BITMAIN AntRouter R1: 1st wireless networking device with bitcoin mining chip

[RichBC]

I had hoped that the Adapters had been removed from sale so that they could remove the shipping cost for the adapter. Unfortunately adding an Adapter still doubles the shipping cost, which is ridiculous....

Rich

It's not their fault... blame DHL or UPS. 

The shippers may well be charging for an additional package, however if that is the case Bitmain should have made room in the packaging for the adapter.

[VirosaGITS]

I had hoped that the Adapters had been removed from sale so that they could remove the shipping cost for the adapter. Unfortunately adding an Adapter still doubles the shipping cost, which is ridiculous....

Rich

It's not their fault... blame DHL or UPS. 

The shippers may well be charging for an additional package, however if that is the case Bitmain should have made room in the packaging for the adapter.

They could just tape both box together, then slap a single sticker on it. Charging double shipping on this because of improper packaging is kind of rip off. I understand now why people say to not buy an adapter from Bitmain and just grab a decent one at a local electric shop...

[notlist3d]

I had hoped that the Adapters had been removed from sale so that they could remove the shipping cost for the adapter. Unfortunately adding an Adapter still doubles the shipping cost, which is ridiculous....

Rich

It's not their fault... blame DHL or UPS. 

The shippers may well be charging for an additional package, however if that is the case Bitmain should have made room in the packaging for the adapter.

They could just tape both box together, then slap a single sticker on it. Charging double shipping on this because of improper packaging is kind of rip off. I understand now why people say to not buy an adapter from Bitmain and just grab a decent one at a local electric shop...

One thing people have not mentioned is might be possible R1 and Adapter ship from different places.  In C1 day's they did shipment through syscooling.  So if they ship the R1 and they have hired some cheap adapter buisness to ship adapters then it could be two shipments.

I think it is unlikely of being 2 shipments.   But throwing it out there as a possibility since charged for 2 shipments.

[VirosaGITS]

I had hoped that the Adapters had been removed from sale so that they could remove the shipping cost for the adapter. Unfortunately adding an Adapter still doubles the shipping cost, which is ridiculous....

Rich

It's not their fault... blame DHL or UPS. 

The shippers may well be charging for an additional package, however if that is the case Bitmain should have made room in the packaging for the adapter.

They could just tape both box together, then slap a single sticker on it. Charging double shipping on this because of improper packaging is kind of rip off. I understand now why people say to not buy an adapter from Bitmain and just grab a decent one at a local electric shop...

One thing people have not mentioned is might be possible R1 and Adapter ship from different places.  In C1 day's they did shipment through syscooling.  So if they ship the R1 and they have hired some cheap adapter buisness to ship adapters then it could be two shipments.

I think it is unlikely of being 2 shipments.   But throwing it out there as a possibility since charged for 2 shipments.

Well now that you mention it, it sound fairly possible. After the mentality there seem to be "The cheaper, the better, deal with the consequence later." It even rhyme, so...!

I guess its bad customer service but effective from their point of view since its not them that pay shipping. I'm guessing the sender's address will be written on the package so we'll be able to know when someone receive a R1 + an adapter?

[aarons6]

For all those dealing with power adapters look at this http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Bluetooth-Sync-Smart-Watch-Phone-Bracelet-For-Android-Smart-Phones-Silver/2042981134.html?spm=2114.01020208.3.20.Fw6QcJ&ws_ab_test=201556_7,201527_2_71_72_73_74_75,0_0

2.66$ with shipping.

lol
On-time Delivery
60 days



however you can get them on amazon.. much faster shipping and also under 3$

[klondike_bar]

I repeat, the only real photo of the backside of the unit is this:

looks like a US plug tucked away there at the side...why do we need an extra usa adapter for $1 usd then?

It looks like a pair of fold-away metal prongs. BLADED prongs, parallel to eachother.
Bitmain's own pictures of the front show slight dips in the case where prongs would likely fold away.

It seems safe to say there are built to fit a typical US outlet format, without grounding (common for most small electronics).
whatever, i ordered 2 of them anyways

[torepia]

Kinda looks like my chinese travel charger



6A 125V/250V @ the EU plug.

[notlist3d]

I repeat, the only real photo of the backside of the unit is this:

looks like a US plug tucked away there at the side...why do we need an extra usa adapter for $1 usd then?

It looks like a pair of fold-away metal prongs. BLADED prongs, parallel to eachother.
Bitmain's own pictures of the front show slight dips in the case where prongs would likely fold away.

It seems safe to say there are built to fit a typical US outlet format, without grounding (common for most small electronics).
whatever, i ordered 2 of them anyways

Pretty sure that is just the standard chinese plug, not sure what voltage it runs or how safe it is to use in an American outlet.

I'm going to be really suprised if it's not Chinese plug with them selling adapters.  I just don't see them selling us something usless.   

As many said some China recepticals can look like 2 prongs but they are bent to side.  Look at top of following picture:

So it really is possible it looks straight for transport and goes to side once opened.  I wish the review cybtc did would have covered it.

[aarons6]

I repeat, the only real photo of the backside of the unit is this:

looks like a US plug tucked away there at the side...why do we need an extra usa adapter for $1 usd then?

It looks like a pair of fold-away metal prongs. BLADED prongs, parallel to eachother.
Bitmain's own pictures of the front show slight dips in the case where prongs would likely fold away.

It seems safe to say there are built to fit a typical US outlet format, without grounding (common for most small electronics).
whatever, i ordered 2 of them anyways

Pretty sure that is just the standard chinese plug, not sure what voltage it runs or how safe it is to use in an American outlet.

I'm going to be really suprised if it's not Chinese plug with them selling adapters.  I just don't see them selling us something usless.  

As many said some China recepticals can look like 2 prongs but they are bent to side.  Look at top of following picture:

So it really is possible it looks straight for transport and goes to side once opened.  I wish the review cybtc did would have covered it.

Not the chinese plugs I have gotten, they look like american but straight metal no holes, like this.



looks like it is called China 2P plug.

thats what it looks like, they fit in us sockets but are loose.. id still use an adapter.

[notlist3d]

I think the main thing I'm looking forward to is testing these with U3's.   I think if they could fix zombie on it they would sell more U3's aswell.  So it would be win/win for them.

I have not had a huge problem 1-2 times a day 1 of my 3 U3's will zombie out.   So I am able to fix it (I'm happy it has led's that make it easy to see if zombie one red led is out).   But I would love to have plug and play like my other miners.

[spazzdla]

I repeat, the only real photo of the backside of the unit is this:

looks like a US plug tucked away there at the side...why do we need an extra usa adapter for $1 usd then?

It looks like a pair of fold-away metal prongs. BLADED prongs, parallel to eachother.
Bitmain's own pictures of the front show slight dips in the case where prongs would likely fold away.

It seems safe to say there are built to fit a typical US outlet format, without grounding (common for most small electronics).
whatever, i ordered 2 of them anyways

Pretty sure that is just the standard chinese plug, not sure what voltage it runs or how safe it is to use in an American outlet.

Input Voltage
 

110V - 220V
 

Will work just fine, Bitmain knows what they are doing.

[ldp]

Has anyone opened one of these yet?
Or maybe know what CPU it uses?

[notlist3d]

Has anyone opened one of these yet?
Or maybe know what CPU it uses?

So far all I have seen is CYBTC.   It was not opened so we really don't know.   We are still waiting to hear what kinda plug is on it for sure, so we still have many questions.

I think it will be after it ships out till we find some of it.   But no the cpu is not known.

[aarons6]

Has anyone opened one of these yet?
Or maybe know what CPU it uses?

So far all I have seen is CYBTC.   It was not opened so we really don't know.   We are still waiting to hear what kinda plug is on it for sure, so we still have many questions.

I think it will be after it ships out till we find some of it.   But no the cpu is not known.

im wondering if its just a controller board like the s3 has.. it would be pretty simple to turn it into a wifi router.

[notlist3d]

Has anyone opened one of these yet?
Or maybe know what CPU it uses?

So far all I have seen is CYBTC.   It was not opened so we really don't know.   We are still waiting to hear what kinda plug is on it for sure, so we still have many questions.

I think it will be after it ships out till we find some of it.   But no the cpu is not known.

im wondering if its just a controller board like the s3 has.. it would be pretty simple to turn it into a wifi router.

I don't think it will be a controller board like that.  I think it will be something more like a router.  If you opened up a tplink nano it likely will be like that with a chip.

Only we don't know power of processor or a lot of other specs.  But Even still I suspect they leave upon firmware for custom firmware's.  This might allow us some other options.

[notlist3d]

I saw ITOP has these for 29$ free shipping, they are legit and accept paypal so looks like you can get them sent to America for a decent price. (HK shipping is slow though) I am guessing bulk buyers are getting a nice discount.

Can you share a link to this?  The top two websites on google did not load for me.  So not sure if it's me or what.

That would be very interesting if they got it for a price they can sell at 29 with free shipping.  If they did get this they will get some sales for sure.

[Mikestang]

http://www.itopshop.net/a-wireless-router-with-bitcoin-mining-chip-antminer-r1-p-288.html

There you go, it is 29$ with slow shipping, I am probably going to snag one at this price.

Hmm, at that price I'm tempted to get one new (rather than wait for a used one like I initially planned) just to see if it makes my U3 work any better.  Probably not, but messing with electronics is part of the fun of bitcoin.  And I just sold off my last spare U3 for about what the R1 costs, so I could look at is as a trade of sorts.

[notlist3d]

I saw ITOP has these for 29$ free shipping, they are legit and accept paypal so looks like you can get them sent to America for a decent price. (HK shipping is slow though) I am guessing bulk buyers are getting a nice discount.

Can you share a link to this?  The top two websites on google did not load for me.  So not sure if it's me or what.

That would be very interesting if they got it for a price they can sell at 29 with free shipping.  If they did get this they will get some sales for sure.

http://www.itopshop.net/a-wireless-router-with-bitcoin-mining-chip-antminer-r1-p-288.html

There you go, it is 29$ with slow shipping, I am probably going to snag one at this price.

Thanks for posting that is a steal of a deal if true for the entire router.    I wonder what bulk pricing is now.

ITOP are you able to confirm what kinda plug is on the back of the router?  Is it Chinese plug as many suspect, or did we get extremely lucky and us?

[RichBC]

You will find that it's only free postage if you order a single unit, but a great deal if you are not in a hurry. 

Rich

[valkir]

Bitmain finally confirmed my payment. I guess some of them are back to work!