Hello everyone,
I'm considering pre-ordering a Mercury from KnC Miner, they have on their website they will be shipping in October. I am wondering if someone with more inside information or knowledge of KnC or ASIC Miners has any idea how likely the shipping date is (nervous a bit do to BFL) or how legit KnC is in general.
I am also wondering with the mercury projected to hit 100gh/s and assuming with throwing in a delay factor that you get it say Jan 2014 do you think within 6 months I would get my initial investment back?
Any tips/thoughts or idea would be greatly appreciated.
Joe
This tool was posted elsewhere and might be helpful, although the hashrate increases are high they may be correct...hope not.
The thing that it shows up well if the vast difference between the earning of any miner based on a relatively short delay...say Oct to Nov.
http://mining.thegenesisblock.com/Set it to start in December and you'll see that buying coins will serve you better for ALL hardware listed there barring a large increase in price of BTC.
I have an order with KnC ...but it seems to me that their next gen will always be needed ASAP to stay ahead so it's going to be a constant upgrade which may not prove to be worthwhile in the near future. Why risk so much money when all you're going to get is less BTC than you could have if you simply bought them ?
If I were you now I'd wait for the next gen.
You'll know by then if they are reliable.
You have a chance of an early order and delivery on a gen 2 in March.
You may spend the same money for a competitive machine capable of ROI , which you may not if you catch the tail end of deliveries now.
Something better, stronger, faster may come along from someone else.
If my KnC machine gets here as promised and that tool is correct, I'll have broken even just in time for gen 2. However, that depends on hashrate, price of BTC, and it coming on time. IF I'd kept my money none of that would matter.
