[Group Buy Possibility?] XCrowd Hosted Packages

[Vorksholk]

So, as many of you likely know, xCrowd offers hosted mining starting at 15TH/s, for $85,000 outright, plus $5,000 per month. I don't want to run a group buy by any means, but would anyone be interested in running a groupbuy of this mining package, where people could buy, say, a minimum of 500GH/s or so, and pay one outright fee, plus a monthly fee, or one outright fee that would cover 6 or 12 months?


For one year, the total cost is around $9670/TH, including the monthly fees. To compare, at a rate of $0.16/kWh, 15TH/s buying their units and hosting them in a datacenter, assuming the only datacenter cost is electric (as $0.16 is a bit high for datacenter electricity), would cost around the same ($9750). Just a thought.

[bobsag3]

I have .086/kwh where I am, and 8 mo/ year no ac would be needed to cool. Plenty of space at 2 joining apartments, (me and a partner) with 2 buisness-level cable connections (2x50, 99.99% uptime).

[soniq]

So, as many of you likely know, xCrowd offers hosted mining starting at 15TH/s, for $85,000 outright, plus $5,000 per month. I don't want to run a group buy by any means, but would anyone be interested in running a groupbuy of this mining package, where people could buy, say, a minimum of 500GH/s or so, and pay one outright fee, plus a monthly fee, or one outright fee that would cover 6 or 12 months?


For one year, the total cost is around $9670/TH, including the monthly fees. To compare, at a rate of $0.16/kWh, 15TH/s buying their units and hosting them in a datacenter, assuming the only datacenter cost is electric (as $0.16 is a bit high for datacenter electricity), would cost around the same ($9750). Just a thought.

I would be interested
 
Here is my proposal, minimum of 500 GH/s so  about 27 BTC per share @$104 exchange rate then a 1.2 BTC per share maintenance fee per month

I will collect the funds, pay for the hosted mining, pay the management fee once a month and send dividend payments once weekly.

I already have an automatic dividend payment software in place for my other GB.

My fee would be 1%

The nice part is down payment for service is escrowed, so If Xcrowd does not deliver you get your money back.

My identity is already verified with JohnK and Jon at Bitfunder, and have experience with managing several GB's already.

[GreenDefender]

interested too, AND i think we get a Difficulty over 350M latest at first half of November. If i understand right they will double to 30TH/s for free (ok, there are monthly costs)


DIFFICULTY RISE INSURANCE

We are aware that predicting the difficulty growth rate can be difficult due to the large number of undisclosed miners and new entrants. That’s why we’re dedicated to offering the best prices now and in the long term. Although the difficulty rate is up at a exponential growth rate we are quite confident that the difficulty rate will not pass 350 Million within 4/5 months as that would require an additional 3 PH or e.g. 50,000+ Gen1 Avalon units to be shipped before December.

xCrowd will be the best hedge against near term difficulty increases due to our low prices. We’re also offering a discount of 50% to double your hash rate if the difficulty rate rises beyond 200 million before we start shipping. If the difficulty rate passes 200 Million before we start bulk shipping, our customers will receive a 50% discount on any future blade or unit purchases.

For example, if you purchase a low-entry eight blade Olympus unit you will be able to upgrade to another additional eight units for just an additional $3,996. If the difficulty rate passes 300 million you can request an additional upgrade for just 25% of the original price. For example: a 16 blade Olympus unit will only cost $9,990 (excl shipping & PSU options) when upgraded at a difficulty rate of 300M+.

Regardless of the future, we can assure you that we will always set our prices according to your expected ROI, which makes xCrowd the best bet for a long time to come.

[soniq]

Thought you might be interested?

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