Bitmain's Released Antminer S9, World's First 16nm Miner Ready to Order

[OgNasty]

Nice to see these finally selling for less than 2 BTC.

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[Biodom]

~1.9 for 11, shipped to US.

[Tupsu]

Nice to see these finally selling for less than 2 BTC.

Antminer S9, 13.5TH/s
Batch 19. Shipping within 5 working days of order confirmation.
1607 USD    ( 2.37 BTC )


Antminer S9, 11TH/s
Batch 18. Shipping within 7 working days of order confirmation.
1232 USD    ( 1.817 BTC )

I prefer the first version.

[moe7865]

check the mempool. 6000BTC in fees according to blockchain. is that normal ?

[Biodom]

Nice to see these finally selling for less than 2 BTC.

Antminer S9, 13.5TH/s
Batch 19. Shipping within 5 working days of order confirmation.
1607 USD    ( 2.37 BTC )


Antminer S9, 11TH/s
Batch 18. Shipping within 7 working days of order confirmation.
1232 USD    ( 1.817 BTC )

I prefer the first version.

first one has premium built in (not equivalent), but a pair of 13.5/11 will fit nicely (with some reserve) on a 2880W PSU.

check the mempool. 6000BTC in fees according to blockchain. is that normal ?

people overpaying? Don't. My 0.0003 fee was confirmed in 17 min.

[not.you]

people overpaying? Don't. My 0.0003 fee was confirmed in 17 min.

Unfortunately my transaction with a fee of 0.000248 which comes out to 0.00030392 per kb has been skipped over for at least the last 10 blocks.  I decided to bite the bullet and upgrade my last S7 to an S9 but I forgot to increase my default fee on my wallet.  Normally I am not overly concerned by superfast confirmations but in the past I have always tried to make sure my payments for antminers confirm quickly.  Not sure what they will do if it take more than 24 hours to confirm.

[Biodom]

people overpaying? Don't. My 0.0003 fee was confirmed in 17 min.

Unfortunately my transaction with a fee of 0.000248 which comes out to 0.00030392 per kb has been skipped over for at least the last 10 blocks.  I decided to bite the bullet and upgrade my last S7 to an S9 but I forgot to increase my default fee on my wallet.  Normally I am not overly concerned by superfast confirmations but in the past I have always tried to make sure my payments for antminers confirm quickly.  Not sure what they will do if it take more than 24 hours to confirm.

yeah, blockchain wallet suggested 0.000226, but i forced the increase to 0.0003; not much, but it was sufficient, albeit that it was just 450bytes, so about 67sat/byte vs yours 30sat/byte (should confirm in less than 8hr)

[not.you]

On the bright side, the network backlog is about a third of what it was yesterday so if BTC can refrain from going up another $30 today then maybe that backlog can get worked out and my transaction will get picked up.

EDIT: Well what do you know it got picked up already.  So less than 3 hours total.

[wolfen]

people overpaying? Don't. My 0.0003 fee was confirmed in 17 min.

Unfortunately my transaction with a fee of 0.000248 which comes out to 0.00030392 per kb has been skipped over for at least the last 10 blocks.  I decided to bite the bullet and upgrade my last S7 to an S9 but I forgot to increase my default fee on my wallet.  Normally I am not overly concerned by superfast confirmations but in the past I have always tried to make sure my payments for antminers confirm quickly.  Not sure what they will do if it take more than 24 hours to confirm.

If you use multibit HD you can 'fix' (fix button) your wallet which will clear the unconfirmed transaction and you can resubmit.
Bitcoin core wallet has to be restarted with some goofy flag to do the same.

Run bitcoin core with -zapwallettxes  flag to clear unconfirmed transactions.

I have done BOTH of these fixes, have BOTH wallets.

[wolfen]

New firmware running 20C hotter (PCB) than old.
75C vs 55C
HWE are low.
Fans run slow (about 30%)
New oct 27 firmware now.

[Sierra8561]

New firmware running 20C hotter (PCB) than old.
75C vs 55C
HWE are low.

My test machine is running hotter also. The update runs quite smooth, Bitmain needs to give us control over fan speed again.

[wolfen]

New firmware running 20C hotter (PCB) than old.
75C vs 55C
HWE are low.

My test machine is running hotter also. The update runs quite smooth, Bitmain needs to give us control over fan speed again.

Wouldn't mind a lower limit but we really need more fan speed. Maybe even an idiot  FAN BOOST button for us paranoid folk.
They do control the fan speed with the autotune, just need a bit more. Chips may have lower HWE when they are warmer, that might be the reasoning.
If we could just bend some tech's ear....

[not.you]

If you use multibit HD you can 'fix' (fix button) your wallet which will clear the payment and you can resubmit.
Bitcoin core wallet has to be restarted with some goofy flag to do the same.

Run bitcoin core with -zapwallettxes  flag to clear unconfirmed transactions.

I have done BOTH of these fixes, have BOTH wallets.

That's super helpful to know.  Thanks.  I was using multibit hd in this case but it was confirmed already so all good.  I also use a variety of different wallets but usually use the multibit wallet for my miner purchases.

Bitmain needs to give us control over fan speed again.

Wouldn't mind a lower limit but we really need more fan speed. Maybe even an idiot  FAN BOOST button for us paranoid folk.
They do control the fan speed with the autotune, just need a bit more. Chips may have lower HWE when they are warmer, that might be the reasoning.
If we could just bend some tech's ear....

Yeah it would be nice if you could at least increase it some.  I was running my early batches at 90% all summer.  I have them decreased to 80% now though.

[wolfen]

If you use multibit HD you can 'fix' (fix button) your wallet which will clear the payment and you can resubmit.
Bitcoin core wallet has to be restarted with some goofy flag to do the same.

Run bitcoin core with -zapwallettxes  flag to clear unconfirmed transactions.

I have done BOTH of these fixes, have BOTH wallets.

That's super helpful to know.  Thanks.  I was using multibit hd in this case but it was confirmed already so all good.  I also use a variety of different wallets but usually use the multibit wallet for my miner purchases.

Bitmain needs to give us control over fan speed again.

Wouldn't mind a lower limit but we really need more fan speed. Maybe even an idiot  FAN BOOST button for us paranoid folk.
They do control the fan speed with the autotune, just need a bit more. Chips may have lower HWE when they are warmer, that might be the reasoning.
If we could just bend some tech's ear....

Yeah it would be nice if you could at least increase it some.  I was running my early batches at 90% all summer.  I have them decreased to 80% now though.

I was thinking of running all my s9's with autotune to get the freq numbers for each board and then flip back to old firmware with those numbers
where you have fan control. Then consolidate boards that have the same autotune freq. Or just put in the FAN BOOST button on the GUI.
I have to run mine at 80% fan to keep them cool and they are in a tier 4 datacenter. 30%/40% seems a bit scary for a $1600 machine,

[not.you]

I was thinking of running all my s9's with autotune to get the freq numbers for each board and then flip back to old firmware with those numbers
where you have fan control. Then consolidate boards that have the same autotune freq.

Didn't the original autotune firmware tune each chip?  The logs I saw posted for it looked like it did.  I haven't used any of those firmwares and my miners are all early batches now so haven't tested any of them.  I did mention the idea of mixing and matching boards based on performance back when I got my first S9 (batch 3).  That first S9 has a single bad board so I am quite certain the other two boards would even OC without a problem but that one board can't even handle stock freq.

EDIT:  I was actually hoping that one of the newer autotune firmwares would work on old miners so I could autotune that one and get a higher freq on the good boards.

[wolfen]

I was thinking of running all my s9's with autotune to get the freq numbers for each board and then flip back to old firmware with those numbers
where you have fan control. Then consolidate boards that have the same autotune freq.

Didn't the original autotune firmware tune each chip?  The logs I saw posted for it looked like it did.  I haven't used any of those firmwares and my miners are all early batches now so haven't tested any of them.  I did mention the idea of mixing and matching boards based on performance back when I got my first S9 (batch 3).  That first S9 has a single bad board so I am quite certain the other two boards would even OC without a problem but that one board can't even handle stock freq.

EDIT:  I was actually hoping that one of the newer autotune firmwares would work on old miners so I could autotune that one and get a higher freq on the good boards.

You mean older s9's? New firmware does not run on old s9's?

[HagssFIN]

It seems like the autotune frequencies are programmed in to the PIC in the hash boards.
I tried the new firmware October 27 in my S9, batch 2 and all it tried based on the kernel log was 600Mhz all over again 

[wolfen]

It seems like the autotune frequencies are programmed in to the PIC in the hash boards.
I tried the new firmware October 27 in my S9, batch 2 and all it tried based on the kernel log was 600Mhz all over again  

Crap.
I think the install of the autotune said don't have the "SAVE SETTINGS" button set. Maybe...

[HagssFIN]

It seems like the autotune frequencies are programmed in to the PIC in the hash boards.
I tried the new firmware October 27 in my S9, batch 2 and all it tried based on the kernel log was 600Mhz all over again  
et.

This means that the autotune frequencies are only available in the newest batches.

[Sierra8561]

It seems like the autotune frequencies are programmed in to the PIC in the hash boards.
I tried the new firmware October 27 in my S9, batch 2 and all it tried based on the kernel log was 600Mhz all over again  

Crap.
I think the install of the autotune said don't have the "SAVE SETTINGS" button set. Maybe...

I also am giving todays firmware a try. Really hoping Bitmain gives us the ability to control fan speed again. My machine is running 10c hotter than the rest.