New bitfury B8

[spazzdla]

Anyone running it?

http://bitfury.shop/index.php?route=product/product&path=25&product_id=50


"Be wary of this website. I sent an email to Bitfury and they confirmed that they are not associated with bitfury.shop in any way. This is likely a scam!"

From a poster below.. quite suspicious..

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[stelee68]

The hashrate looks good, and price per TH is around usd$190+ per TH for total price + VAT.

Yep, the VAT is 21% and have to pay additional import tax for coming into the country.

Payment by BTC only, I guess only you old-timers have that kind of BTC sitting around waiting to be spend eh...

[livfreely]

That looks nice.  Do you have to have your own dedicated panel to power this thing....lol

[HagssFIN]

Can you confirm that it is a legit webshop?

I can't see any link at Bitfury's official website www.bitfury.com

[gurugarzah]

Site was just purchased on December 5th

Here’s all the Whois info it’s only
Registered for a year. If it’s a scam it’s one of the nicer scam sites.
But, his gmail address kind of raises a brow.

Code:

Domain Name: BITFURY.SHOP 
Registry Domain ID: DO2924205-GMO 
Registrar WHOIS Server: https://www.nic.ru/whois/ 
Registrar URL: http://www.nic.ru 
Updated Date: 2017-12-05T00:37:23.0Z 
Creation Date: 2017-12-05T00:37:19.0Z 
Registry Expiry Date: 2018-12-05T23:59:59.0Z 
Registrar: Regional Network Information Center, JSC dba RU-CENTER 
Registrar IANA ID: 463 
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: tld-abuse@nic.ru 
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +7.4957370716 
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited 
Registry Registrant ID: HA2654461-GMO 
Registrant Name: Maxim I Fedoseev 
Registrant Organization: Maxim I Fedoseev 
Registrant Street: ul.Turku d.19 kv.42 
Registrant City: Saint-Petersburg 
Registrant Postal Code: 192238 
Registrant Country: RU 
Registrant Phone: +7.9651841402 
Registrant Phone Ext: 
Registrant Fax: 
Registrant Fax Ext: 
Registrant Email: dolbonavt@gmail.com 
Registry Admin ID: HA2654461-GMO 
Admin Name: Maxim I Fedoseev 
Admin Organization: Maxim I Fedoseev 
Admin Street: ul.Turku d.19 kv.42 
Admin City: Saint-Petersburg 
Admin Postal Code: 192238 
Admin Country: RU 
Admin Phone: +7.9651841402 
Admin Phone Ext: 
Admin Fax: 
Admin Fax Ext: 
Admin Email: dolbonavt@gmail.com 
Registry Tech ID: HA2654461-GMO 
Tech Name: Maxim I Fedoseev 
Tech Organization: Maxim I Fedoseev 
Tech Street: ul.Turku d.19 kv.42 
Tech City: Saint-Petersburg 
Tech Postal Code: 192238 
Tech Country: RU 
Tech Phone: +7.9651841402 
Tech Phone Ext: 
Tech Fax: 
Tech Fax Ext: 
Tech Email: dolbonavt@gmail.com 
Name Server: NS1.HC.RU 
Name Server: NS2.HC.RU 
DNSSEC: unsigned 
URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form: https://www.icann.org/wicf/ 
>>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2017-12-20T17:14:05.0Z <<<

(Moderator's note: This post was edited by frodocooper to use code tags for the website's domain details.)

[livfreely]

Well it says two batches have already sold out.  So their has to be someone who will be reviewing these if true.  I should expect we see something confirming this unit shortly. 

[livfreely]

Who's down for a group buy

http://bitfury.shop/index.php?route=product/product&path=20&product_id=51

[gurugarzah]

Well it says two batches have already sold out.  So their has to be someone who will be reviewing these if true.  I should expect we see something confirming this unit shortly. 

Yeah there’s no way the sold out notifications are fake..

[livfreely]

These listings have been popping up on eBay.  This is a US firm, but the symbols/logos are similar.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/USED-Bitmain-Antminer-S7-Bitcoin-ASIC-Miner-4-73TH-s-FreePSU-Perfect-Working/391932509858?hash=item5b40ff7ea2:g:4KcAAOSwHNxaMbmN

[gurugarzah]

These listings have been popping up on eBay.  This is a US firm, but the symbols/logos are similar.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/USED-Bitmain-Antminer-S7-Bitcoin-ASIC-Miner-4-73TH-s-FreePSU-Perfect-Working/391932509858?hash=item5b40ff7ea2:g:4KcAAOSwHNxaMbmN

Yes BitFury is definitely a very real company.

On there website www.bitfury.com they’ve stated beware of scams here’s our web page addresses.
It doesn’t list BitFury.shop <- this is important.

I’m
Just saying I’d be wary of it personally.

[score1more]

Yes BitFury is definitely a very real company.

On there website www.bitfury.com they’ve stated beware of scams here’s our web page addresses.
It doesn’t list BitFury.shop <- this is important.

I’m
Just saying I’d be wary of it personally.

I agree - why is the domain registered from a Russian registrar?  Bitfury has no presence in Russia that I can see.  The photos of the product are also sketchy.  Looks like there are 6 Antminers in a rackmount conversion chassis.

Safe to call scam on this until proven otherwise.

[AlexaVenture]

Anyone running it?

http://bitfury.shop/index.php?route=product/product&path=25&product_id=50

Be careful, usually russian websites have a high risk of being scams

Bitfury though is good

[score1more]

Just doing a little more recon on bitfury.shop.

1.  It's behind CloudFlare
2.  Bitfury.com is not behind CloudFlare
3.  http://www.crimeflare.info/cfs.html - reveals an IP address possibly associated with this cloudflare account.

Some CloudFlare-user domains with a direct-connect IP address of  185.145.131.236

bitfury.shop
catherby.pw
ddos.wtf

Hmm..

Then using the leet hacking tool of Google - dolbonavt@gmail.com  email address comes up with some not-so-nice results.

Run, don't walk away from this deal.

[gurugarzah]

New BitFury Bait

[spazzdla]

Can you confirm that it is a legit webshop?

I can't see any link at Bitfury's official website www.bitfury.com

I cannot, kind of why I asked the question.  


I'd am thinking it is legit as there is a guy in Toronto wanting to sell them.. Claims to have them on hand.  It's a 2 hour drive and that city has to many Fing people so going to find out isn't very tempting.

[paddyj]

Be wary of this website. I sent an email to Bitfury and they confirmed that they are not associated with bitfury.shop in any way. This is likely a scam!

[bitcoinguy140]

SCAM

THE OP might want to update the original post because i didnt realize it was a scam until I started researching.  Its very misleading first post.

[majlkcze]

I have contacted official Bitfury via email, their price is 7.000 USD per unit, with delivery within 8 months.
You can contact sales@bitfury.com

Dont use the fake scam website... contact them directly

[castiel0504]

This site seems pretty fishy thou, not sure why, but this site, and site from bitfury doesn't have secure connection?

Bitfury Shop - https://prnt.sc/hw1c02
Bitfury - https://prnt.sc/hw1buw

I mean i just googled Bitfury and open first link, and same thing(connection is not secure)...somethings fishy..

[exx1976]

I have contacted official Bitfury via email, their price is 7.000 USD per unit, with delivery within 8 months.
You can contact sales@bitfury.com

Dont use the fake scam website... contact them directly

You also forgot to mention they have a minimum $2M USD order size....

[HagssFIN]

Delivery within 8 months?

Who would be crazy enough to do an order with that time frame? 

[CM Australia]

I visited this site after it was first posted here on this forum and made it as far as the checkout with 2 B8's before pulling back and contacting Bitfury through their legitimate website first.
They told me they have nothing to do with this bitfury.shop site so yeah I can also confirm it is a scam.

Close call though.
The site looks very real.
I nearly lost a lot of money.

[HagssFIN]

It is best to be extremely paranoid and careful in the bitcoin mining business,
to avoid losing your money.

Background check is a must, when buying hardware.

[CM Australia]

It is best to be extremely paranoid and careful in the bitcoin mining business,
to avoid losing your money.

Background check is a must, when buying hardware.

Thanks Hagssfin.
I am normally very cautious but got over excited.
This thread at that point was just the first post and a link (New Bitfury B8)...Luckily I had a moment of paranoia when I looked at the amount I was going to spend and decided to check with Bitfury first.

Lesson learned for much less than it would have cost had I proceeded with a few more clicks.