[NEW] Bitmain Announces Antminer A3

[johnny_blaze]

hate bitmain... they shipping international first and leaving chinese customers for last

My troll-o-meter went out of scale In any case, pool operators have reported that all A3s so far are connecting from Asia. I don't know specific countries though.

those are mostly resellers - giving later days for dispatch and mining in meanwhile... 

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[Kinomora]

I understand where you are coming from having been lurking on Reddit for the past few days.....don't agree with all the opinions but that's not why I'm posting here.

I've looked at several of the pools like Luxor and can't always find the nice summary of the three entries customary on the Antminer's configuration page.  (see NiceHash for the customer-friendly approach)

Why don't you put together a summary of the configurations for the pools which would make the SC community happy, thereby making it easy for A3 owners to participate in a manner less likely to prompt a soft fork?

Just a thought..........

Hi! I'm a moderator from the SiaCoin discord group and I'd like to welcome you to the community! If there's anything you'd like to know about the project, please feel free to ask or join the discord group https://discord.gg/sia

We haven't had very many people in the discord community yet come forward saying they own an A3 and we're looking for users who can help provide us screenshots of the UI and configuration details so we can write a detailed guide on helping new users set up miners. If you could help us, we'd greatly appreciate it! Right now, we aren't really able to put together a summary as none of us have received a unit. I see a few users here have and if any of you wouldn't mine messaging me here, or on discord (Kinomora#5308), it would really help!
If good will is out the window, I've heard LuxorNick might have a bounty out of for people who can provide him screenshots if that interests any of you. (I will direct Nick to any users who can provide me screenshots for him)

[merv77]

Hi,

I've just received my UPS tracking number for one A3.
and same for friend who's ordered one A3
Both shipping to Australia

Seems to be label created but not picked up by UPS yet.

[Moon2eth]

Hi,

I've just received my UPS tracking number for one A3.
and same for friend who's ordered one A3
Both shipping to Australia

Seems to be label created but not picked up by UPS yet.

Email?

[merv77]

Hi,

I've just received my UPS tracking number for one A3.
and same for friend who's ordered one A3
Both shipping to Australia

Seems to be label created but not picked up by UPS yet.

Email?

yes, email with tracking number, but checking the tracking on UPS web site says message below
A UPS shipping label has been created. Once the shipment arrives at our facility, the tracking status--including the scheduled delivery date--will be updated.

BTW, ordered on 17th Jan

[Chan8]

Recieved half of my order today.. no tracking for the remaining units from the order yet. Asia here

[premanand1984]

Hello Guys,

I have ordered 2, both still in Shenzhen lol. you guessed it right, UPS it is. With regards to the mining pool, Could you guys please share the list of mining pools for sia and which is the best.

I already one S9 and one L3+, both put together is not making more than 30$ a day . I hope A3 can easily surpass 30$ in couple of hours. cant wait to get my hands on it.

Btw, will it run on a 110V ?. As per bitmain, it is 1275W, which is slightly more than the 1200W APW3++. any comments.

[Kinomora]

Hello Guys,

I have ordered 2, both still in Shenzhen lol. you guessed it right, UPS it is. With regards to the mining pool, Could you guys please share the list of mining pools for sia and which is the best.

I already one S9 and one L3+, both put together is not making more than 30$ a day . I hope A3 can easily surpass 30$ in couple of hours. cant wait to get my hands on it.

Btw, will it run on a 110V ?. As per bitmain, it is 1275W, which is slightly more than the 1200W APW3++. any comments.

Hi! Sia Discord moderator here
We recommend Luxor.tech or SiaMining.com as they are both run by members of the community!
However, I strongly support Luxor over SM as currently SM has over 50% of the network hashrate and we want to avoid that.
Here's a full list of all pools (https://siastats.info/mining_pools.html), please refrain from using pools that submit empty blocks (like F2Pool) since they damage the project and are what we're trying to avoid in general.
Also I'm pretty sure AntPool is broken and even if they could get it working, we're pretty sure they'll be submitting empty blocks too.

[manasbeckham]

Recieved half of my order today.. no tracking for the remaining units from the order yet. Asia here

Hi Chan8,

My DHL Status is still Shipment Information Received as of Saturday, January 20, 2018 at 01:17.
I am in Singapore. Just wanted to compare it with your shipment.

As you can see I am quite anxious.

Thanks.

[premanand1984]

Received our first A3 today. Working on a YouTube review now 

Awaiting your video. I have watched your L3+ and S9 video, luv'd it. Keep going.. Thanks for your effort.

[Scrappy Do]

As there is no firmware available yet from bitmain I ask it over here:
If one that received an A3 already can make a copy of the filesystem (tar gz it and SCP) and can upload it to mega and share the link (PM me) I would be really thankful and give a 0.5 LTC or 0.1 DASH reward to the first one sharing this.

 Mine should be here tmw. I will try and pull it for ya.

 Check PM's bro please....

Scrap'

[premanand1984]

Hello Guys,

I have ordered 2, both still in Shenzhen lol. you guessed it right, UPS it is. With regards to the mining pool, Could you guys please share the list of mining pools for sia and which is the best.

I already one S9 and one L3+, both put together is not making more than 30$ a day . I hope A3 can easily surpass 30$ in couple of hours. cant wait to get my hands on it.

Btw, will it run on a 110V ?. As per bitmain, it is 1275W, which is slightly more than the 1200W APW3++. any comments.

Hi! Sia Discord moderator here
We recommend Luxor.tech or SiaMining.com as they are both run by members of the community!
However, I strongly support Luxor over SM as currently SM has over 50% of the network hashrate and we want to avoid that.
Here's a full list of all pools (https://siastats.info/mining_pools.html), please refrain from using pools that submit empty blocks (like F2Pool) since they damage the project and are what we're trying to avoid in general.
Also I'm pretty sure AntPool is broken and even if they could get it working, we're pretty sure they'll be submitting empty blocks too.

Hello Kinomora,

Thanks for the response, had a look at the list "https://siastats.info/mining_pools.html" to make an informed decision. First impression, inclined towards Siamining, as it has found more blocks historically than all other pools put to gather. anyhow will keep you posted once I receive the miner. Thanks.

[Chan8]

Recieved half of my order today.. no tracking for the remaining units from the order yet. Asia here

Hi Chan8,

My DHL Status is still Shipment Information Received as of Saturday, January 20, 2018 at 01:17.
I am in Singapore. Just wanted to compare it with your shipment.

As you can see I am quite anxious.

Thanks.

My tracking and ship date was before weekend.

Shenzhen, CN
01/20/2018 5:53 P.M.
Origin Scan
01/20/2018 2:14 P.M.
Pickup Scan
CN
01/19/2018 6:48 P.M.
Order Processed: Ready for UPS

Cleared custom this morning and delivered.
Kudos to bitmain..

[stugots2]

Obelisk January Update:

By now, many of you have heard that Bitmain announced the Antminer A3 last week and has started shipping units to customers. The A3 mines Siacoin at a hashrate of 815 GH/s and power usage of 1186 W. This means that, when the Obelisk SC1 ships, it will not be the first Siacoin ASIC miner to market.

The Obelisk SC1 is slated to outperform the A3, with 800 GH/s hashrate at only 500 W. These are minimum specs, and we expect the SC1 to perform even better than promised. This is good news: based on current A3 specs, the SC1 will be far more competitive.

We are currently on schedule with SC1 and DCR1 production, and will have test chips back in March. If all goes well, we could be shipping Batch 1 units in May, and Batch 2 units six weeks later. Our official ship dates are still June 30 for Batch 1 and August 31 for Batch 2.

Forking the Network
The Sia community is currently debating a soft-fork that would exclude all Bitmain A3 units from the Sia network, while leaving Obelisk SC1 units fully operational. We encourage you to contribute to this discussion, and ask that you disclose your status as an Obelisk customer when commenting. Discussion is taking place on Sia's Discord and Subreddit.

Wire Transfers
Due to large amounts of fraud on our accounts, our bank has asked us to disable wire transfers for the duration of Batch 2 sales. We will do our best to work with our banking partners to re-enable transfers, and add other cryptocurrency payment options to future batches. As of today, wire transfers have been disabled on all new orders.

Batch 2 Progress
We have currently sold 1,350 DCR1 and 1,996 SC1 units. Batch 2 will close on January 31, and we will open Batch 3 soon after.

And, so you can make an informed purchasing decision, we sold 2,963 DCR1 and 3,598 SC1 units in Batch 1.
Thank you so much for your support! Please let us know if you have any questions.
 
Best,
 
- Team Obelisk

[Moon2eth]

  finally shipped. Still no email or updated status on bitmain though.

You can track your package by reference, simply use your order ID

Here it is for UPS:  https://www.ups.com/WebTracking/track?loc=en_US

[floppydisk]

Obelisk January Update:

By now, many of you have heard that Bitmain announced the Antminer A3 last week and has started shipping units to customers. The A3 mines Siacoin at a hashrate of 815 GH/s and power usage of 1186 W. This means that, when the Obelisk SC1 ships, it will not be the first Siacoin ASIC miner to market.

The Obelisk SC1 is slated to outperform the A3, with 800 GH/s hashrate at only 500 W. These are minimum specs, and we expect the SC1 to perform even better than promised. This is good news: based on current A3 specs, the SC1 will be far more competitive.

We are currently on schedule with SC1 and DCR1 production, and will have test chips back in March. If all goes well, we could be shipping Batch 1 units in May, and Batch 2 units six weeks later. Our official ship dates are still June 30 for Batch 1 and August 31 for Batch 2.

Forking the Network
The Sia community is currently debating a soft-fork that would exclude all Bitmain A3 units from the Sia network, while leaving Obelisk SC1 units fully operational. We encourage you to contribute to this discussion, and ask that you disclose your status as an Obelisk customer when commenting. Discussion is taking place on Sia's Discord and Subreddit.

Wire Transfers
Due to large amounts of fraud on our accounts, our bank has asked us to disable wire transfers for the duration of Batch 2 sales. We will do our best to work with our banking partners to re-enable transfers, and add other cryptocurrency payment options to future batches. As of today, wire transfers have been disabled on all new orders.

Batch 2 Progress
We have currently sold 1,350 DCR1 and 1,996 SC1 units. Batch 2 will close on January 31, and we will open Batch 3 soon after.

And, so you can make an informed purchasing decision, we sold 2,963 DCR1 and 3,598 SC1 units in Batch 1.
Thank you so much for your support! Please let us know if you have any questions.
 
Best,
 
- Team Obelisk

Wow, this alone will increase current total network hash rate of SC by 10x.

Batch   Model   Quantity   Nominal Hash Rate (GH/s)   Total (TH/s)   
Batch 1   DCR1   1350   800   1080   
Batch 1   SC1   1996   880   1756   * Assumed 20% more hash rate
Batch 2   DCR1   2963   800   2370   
Batch 2   SC1   3598   880   3166   * Assumed 20% more hash rate
               
         TOTAL:   8373   TH/s

We shall be able to anticipate within next 10 days how much units really A3 have been sold / powered up. For 1000 unit of A3, this will take us to about 1300 - 1500 TH/s total. SC1 & DCR1 will do more damage to profitability and SC coin not gaining much value at the moment.

[Moon2eth]

Bitmain order ID also seems very simple, maybe it can be used as a way to track how many were sold.

Most of the items are sold out and the only thing in stock is the psu.  I don't think many people would order a psu alone considering the outrageous shipping they charge.

Order format: xxx 2018 01 17 1xxxx

Someone can make a dummy order with the psu and simply not pay for it and we'll have a rough estimate on how many were sold if the order numbers are not obfuscated.

[abdullaziz.said]

i just received mine now, as per the tracking info i should receive it by tomorrow.
thanks bitmain
By Fedex

[rummy]

1/22/2018 - Monday
11:57 pm   Arrived at FedEx location      MEMPHIS, TN

[Neo-Geo]

1/22/2018 - Monday
11:57 pm   Arrived at FedEx location      MEMPHIS, TN

Damn, I should have gone with FedEx then. I'm in Memphis, TN too, but mine are scheduled for Wed Delivery. I tried to use FedEx but it keep asking for an import number. What's this important number they ask for? I did a google search for , "bitmain asking for import number", no luck. Were they asking for my FedEx account number? If so, problem solved, but didn't want to guess at that or expect a response from them during the short A3 buying window so I went with FedEx.