014   18,736,441,558   8.08%   134,120,673 GH/s
Jul 12 2014   17,336,316,979   3.08%   124,098,191 GH/s
Jun 29 2014   16,818,461,371   24.93%   120,391,236 GH/s
Jun 18 2014   13,462,580,115   14.51%   96,368,902 GH/s
Jun 05 2014   11,756,551,917   12.44%   84,156,677 GH/s
May 24 2014   10,455,720,138   18.10%   74,844,960 GH/s
May 12 2014   8,853,416,309   10.66%   63,375,223 GH/s
Apr 29 2014   8,000,872,136   14.64%   57,272,474 GH/s
Apr 17 2014   6,978,842,650   14.04%   49,956,502 GH/s
Apr 05 2014   6,119,726,089   22.23%   43,806,706 GH/s
Mar 24 2014   5,006,860,589   17.80%   35,840,504 GH/s
Mar 13 2014   4,250,217,920   11.39%   30,424,245 GH/s
Feb 28 2014   3,815,723,799   21.92%   27,314,015 GH/s
Feb 17 2014   3,129,573,175   19.39%   22,402,357 GH/s
Feb 05 2014   2,621,404,453   19.49%   18,764,744 GH/s
Jan 24 2014   2,193,847,870   22.59%   15,704,175 GH/s
Jan 13 2014   1,789,546,951   26.16%   12,810,076 GH/s
Jan 02 2014   1,418,481,395   20.12%   10,153,885 GH/s
Dec 21 2013   1,180,923,195   30.01%   8,453,378 GH/s
Dec 10 2013   908,350,862   28.41%   6,502,229 GH/s
Nov 29 2013   707,408,283   16.07%   5,063,826 GH/s
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[philipma1957]

Okay bitmaintech is now selling a beast a 7700gh miner

it needs 3 psu's it is costly and with 3400 watts it must be really fucking loud

the question is will it hurt the diff rate?

19000CNY = 3056 usd

that price is hurtful  if you are usa based it will cause import duty issues.


 it needs psu's   3 evga 1300's would be enough power for it  and this means you can run it on 120 volts!  

it needs 3 different 120 volt 15 amp circuits

[jonnybravo0311]

When I first saw a reference to that thing posted the other day, I thought it was a joke.  Talk about Frankenstein's Monster.  While it might be possible to drive that beast with 3 EVGA 1300s, and for it to run on standard US residential power at 120V, good luck.  You'd have to find a location that could access 3 separate circuits, or run some extension cords all over the place.  I suppose it would fit right into the Frankenstein's Monster theme, though

[philipma1957]

When I first saw a reference to that thing posted the other day, I thought it was a joke.  Talk about Frankenstein's Monster.  While it might be possible to drive that beast with 3 EVGA 1300s, and for it to run on standard US residential power at 120V, good luck.  You'd have to find a location that could access 3 separate circuits, or run some extension cords all over the place.  I suppose it would fit right into the Frankenstein's Monster theme, though

I could run it on one of my 240 volt circuits.  But it goes for over 3k.  I do not like to import gear over 2500 as I get a lot of import  duty questions.

This would be a great piece of winter gear.  I would buy it right now for 2400.  But no one will sell me it for 2400.

[edonkey]

I saw this on the forum earlier today too. But why is it not showing up on the bitmaintech.com site?

Not that I really want three S5s strapped together anyway...

[VirosaGITS]

I saw this on the forum earlier today too. But why is it not showing up on the bitmaintech.com site?

Not that I really want three S5s strapped together anyway...

It's apparently on Bitmain's China website. And indeed, there isint much attract to the home miner.

Personally i'm just imagining 6 stock S5 fans screaming at 100% speed. Yeah no thanks.

[philipma1957]

I saw this on the forum earlier today too. But why is it not showing up on the bitmaintech.com site?

Not that I really want three S5s strapped together anyway...

it seems to be on the chinese site  not the worldwide site.

[alh]

I wonder if perhaps this "Monster S5+" miner reflects a delay in the long fabled S7. This clearly looks a like a "Data Center or Farm" only kind of device. I hope that doesn't portend anything for the S7.

While the difficulty increase was very small, it was still an increase. Barring some crash in BTC price, or after the halving, I don't think we'll see a difficulty of 50B (or less again).

I'll just keep my 460W SP20 running a while longer.

[philipma1957]

I wonder if perhaps this "Monster S5+" miner reflects a delay in the long fabled S7. This clearly looks a like a "Data Center or Farm" only kind of device. I hope that doesn't portend anything for the S7.

While the difficulty increase was very small, it was still an increase. Barring some crash in BTC price, or after the halving, I don't think we'll see a difficulty of 50B (or less again).

I'll just keep my 460W SP20 running a while longer.

I think the s-7 will come after sept 30th

barring a price crash.

Remember zero evidence that a better chip is in their hands.

[usenet]

I saw this on the forum earlier today too. But why is it not showing up on the bitmaintech.com site?

Not that I really want three S5s strapped together anyway...

it seems to be on the chinese site  not the worldwide site.

Soon will be available to all:

"Dear customers,

The S5+ is now opening for sale in Mainland China market(as some one has already found on the bitmain.cn), and it will be available for sale on global market next Friday. Then you can purchase the S5+ on our official website of bitmaintech.com.  "
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1146965.40

I wonder prices.
Despite progress in reducing energy consumption , I believe that this is insufficient. Next year hashnest will not be so popular.

[mavericklm]

i want 3 * s5+ 

time for a negative diff?

[philipma1957]

i want 3 * s5+  

time for a negative diff?

I want the center piece with the controller. for 900 usd  with an option to add the left or right pieces.


The center piece does  2550gh at 1150 watts   weighs 4 kilos


can run with an evga 1300 g2.

It really would be a good way to buy it.  If I want to add on cool if I want to stay pat just wait for an s-7 addon

How about making the s-7 with or with out a controller and then just add on the s-7 in a few months.

[philipma1957]

Big price drop 255 to 260 ranges .

This will cause issues in diff.  we are -0.18


https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty


Bitcoin Difficulty:   52,699,842,409
Estimated Next Difficulty:   52,606,076,380  (-0.18%)
Adjust time:   After 1815 Blocks, About 12.9 days
Hashrate(?):   377,693,988 GH/s
Block Generation Time(?):   
1 block: 10.2 minutes
3 blocks: 30.6 minutes
6 blocks: 1.0 hours
Updated:   16:5 (6.1 minutes ago)


I would really like to see some down pricing of btc for the next 2 weeks. We could get a farm to shut down with a good price drop.

I am hoping for < 225.00 usd a btc  really would love to see a drop to 185-190 a coin.

[valkir]

This S5+ is just too big for home mining!  3 15 amps is huge.
Hope this will not effect too much the diff.

[VirosaGITS]

This S5+ is just too big for home mining!  3 15 amps is huge.
Hope this will not effect too much the diff.

Yyeah but then again i don't think it will. After all the efficiency isint really all that different from the S5.

[philipma1957]

This S5+ is just too big for home mining!   3 15 amps is huge.
Hope this will not effect too much the diff.

Yyeah but then again i don't think it will. After all the efficiency isint really all that different from the S5.

yeah .445 vs .515  


 no big deal

although I believe it can be pencil modded to .4

based on the fact it no longer has a string design. --------  This is not confirmed I think I mis read some ones post


I think we are not going to see the s-7 anytime soon.

I do hope they sell the middle piece of these.  a 2550gh 1150 watt  miner could work for me.

[VirosaGITS]

This S5+ is just too big for home mining!  3 15 amps is huge.
Hope this will not effect too much the diff.

Yyeah but then again i don't think it will. After all the efficiency isint really all that different from the S5.

yeah .445 vs .515   


 no big deal

although I believe it can be pencil modded to .4

based on the fact it no longer has a string design.


I think we are not going to see the s-7 anytime soon.

I do hope they sell the middle piece of these.  a 2550gh 1150 watt  miner could work for me.

Thats a big piece for me to eat, but it could still be beneficial.
If some people jump at the 15% power efficiency gain. I might be able to get my hand on some affordable S5, maybe even some 3D print modded S5. That would be nice.

[tss]

snip
I am hoping for < 225.00 usd a btc  really would love to see a drop to 185-190 a coin.

wow. wow. wow.  i surely hope the current bottom limit is $250.  i know we're all here to mine more coin cheap and hodl but how many times can we revisit $180 before we hit $99 and less and less.  at some point all that hodl will sell and this was all worthless.

[alh]

Yyeah but then again i don't think it will. After all the efficiency isint really all that different from the S5.

yeah .445 vs .515   


 no big deal

although I believe it can be pencil modded to .4

based on the fact it no longer has a string design.


I think we are not going to see the s-7 anytime soon.

I do hope they sell the middle piece of these.  a 2550gh 1150 watt  miner could work for me.

One item I want to take issue with. What leads you to think that the "string design" is gone from the S5+? As I understand it, each blade has 48 chips, This could break down to a 3x16 layout, which would match the 3 PCIe power connectors on each blade. Maybe I missed something in the announcement, but I think the string design is alive and well for the S5+.

Just my picky two cents on a specific item above. I too think that this marks a later arrival of the S7 than folks may have expected.

[usenet]

philipma wrote about the fact that it is worth looking into buying s5 instead of s5+ .
And here we have a new deal to s5 . Only 352 USD ( 1.323 BTC) .
It seems that the weight of the parcel jumped to 4.2kg . They can now sell a version with small heatsinks or I missed something ?
Hashnest also got a new s5 delivery . Replacing the equipment continues.