GENERAL SALES ARE CLOSED - If you only want a few, talk to a reseller because if you email me I probably won't even respond.
To anyone who buys from a reseller, that person is your first point of contact for any support issues because that person got your money, not me, and the markup you paid means the seller
owes you good customer service. So don't ask me for support requests unless you bought from me directly. Or check here -
2Pac Support Thread
GekkoScience is currently working on a variety of miner projects. The biggest news is, I have access to Bitfury's new 16nm mining ASIC and will be designing a family of miners around it. I say "family" because I'm looking at a 2-chip USB stick, an 11-chip "pod" (40-100W standalone) and a 33-chip board (~220W, adjustable up or down) designed to fit on S1/3/5 heatsinks.
In order to help raise money for development on these projects, I'm working on some simpler products that follow along after the BM1384 Compac project from last year. Because BM1384 can undervolt down to about S7 stock power (0.25J/GH chip-level) and they're easy to work with, these "fundraiser" projects will keep using them. The plan is to build a 2-chip USB stick and an 8-chip "pod".
The pod miner I expect to have a 35W hashrate about 88GH, with a peak 70W hashrate of 120GH. When I have them prototyped and ready I'll have more info for you.
The USB stick, let's call it the 2Pac, will have about the same baseline hashrate and efficiency as the original Compac but per-hashrate efficiency increases quite a bit as you crank it up, and cooling should be more effective. That is to say, if all you want is a 2.5W stickminer it's no better than the original, but it's quite a bit more overclockable.
| Freq | GH | Vcore | Power | J/GH |
| 100 | 11.00 | 1.26 | 3.67 | 0.33 |
| 125 | 13.75 | 1.26 | 4.48 | 0.33 |
| 150 | 16.50 | 1.26 | 5.27 | 0.32 |
| 175 | 19.25 | 1.26 | 6.12 | 0.32 |
| 200 | 22.00 | 1.32 | 7.43 | 0.34 |
| 225 | 24.75 | 1.36 | 8.73 | 0.35 |
| 250 | 27.50 | 1.40 | 10.11 | 0.37 |
| 275 | 30.25 | 1.46 | 12.25 | 0.40 |
| 300 | 33.00 | 1.50 | 13.98 | 0.42 |
A driver with baseline functionality has already been developed, and by deployment should be both backward-compatible with the original Compac and forward-compatible with the pod.
Since this is a fundraiser for better things, I'm actually putting up 3 different ways for people to pitch in.
1BURGERAXHH6Yi6LRybRJK7ybEm5m5HwTrThis is the general donation address for GekkoScience projects. Bitcoins put in here will go to prototypes, parts and the occasional hot sandwich.
12PACBUYyFhRyhRB4qB9Z5Z8M6E3p8gpmtThis is the general sales address for the 2Pac. It'll be used to buy materials to manufacture the 2Pacs, and the surplus will be funneled straight into BF16 project development. I also accept PayPal payments at
sales@gekkoscience.com12pAcLoAN9yhTbSbPwCiJFeDkw8zMAxYyHThis is a new thing I'm trying out. This is a 2Pac Loan address, and and coins here will be used for 2Pac manufacture, the profits therefrom going into BF16 development. Once the BF16 projects are rolling and turning a profit, all the coins paid into this address will be paid back to the sender's address.
MacEntyre has stock for EU sales through his website bitshopper.de
valkir is arranging a Canada group buy in an adjacent thread.
Eyeboot.com will be stocking for the Asian market, and also sells some beefy USB hubs.
2Pac sticks are $30 apiece for any quantity. For the sake of simplicity, I'll charge a flat $10 on shipping for all US orders. If you're interested in purchasing, PM me here or email sales@gekkoscience.com with quantity, shipping address and desired payment method.
