Where to buy ASIC with USD (not Ebay)

[freethebitcoin]

I have read lots of threads where ASICs are being sold in group deals here in forum, however all deals i have found are all only accepting Bitcoin as payments.

As it is getting more and more difficult to obtain Bitcoins the most convenient would be to mine it.
As of today, CPU/GPU mining is no longer profitable so we need ASICs.

So we need to mine to get Bitcoins, and we need ASICs to mine but to get ASICs we need Bitcoins and we are stuck on catch 22.

Im in Europe and i would like to use Paypal as payment.


Any advice for a newbie how to get it, now when everyone is advocating for broader adoption of Bitcoin and more distributed mining?

[BFL_Shill]

I think you can purchase Mining hardware from Avalon Group-Buys. Look at the hardware subofrum.

[BFL_Shill]

Oh those are just preorderes still, most are for Bitcoins too.

[freethebitcoin]

I think you can purchase Mining hardware from Avalon Group-Buys. Look at the hardware subofrum.

Thanks for prompt reply.
I searched for "Avalon Group-Buy" and browsed the hardware forum but all Avalon buys i found are for chips and the USB Block erupter that im interested in are all taking BTC.

[BFL_Shill]

I think you can take chips and make them able to mine by paying a person.

[freethebitcoin]

I think you can take chips and make them able to mine by paying a person.

Sorry i didnt get that.

What you mean with "make them able to mine"  ??

[Damnsammit]

I think you can take chips and make them able to mine by paying a person.

Sorry i didnt get that.

What you mean with "make them able to mine"  ??

You'll have to find someone who knows what to do with the chips.

I've thought about buying some, and hitting up a few people to help research it... also thought about doing it myself and documenting all of my follies on the intraweb.

Apparently you need 8 chips minimum since the only configurations that seem to be out there are 8 and 16 chip boards.

[BFL_Shill]

Okay thanks

[Gordon Bleu]

today i've spent 250$ for a Terrahash 4,5Gh  but have to wait a couple of Months


or have you found nothing in Marketplace ?

[souliouz]

I have read lots of threads where ASICs are being sold in group deals here in forum, however all deals i have found are all only accepting Bitcoin as payments.

As it is getting more and more difficult to obtain Bitcoins the most convenient would be to mine it.
As of today, CPU/GPU mining is no longer profitable so we need ASICs.

So we need to mine to get Bitcoins, and we need ASICs to mine but to get ASICs we need Bitcoins and we are stuck on catch 22.

Im in Europe and i would like to use Paypal as payment.


Any advice for a newbie how to get it, now when everyone is advocating for broader adoption of Bitcoin and more distributed mining?

Look at this post, summarising existing group buy and assemblers:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=192860

[macintosh]

Why not just buy bitcoin with usd then buy the ASIC?

[BFL_Shill]

Yes I agree with Macintosh.

[souliouz]

Yes, for example: transfer funds to mtgox, then buy bitcoins.

[arnbrd]

I've been looking for the same way to purchase with not much luck :/

[BFL_Shill]

Can you move funds into mtgox if you are not in the states?

[freethebitcoin]

today i've spent 250$ for a Terrahash 4,5Gh  but have to wait a couple of Months


or have you found nothing in Marketplace ?

Yes i have seen the cloud option, but i cant find any payment info on their website, do they take paypal?
All deals i found in marketplace for USB Block erupter is payed in BTC.

[freethebitcoin]

Look at this post, summarising existing group buy and assemblers:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=192860

Thanks thats a very nice list.

[freethebitcoin]

Why not just buy bitcoin with usd then buy the ASIC?

That is the problem i cant find an easy way to purchase coins with Paypal.

[freethebitcoin]

Yes, for example: transfer funds to mtgox, then buy bitcoins.

After all the negative comments about gox i would rather not, and it would take weeks or months to get reviewed and to get the few BTC i need.