Alpha Technology Litecoin (Scrypt) ASIC Miner Order Batch 1 Now!

[chalkyuk]

 i have a shipment of Anus Laptops i can let go cheap....just let me know

[Nullu]

i have a shipment of Anus Laptops i can let go cheap....just let me know

Do you accept ANUS coins?

[gsmax27]

website seems to be back up, however the registration doesn't work.

if anyone else has any luck , do update.

I agree though the prices are way too high and with poor refund policy and lack of any prototype they are requiring too much faith from clients.

Same here, impossible to sign up

[efodix]

Scam or not it looks very much like BFL scenario.
New pricey wonders which may come in half a year and at the time when they come they may be too little to matter much. When they come then it may be already late for various reasons.

Yeah, and I was expecting this to happen sooner or later. Whether they are a scam or not, there's no way I'll ever buy dedicated mining hardware again. These Ponzi schemes never give you more money back than what you've spent on them. Unless the currency in question explodes in price, but then you'd still be better off just buying the currency itself.

On the other hand, I do expect a horde of noobs to jump on the bandwagon and preorder an insane amount of miners. So GPU mining might be dead by this time next year. Unfortunately, the new miners who will have killed it off will probably lose money themselves in the process...

[Dabs]

I'd like to order 10 units please. Let's see if they deliver.

[ninjaboon]

Scam or not it looks very much like BFL scenario.
New pricey wonders which may come in half a year and at the time when they come they may be too little to matter much. When they come then it may be already late for various reasons.

https://alpha-t.net/login-register/
still offline for me.

I hated the BFL drama.
They took our miners, did their own mining for a few months and shipped it to the customers.
Hope it won't happen with Alpha Technology but how can we stop this BFL thing from happening.

[CycleSurfer]

Can connect but the registration page only has a way of logging in, no way to register.  The egg before the chicken.

[michielnl]

You say on https://alpha-t.net/news/registration-open-updates/
"Registration is now open, you can register here and add your desired product and quantity to your Wishlist:
   https://alpha-t.net/login-register/  "

But there is no option to register.. ?

It is not a big problem, but it is strange if you, in this phase, already deviate from core values like "tell what you do & do what you tell".

[Morbid]

are these devices going to be assembled in manchester or india? will you post to buyers from place of assembly or it will have to come to manchester first?

[leadnor]

My Biggest issue here Alpha is that you base your price of GPU prices. IE it will cost me the same to buy 280's for 5MH/s SURE it is without the entire rig. AKA no mobo and psu's

BUT the issue here is that shipping dates are Q2/Q3 of next year. That means that by the time the asics come out the 5mh/s will be basically useless if the hashrate continues to grow as it has. If you decide to spend the extra 500 pounds and buy a gpu rig for 5mh/s then you get more out of it than if you bought asics that are only being delivered q2 or q3 next year.

I really want you guys to succeed. Bringing LTC ASICS into the market is a great achievement and I will even order one with you to show support. But it doesnt make any type of Financial sense to buy an 5mh asic for £1350 when delivery is only Q2 or Q3 next year. as you can build an entire 5mh rig NOW for £1850 if you know what you are doing. Even with the added power consuption that GPU's have it is still worth it as they have a resale value.

If my calculations or assumptions are wrong please let me know. Because I really want you guys to do well. But honestly with that price tag I dont think you will. Not for Q2/Q3 delivery aka 4-9 months from now. (4 months I would understand the price a bit better though, but I will mine more LTC if I build my own gpu rig now and start mining it now

Please correct me if I am wrong which I hope I am

If the price was in dollars it would make 100% sense and I would understand it completely. and then even order a 25mh/s

[broken_pixel]

The CEO name is Mohammed Akram  

Here is his picture, please people this smells like a scam.

Lulz! I was thinking the same thing? Does the CEO have 10 yr olds held captive?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Akram

Personal information
Full name   Mohammad Akram Awan
Born    10 September 1974 (age 39)
Islamabad, Punjab, Pakistan
Height   6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Batting style   Right-hand bat
Bowling style   Right-arm fast-medium
Role   Coach
International information
National side   
Pakistan
Test debut   15 September 1995 v Sri Lanka
Last Test   27 March 2001 v New Zealand
ODI debut   29 September 1995 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI   5 July 2000 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
Years   Team
1992/93-2002/03   Rawalpindi
1996/97-2000/01   Allied Bank
1997   Northamptonshire
2003   Essex
2004   Sussex
2005-2007   Surrey
Career statistics
Competition   Tests   ODIs
Matches   9   23
Runs scored   24   14
Batting average   2.66   7.00
100s/50s   -/-   -/-
Top score   10*   7*
Balls bowled   1477   989
Wickets   17   19
Bowling average   50.52   41.57
5 wickets in innings   1   -
10 wickets in match   -   n/a
Best bowling   5/28   2/28
Catches/stumpings   4/-   8/-
Source: [1], 4 February 2006

He could also be this guy, lol!
Convicted killer and sex attacker walks free after appeal judge deems 5-year-old girl incapable of giving meaningful evidence

Check out all the latest News, Sport & Celeb gossip at Mirror.co.uk http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/killer-sex-attacker-mohammed-akram-2900333#ixzz2oewrL6wj

alpha-t
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I think I will stick with GPUs for now, atleast I can benchmark them when I drink beer and get bored.

Check this out http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/showthread.php?t=132726

[Raitzi]

My Biggest issue here Alpha is that you base your price of GPU prices.

If they shipped now, price would be ok. But to ship in Q2 or even Q3 would mean that price should be lower. Also there is no resale value with purpose built miners. Therefore price should be considerably lower compared to gpu.  Of course power consumption is lower but there is almost zero performance advantage in calculation power compared to GPU for the price.With current prices electricity cost is about 10% of the scrypt income. Therefore income has to shrink to 10% from current levels before GPUs stop coming to hashing!! There is also other scrypt asics in development but no anything close to shipping date from others.

Edit:6 month warranty is also no good when it takes over a year to make profit

[chup]

Why would You sell 5MH/s unit for 1350 GBP, when it would make 1450 GBP/month mining DOGE for ex. at this moment?
Altruisam? Or You will "test" them for a month before? Maybe two months. Or three. And the delivery will be ethernal "two weeks".
Anyhow I'll buy one. If you accept payment one month after delivery.

[Raitzi]

Why would You sell 5MH/s unit for 1350 GBP

They don't have the units or the money

[surivrox]

1350 GBP fo 5MH/s? Nice try, I'm going back to GPU 

[milkmanHH]

Why would You sell 5MH/s unit for 1350 GBP, when it would make 1450 GBP/month mining DOGE for ex. at this moment?

With these prices it won't be this profitable in a week.

[chup]

Why would You sell 5MH/s unit for 1350 GBP, when it would make 1450 GBP/month mining DOGE for ex. at this moment?

With these prices it won't be this profitable in a week.

Will You borrow me Your crystal ball for some time?  I would also like to know the future as You do...

[Slipknot79]

Keep cool guys, we have within the EU this distance selling regulations.
"We refund 50% of deposit" has no relevance.

[nastybit]

This is a scam. I hope people are aware of BFL scam with SHA-256 ASIC
Last month there was a conference in London and thousands of people are waiting for a scrypt ASIC, where were you? Probably playing videogames.
And the India idea? Look at India reaction to cryptos today.. LOL
Don't give them a dime

[hvezdasmrti]

Scrypt was developed as ASIC unfriendly. Bitcoin was not. When something is meant to be unfriendly then is legal and necessary to avoid any breakout of that state. I think there is a possibility to make scrypt coins asic unfriendly again, just by changing the source code. Its possible to change source code of many cryptos if biggest pools allow that. Then nobody will try to build up ASIC scam / ponzi scheme again. I personally will switch to the new currency which will be resistant to  scrypt asic because crypto should belong to huge amount of people not to be controlled by few companies.