ANTMINER S7 is available at bitmaintech.com with 4.86TH/s, 0.25J/GH

[bittalc1]

i urgently need bitmain vat number...
somebody knows ?
i dont get answer from bitmain. it is horrible service...

thanks

their support sucks

[OgNasty]

Batch 11 is shipping.

[leowonderful]

Unfortunately, most of their customers are still holding onto them without any complaints or whatsoever so they'll just continue flooding us with S7s month after month.

you forgot to add .... "...flooding us with S7's month after month."  --- While Bitmain mines with the new fangled super duper ultra uber mega efficient S9's.


=== NOW ON A DIFFERENT NOTE ----->

You all do realize that the S7's that have been rolling out of Bitmain batch 9 and on, are RECYCLED UNITS. Maybe even earlier batches also.

When I received the S7 Batch 9's I ordered, I popped them open to verify things were hunky dory inside before powering them up. I found heatsinks that were chard, some with blue spattering.... that leads me to believe that at minimum, the heatsinks were re-used from the S7's that burned up, thus the charring and the blue ( copper sputtered into aluminum then oxidized when washing the heatsinks. ).

The hashboard circuitboards are spotless, and the extruded aluminum housing is clean; who knows if they have recycled the ASIC chips, I/O board or BBB. What kind of surges/shorts the components suffered from the heatsinks falling off and burning up the early models of the S7's, are these going to have the same lifespan as new, or are these just limping along waiting to fail.

THAT THERE .... could be the reason why Bitmain, in the later batches of miners offered, lowers the price so much from the initial price.... because they are using recycled parts/components.

That's the reality of bitcoin mining now, sadly. Companies care more about cash than good products and now we're seeing used "new" miners. I think even used units are better than bitmain's. Eventually, all miners will become private and we'll have no way to buy hardware. 

[nhando]

Batch 11 is shipping.

Yours shipped?  Shows Mar 1-5th  shipping.   I have a few more units on order but no shipped date yet.

[VirosaGITS]

Batch 11 is shipping.

Yours shipped?  Shows Mar 1-5th  shipping.   I have a few more units on order but no shipped date yet.

I've had and seen B9 shipped early as well. They seem to mostly, maybe, probably go by order date. I mean that if you bought early and they decide to ship out some stuff early, you'll be first in line.

[bbOOmm]

I received notice that my batch 11 order has shipped as well.

[AriesIV10]

Does Bitmain have the NEW S9 fully developed and installed in their Farm?

When would they be releasing the S9 to the public?

Intriguing thoughts! 

What are your thoughts? 

BITMAIN, you are welcome to chime in.

[joseff]

Does Bitmain have the NEW S9 fully developed and installed in their Farm?

When would they be releasing the S9 to the public?

Intriguing thoughts! 

What are your thoughts? 

BITMAIN, you are welcome to chime in.

im very sure they will release kind of s7+ first... maybe 10THs @ ~2000w to sell more BM1385´s

IMO they will release S8/S9 only when an competitioner like Bitfury is selling more efficient Chips.

[leowonderful]

Does Bitmain have the NEW S9 fully developed and installed in their Farm?

When would they be releasing the S9 to the public?

Intriguing thoughts! 

What are your thoughts? 

BITMAIN, you are welcome to chime in.

im very sure they will release kind of s7+ first... maybe 10THs @ ~2000w to sell more BM1385´s

IMO they will release S8/S9 only when an competitioner like Bitfury is selling more efficient Chips.

There's almost a 100% possibility that they will. They could (probably will) create a rackmount "S8" miner next with BM1385 chips. The rackmounts are made mostly, imo, to offload the amount of last-gen chips they have. Look at the S2 and S4. Both last gen chips, with barely improved power useage.

[bbOOmm]

Does Bitmain have the NEW S9 fully developed and installed in their Farm?

When would they be releasing the S9 to the public?

Intriguing thoughts! 

What are your thoughts? 

BITMAIN, you are welcome to chime in.

im very sure they will release kind of s7+ first... maybe 10THs @ ~2000w to sell more BM1385´s

IMO they will release S8/S9 only when an competitioner like Bitfury is selling more efficient Chips.

Bitfury already has a more efficient chip available

0.1 j/GH

http://bitfury.com/products

 I do like that containerized 16PH mining system they offer ... now only if I could build a nuclear power plant in my back yard ...

[notlist3d]

Does Bitmain have the NEW S9 fully developed and installed in their Farm?

When would they be releasing the S9 to the public?

Intriguing thoughts! 

What are your thoughts? 

BITMAIN, you are welcome to chime in.

im very sure they will release kind of s7+ first... maybe 10THs @ ~2000w to sell more BM1385´s

IMO they will release S8/S9 only when an competitioner like Bitfury is selling more efficient Chips.

I doubt we see a S8.  I think day's of even numbers with all in one setup's are done.  I could be wrong but they have stayed away for a while.  I think they have mastered shipping costs staying with odd numbers.

They have been VERY quiet.  When S7 was coming out there was all kinds of rumors we knew with S5+ some big things were changing.  So far we just have not seen that.  That is no way means they don't have it ready to go, but they have had 0 leaks of info yet.

[clgrissom3]

I received notice that my batch 11 order has shipped as well.

My batch 11 is scheduled to arrive Friday...

[RichBC]

I doubt we see a S8.  I think day's of even numbers with all in one setup's are done.  I could be wrong but they have stayed away for a while.  I think they have mastered shipping costs staying with odd numbers.

They have been VERY quiet.  When S7 was coming out there was all kinds of rumors we knew with S5+ some big things were changing.  So far we just have not seen that.  That is no way means they don't have it ready to go, but they have had 0 leaks of info yet.

Yes I think the Even series of Miner is dead and has been replaced by the Plus Series Tripple Bay Miners. Makes sense as it save a lot of engineering work. However also agreed on your VERY quiet point, perhaps too quiet. Could it mean that they are not as advanced as we assume with a 14/16nm Miner?


Rich

[aarons6]

I doubt we see a S8.  I think day's of even numbers with all in one setup's are done.  I could be wrong but they have stayed away for a while.  I think they have mastered shipping costs staying with odd numbers.

They have been VERY quiet.  When S7 was coming out there was all kinds of rumors we knew with S5+ some big things were changing.  So far we just have not seen that.  That is no way means they don't have it ready to go, but they have had 0 leaks of info yet.

Yes I think the Even series of Miner is dead and has been replaced by the Plus Series Tripple Bay Miners. Makes sense as it save a lot of engineering work. However also agreed on your VERY quiet point, perhaps too quiet. Could it mean that they are not as advanced as we assume with a 14/16nm Miner?


Rich

maybe they made enough money where they all jumped ship and moved to some tropical island and is currently laying on a beach and drinking drinks from hollowed out pineapples..

[philipma1957]

I doubt we see a S8.  I think day's of even numbers with all in one setup's are done.  I could be wrong but they have stayed away for a while.  I think they have mastered shipping costs staying with odd numbers.

They have been VERY quiet.  When S7 was coming out there was all kinds of rumors we knew with S5+ some big things were changing.  So far we just have not seen that.  That is no way means they don't have it ready to go, but they have had 0 leaks of info yet.

Yes I think the Even series of Miner is dead and has been replaced by the Plus Series Tripple Bay Miners. Makes sense as it save a lot of engineering work. However also agreed on your VERY quiet point, perhaps too quiet. Could it mean that they are not as advanced as we assume with a 14/16nm Miner?


Rich

maybe they made enough money where they all jumped ship and moved to some tropical island and is currently laying on a beach and drinking drinks from hollowed out pineapples..

They have over 27,000 btc just sitting in a btc addy.

That is over 10,000,000  in fact over 11,000,000 usd

https://blockchain.info/address/1KwA4fS4uVuCNjCtMivE7m5ATbv93UZg8V

but not enough to send me compensation of 150 usd for my batch 1 miner.

As for batch 11 shipping a few people said they had thier gear shipped.

I ordered 4 more  machines despite not having fair compensation for batch 1. 

I have ordered a total of 13 s-7's 11 after the bad batch 1 that  I was never given compensation for.  So my batch 11 are not shipped.

So I will ask the batch 11's shipped  what day did you pay on? My orders were 2 days ago.



https://blockchain.info/tx/e8f4cdfbdf3bcbf252a3ca824915230e883b6b89c464463c1da642c6fa533d45

https://blockchain.info/tx/586eb5f8292d88cafc8d1fe6780cc194b34d7745a297f368b4cb5da4790b6df1

[padrino]

Does Bitmain have the NEW S9 fully developed and installed in their Farm?

When would they be releasing the S9 to the public?

Intriguing thoughts! 

What are your thoughts? 

BITMAIN, you are welcome to chime in.

im very sure they will release kind of s7+ first... maybe 10THs @ ~2000w to sell more BM1385´s

IMO they will release S8/S9 only when an competitioner like Bitfury is selling more efficient Chips.

I doubt we see a S8.  I think day's of even numbers with all in one setup's are done.  I could be wrong but they have stayed away for a while.  I think they have mastered shipping costs staying with odd numbers.

They have been VERY quiet.  When S7 was coming out there was all kinds of rumors we knew with S5+ some big things were changing.  So far we just have not seen that.  That is no way means they don't have it ready to go, but they have had 0 leaks of info yet.

They are definitely maturing in terms of information flow, especially as other competitors are showing up with next generation gear.. They are more forthcoming with their bulk buyers but I suspect those buyers are not into disclosing the information while they have a relationship with Bitmain..

[nhando]

I doubt we see a S8.  I think day's of even numbers with all in one setup's are done.  I could be wrong but they have stayed away for a while.  I think they have mastered shipping costs staying with odd numbers.

They have been VERY quiet.  When S7 was coming out there was all kinds of rumors we knew with S5+ some big things were changing.  So far we just have not seen that.  That is no way means they don't have it ready to go, but they have had 0 leaks of info yet.

Yes I think the Even series of Miner is dead and has been replaced by the Plus Series Tripple Bay Miners. Makes sense as it save a lot of engineering work. However also agreed on your VERY quiet point, perhaps too quiet. Could it mean that they are not as advanced as we assume with a 14/16nm Miner?


Rich

maybe they made enough money where they all jumped ship and moved to some tropical island and is currently laying on a beach and drinking drinks from hollowed out pineapples..

They have over 27,000 btc just sitting in a btc addy.

That is over 10,000,000  in fact over 11,000,000 usd

https://blockchain.info/address/1KwA4fS4uVuCNjCtMivE7m5ATbv93UZg8V

but not enough to send me compensation of 150 usd for my batch 1 miner.

As for batch 11 shipping a few people said they had thier gear shipped.

I ordered 4 more  machines despite not having fair compensation for batch 1. 

I have ordered a total of 13 s-7's 11 after the bad batch 1 that  I was never given compensation for.  So my batch 11 are not shipped.

So I will ask the batch 11's shipped  what day did you pay on? My orders were 2 days ago.



https://blockchain.info/tx/e8f4cdfbdf3bcbf252a3ca824915230e883b6b89c464463c1da642c6fa533d45

https://blockchain.info/tx/586eb5f8292d88cafc8d1fe6780cc194b34d7745a297f368b4cb5da4790b6df1

Hi Philip,

I noticed that on all my orders, I paid them via different BTC addresses.  So I'm not sure how we can truly track their total BTC values.  It's quite possible their total BTC is way more than that especially since they also mine themselves and operate Antpool and may have different BTC for different batches / purposes / branch.   Whatever the next product is, I hope they can come up with a miner that is as quiet as the S3 or Avalon 6 on the upper end.  Need to expand to another shop where noise is a bit trickier.   

[philipma1957]

I doubt we see a S8.  I think day's of even numbers with all in one setup's are done.  I could be wrong but they have stayed away for a while.  I think they have mastered shipping costs staying with odd numbers.

They have been VERY quiet.  When S7 was coming out there was all kinds of rumors we knew with S5+ some big things were changing.  So far we just have not seen that.  That is no way means they don't have it ready to go, but they have had 0 leaks of info yet.

Yes I think the Even series of Miner is dead and has been replaced by the Plus Series Tripple Bay Miners. Makes sense as it save a lot of engineering work. However also agreed on your VERY quiet point, perhaps too quiet. Could it mean that they are not as advanced as we assume with a 14/16nm Miner?


Rich

maybe they made enough money where they all jumped ship and moved to some tropical island and is currently laying on a beach and drinking drinks from hollowed out pineapples..

They have over 27,000 btc just sitting in a btc addy.

That is over 10,000,000  in fact over 11,000,000 usd

https://blockchain.info/address/1KwA4fS4uVuCNjCtMivE7m5ATbv93UZg8V

but not enough to send me compensation of 150 usd for my batch 1 miner.

As for batch 11 shipping a few people said they had thier gear shipped.

I ordered 4 more  machines despite not having fair compensation for batch 1.  

I have ordered a total of 13 s-7's 11 after the bad batch 1 that  I was never given compensation for.  So my batch 11 are not shipped.

So I will ask the batch 11's shipped  what day did you pay on? My orders were 2 days ago.



https://blockchain.info/tx/e8f4cdfbdf3bcbf252a3ca824915230e883b6b89c464463c1da642c6fa533d45

https://blockchain.info/tx/586eb5f8292d88cafc8d1fe6780cc194b34d7745a297f368b4cb5da4790b6df1

Hi Philip,

I noticed that on all my orders, I paid them via different BTC addresses.  So I'm not sure how we can truly track their total BTC values.  It's quite possible their total BTC is way more than that especially since they also mine themselves and operate Antpool and may have different BTC for different batches / purposes / branch.   Whatever the next product is, I hope they can come up with a miner that is as quiet as the S3 or Avalon 6 on the upper end.  Need to expand to another shop where noise is a bit trickier.  

 every  order I do takes two or 3 steps and ends up at the main address

we know they take bank orders so that does not show up.


 the 27000 coins trace to sales on bitmaintech.  I have traced all my sales to that address above since last year.

I HAVE FOUND THEY HAVE  pulled my sales records older then 2015.

 but
jan 2015 payment
https://blockchain.info/tx/52f60df58612faec5bcfe06ba8ee63004d6b04532760f5ae24b2e119361db4fd

goes to

 https://blockchain.info/tx/f9f29b28c7d125bd193396f8820cb2085f2c7d6eca2bafb96934fb6c1c68a5bb

jan 6 2015

so all of 2015 and part of 2016  these are the sales.

I don't hate them I am pointing out  their service is worse then it used to be.

and that at the least they are holding 27,000 coins.

[nhando]

With that kind of money, you would expect better support.  I'm hoping they will expand their US support center to handle faster replacements.  I'm seeing far too many people waiting 3-6 weeks for replacement fix and the down time is way too costly.  Support concerns are my biggest nightmare.  The biggest issues I'm seeing with these S7s are the crappy HEAT sink connections, other than that, they run pretty well.  You just have to monitor every box very closely which makes it harder to sleep at night as they can come loose at any time and overheat the box very quickly.    I don't think I can make another huge investment on the next miner platform unless I can confirm the heat sinks are properly designed / secured.  I've gotten a few S7 with heat sinks loose and some that are at least 10 degree C hotter on 1 hash board than the others within the same chassis.  The usual should only be within +/- 5 degree C.  Every box we get now, I spin them softly to listen if they have loose heat sink.  Also some units are not cut to the right shape so be careful using the sliding grooves to connect more than 1 S7 together.  If it doesn't go smooth, don't force it as it can become stuck and be very very hard to get out even though it can slide either direction.

[not.you]

Well hell.  My batch 8 has developed a problem.  It started beeping and I happened to be nearby so I checked out the GUI and the hashrate was slowly dropping to zero.  I noticed that one hashboard said the temp was 96 and two of them said temp 0.  So I rebooted through the GUI, it came up and started mining but the temps all say 0 now.  I did a power cycle and same thing, all zeros.  At least it is hashing though so that's good.  It didn't overheat, it is sitting next to a couple other S7's and the temp where they are didn't get up past room temperature and the other machines are fine.  When I power cycled it I did gently move it around to check for a loose heatsink but there wasn't anything detectable, plus I think those were mostly in earlier batches.  But now all zeros on the temps.  Lame.

EDIT:  Looks like this was actually precipitated by a brief failover on the pool.  I have seen these things get messed up on failover before but this is the first time I saw an issue develop that didn't get cured by a power cycle.