[ANN] Bitfury ASIC sales in EU and Europe

[Foofighter]

Where are the devices shipped from?

From finland, inside the EU or outside?

Need this information to know if additional taxes and customs have to be taken into account.

Best regards

[marto74]

I placed an order for August delivery 25 GH/s miner
In the order form I put my company's VAT reg No and the payment was for 1000 EUR only no VAT.

I'm interested in producing Bitfury based miners. And getting 3000 chips
Where I can find reference design

[mistfpga]

I placed an order for August delivery 25 GH/s miner
In the order form I put my company's VAT reg No and the payment was for 1000 EUR only no VAT.

Heh, thanks - I didnt notice that before, but yeah when I change it to UK it then asks for my VAT number.

Sorry about that - I cant see how I missed it earlier.

On with the show...

[RoadStress]

@punin will you offer schematics for the boards and for the master board? or maybe you will offer assembly service too?

[cscape]

Just for reference ... where can I see a working chip in a production ready board!?
Has anybody a link for me? (Not the pics from the web-shop please)

The board in the pic from the web-shop is working. It only needs to be plugged in and fed some data.

[jeroenn13]

So, is the Starter Kit Plug & Play or do I have to assemble this myself?

[Foofighter]

plug and play i would say

[allinvain]

Plus and play but you're going to have to ghetto rig your own case or mounting solution. I am hoping someone would offer a nice rackmount case design (kind of like ASICMiner's) soon.

[dinogenes]

Don't they need a cooling too?

[dudeofthestick]

If the only payment method is bitcoins, I don't understand why they tax the purchase with VAT.

VAT only applies to FIAT transactions. With Bitcoins you can avoid this tax.

[cscape]

Don't they need a cooling too?

At the voltage these boards work, a small fan blowing air on a board, or between two boards is good enough. No extra heatsink is required.

[mrb]

Congrats Bitfury! (We will definitely be a customer )

FYI there is an error on the front page: it says "starting at 0.1 BTC", when chips actually start at 0.29 BTC each (reel of 3000 pcs for October delivery).

[Isokivi]

Bought the starter kit and four addon boards this morning.

[lmontrose]

Great job!  This is a most promising device!  Can't wait to get a hold of it.  Thanks

We have opened a site for sales of Bitfury ASIC Chips and mining devices based on them.

We're very sorry, but the delivery is not yet available for customers outside Europe. We are working to serve other markets as soon as possible.

We are offering chips on cut-tape and reel and devices identical to the 100TH mine boards, that c-scape and intron designed.

Specifications can be found on the site. All orders are refundable 100% in EUR nominated price until shipped.

The site for sales is open now.

[turtle83]

Question Re: 25GH Miner Starter Kit

Isint each chip 5 GH/s ? Then how is using 16 chips? Last time i checked 16 * 5 = 80 .

Are these 1.56 GH/s chips or that the chip count info on the page is wrong?

[Adano]

Question Re: 25GH Miner Starter Kit

Isint each chip 5 GH/s ? Then how is using 16 chips? Last time i checked 16 * 5 = 80 .

Are these 1.56 GH/s chips or that the chip count info on the page is wrong?

The chip was designed to be 5GH/s, but maximum demomstrarted hashrate till now is 2,7 GH/s with rather intensive air cooling. Chip hashes at only 1.56GH/s on this cscape designed boards because its downvolted to have lower power consumption and passive cooling without heatsinks needed.

[itod]

If the only payment method is bitcoins, I don't understand why they tax the purchase with VAT.

VAT only applies to FIAT transactions. With Bitcoins you can avoid this tax.

This is not true, at least in my country. VAT applies to all transactions, for goods and services, no matter what the currency it was originally taken. For the purpose of VAT the value of the transaction is recalculated in the local currency, and VAT (20%) is always applied in local currency. Avoiding to pay VAT is serious offense and actively prosecuted, so sport of avoiding VAT is not even talked about in any business worth its salt.

[jlsminingcorp]

Blimey, why wouldn't you put heatsinks on? I wouldn't have thought that it would affect the cost much to do this. The power conumption does look awesome, but it would be nice to push the chips a bit harder.

[dani]

Question Re: 25GH Miner Starter Kit

Isint each chip 5 GH/s ? Then how is using 16 chips? Last time i checked 16 * 5 = 80 .

Are these 1.56 GH/s chips or that the chip count info on the page is wrong?

The chip was designed to be 5GH/s, but maximum demomstrarted hashrate till now is 2,7 GH/s with rather intensive air cooling. Chip hashes at only 1.56GH/s on this cscape designed boards because its downvolted to have lower power consumption and passive cooling without heatsinks needed.

can anyone confirm that the c-shape board is capable of higher voltages and clockrates? So overclocking with some heatsinks and fans should be good?

[cscape]

can anyone confirm that the c-shape board is capable of higher voltages and clockrates? So overclocking with some heatsinks and fans should be good?

There's a limit to the output power that can be provided by the on-board regulator, and the voltage is not easily adjustable. However, if you feel a bit adventurous, you could heat up the soldering iron, remove a component to disconnect the on-board regulator, and solder down a wire to provide your own power.  The bottom side of the board is completely flat (at least in the part where the chips are), and can accomodate a heat sink. There are even mounting holes in the board that could be used for that purpose.