ASICMiner Rumors

[Damnsammit]

Somehow I didn't think it could be true, but I'm a n00b so I decided to do some calculations.   Wow, definitely not going to be buying an ASIC anytime soon.

This difficulty is slowly getting insane and your 15% was quite spot on...

All difficulty changes in 2013:

blockNumber   difficulty   ChngeinDiff   %chg   Date
215712    3,249,549.58     269,912.97     +9.06%   1/8/2013
217728    2,968,775.33     (280,774.25)   -8.64%   1/23/2013
219744    3,275,464.58     306,689.25     +10.33%   
221760    3,651,011.63     375,547.05     +11.47%   
223776    4,367,876.00     716,864.37     +19.63%   
225792    4,847,647.15     479,771.15     +10.98%   
227808    6,695,826.28     1,848,179.13     +38.13%   3/24/2013
229824    7,672,999.92     977,173.64     +14.59%   
231840    8,974,296.01     1,301,296.09     +16.96%   
233856    10,076,292.88     1,101,996.87     +12.28%   
235872    11,187,257.46     1,110,964.58     +11.03%   
237888    12,153,411.70     966,154.24     +8.64%   
239904    15,605,632.68     3,452,220.98     +28.41%   6/5/2013
241920    19,339,258.27     3,733,625.59     +23.92%   
243936    21,335,329.11     1,996,070.84     +10.32%   
245952    26,162,875.68     4,827,546.57     +22.63%   7/11/2013
248417    31,256,960.72     5,094,085.04     +19.47%   7/25/2013


Average Increase    +15.25%

Only one decrease all year... not looking good for the simpleton miner!

[reactor]

Oh, mining is like punishing yourself, everyone here throws cash at rumors, websites, and 3D models hoping that company X will deliver Y, which has ###TH/s hashrate (that sounds kinda good right now), problem is it'll show up in two months.  And as it turns out, next week, and every week after that, company X + timePassed will suddenly hit the market with promises that sound as good if not better. 

I heard about BTC years ago, I got into it right when AsicMiner started putting hardware online.  I realized very quickly that you have to find your niche in this market and that late adopters are more or less screwed unless you get lucky.  At the same time, I'm not complaining, this is a microcosm of life and gives a pretty good look at the fact that some folks win big (like AsicMiner) while most lose hard.  The fact that anyone with $1M USD can totally f' with BitCoin is both the most exciting thing about trading and the worst possible thing for any form of mainstream adoption.  The system is so flawed that the gold rush is still on - long-term sustainability has yet to be proven.

But we keep coming back for more.  It's fun for geeks like us.

[stex2009]

Ordered 25 total from canary and silentsonic. That will be fun! Makes sense at these diff levels.

[azwccc]

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=262401.0

Group buy in Chinese section also confirmed the rumor. Seems like 5 days left to claim.

[agibby5]

So is this "promo"/rumor for the Chinese only?

[notlist3d]

Can we officially say this is not a rumor at this point?  Are people getting it just not US group buys so far?

[CanaryInTheMine]

Can we officially say this is not a rumor at this point?  Are people getting it just not US group buys so far?

Have you seen an official announcement?

[agibby5]

Can we officially say this is not a rumor at this point?  Are people getting it just not US group buys so far?

Have you seen an official announcement?

Have you reached out to friedcat about this?

[notme]

Can we officially say this is not a rumor at this point?  Are people getting it just not US group buys so far?

Have you seen an official announcement?

Have you reached out to friedcat about this?

If friedcat was ready to make an announcement, friedcat would make an announcement.  As usual, people are jumping the gun.

[CanaryInTheMine]

Can we officially say this is not a rumor at this point?  Are people getting it just not US group buys so far?

Have you seen an official announcement?

Have you reached out to friedcat about this?

I would like to invite you to read the OP plz, thanks!

[CanaryInTheMine]

Can we officially say this is not a rumor at this point?  Are people getting it just not US group buys so far?

Have you seen an official announcement?

Have you reached out to friedcat about this?

If friedcat was ready to make an announcement, friedcat would make an announcement.  As usual, people are jumping the gun.

Me jumping the gun?? No!! Not me!!

Sorry!! Couldn't resist 

+1 on your post...

[initforthemoney]

Somebody plz tell me where to buy these now! lol

[CanaryInTheMine]

Somebody plz tell me where to buy these now! lol

Right here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=260971.0
immediate shipping

[mem]

Somebody plz tell me where to buy these now! lol

Right here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=260971.0
immediate shipping

+1 Canary is an absolute pleasure to deal with, I cant remember the last time I bought bitcoin hardware with such ease (except for 5970's from the local pc store).

[SilentSonicBoom]

Somebody plz tell me where to buy these now! lol

Can buy more from me here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=261257.0 . Thank you for the order. Enjoy!

[nwfella]

Watching closely!

[initforthemoney]

Somebody plz tell me where to buy these now! lol

Can buy more from me here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=261257.0 . Thank you for the order. Enjoy!

I should have been more specific. I meant where can I get these for .1 BTC, I guess it's still just a rumor though...Unless it isn't...

[notme]

Somebody plz tell me where to buy these now! lol

Can buy more from me here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=261257.0 . Thank you for the order. Enjoy!

I should have been more specific. I meant where can I get these for .1 BTC, I guess it's still just a rumor though...Unless it isn't...

Even if the rumor is true, you can't get them for 0.1 unless you already paid 0.99 for them.  The rumor is a price of 0.6 in general and repeat customers can get X at 0.1 where X is how many they bought at 0.89/0.99.

However, at the moment you can't get them for 0.6 except maybe for some used devices.  Until Friedcat makes an announcement, price is still 0.89/0.99 (customers with 1000+ orders get the discount).

[initforthemoney]

Somebody plz tell me where to buy these now! lol

Can buy more from me here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=261257.0 . Thank you for the order. Enjoy!

I should have been more specific. I meant where can I get these for .1 BTC, I guess it's still just a rumor though...Unless it isn't...

Even if the rumor is true, you can't get them for 0.1 unless you already paid 0.99 for them.  The rumor is a price of 0.6 in general and repeat customers can get X at 0.1 where X is how many they bought at 0.89/0.99.

Repeat customers since a specific time period or in general? I just bought 10 the other day so i'm wondering if there's a specific span of time that customer who purchased at that time would now qualify for the 0.1 BTC or is it just everyone at any time?

[bitspill]

Somebody plz tell me where to buy these now! lol

Can buy more from me here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=261257.0 . Thank you for the order. Enjoy!

I should have been more specific. I meant where can I get these for .1 BTC, I guess it's still just a rumor though...Unless it isn't...

Even if the rumor is true, you can't get them for 0.1 unless you already paid 0.99 for them.  The rumor is a price of 0.6 in general and repeat customers can get X at 0.1 where X is how many they bought at 0.89/0.99.

Repeat customers since a specific time period or in general? I just bought 10 the other day so i'm wondering if there's a specific span of time that customer who purchased at that time would now qualify for the 0.1 BTC or is it just everyone at any time?

Who knows? There has not been an official announcement this is all speculation thus far based upon a rumor from a thread in the Chinese subforum.