Bitmain E3 Ethash Miner ASIC (Batch 1 - Shipping:16-31 July. $800 USD)

[Way2Paradise]

why did not i discover the thread before? e3 for $800 USD is a good price. now the batch with the price of $1800 USD is to expensive for me.  

[QuintLeo]

I wonder... When will it be limited by DAG size? Any info available on internal memory?

Why ask here?
The only available information is what Bitmain has posted on their sales site.

[Searing]

why did not i discover the thread before? e3 for $800 USD is a good price. now the batch with the price of $1800 USD is to expensive for me.  

at 800 bucks it was still less than 4 bucks a day ...if I remember right from a while back...was not all that great at the $800 buck price .now it is beyond stupid to get one

[timbereagle]

The real danger for ETH/ZEC etc miners is POS not Bitmain.

And I think Vitalik will take POS more seriously now with Bitmain treat.

There is no point to buy any mining equipment anymore neither GPU or Asic.

[Marvell2]

The real danger for ETH/ZEC etc miners is POS not Bitmain.

And I think Vitalik will take POS more seriously now with Bitmain treat.

There is no point to buy any mining equipment anymore neither GPU or Asic.

ithink most of the eth hash rate is asics so pos will fuck bitmain and thier ilk more thangpu miners

[maXonja]

ithink most of the eth hash rate is asics so pos will fuck bitmain and thier ilk more thangpu miners

I think that you are wrong

All of GPU miners will be fucked with POS

[Tidsdilatation]

Buying one of these seems risky as fuck. Any news regarding PoW/PoS change on Ethereum? Even tho these miners are cheap, they will not ship for a long time (crypto time). New nvidia cards could come out, making this hashrate a joke. Alot of risk involved in these.

[inv1s1bl3]

Rofl, better buy yourself two ethereums now and cut the drama with mining and making BITMAIN money. This company is dragging all of us down and you are still up for buying their shitty products? When this shit aSIC hits the markets, the difficulty would be so high, so making 800$ profit would take you around 1 year or so? Better get your ETH straight out of the exchange and save yourself the hassle.

[smau36]

better cards that can be much more profitable. and more algorithms can be used

[grchina]

The real danger for ETH/ZEC etc miners is POS not Bitmain.

And I think Vitalik will take POS more seriously now with Bitmain treat.

There is no point to buy any mining equipment anymore neither GPU or Asic.

ithink most of the eth hash rate is asics so pos will fuck bitmain and thier ilk more thangpu miners

Gpu miners are in bigger trouble,atm about 80% of all gpus mining are on eth and what do you think will happen with all those gpus when eth goes pos because no other coin can take all that hash power and still be profitable to mine it?This mining cycle hype was triggered buy eth being really profitable to mine it last year...

[BenRickert]

POS is a complete joke. No real protocol has or will use it. It's easily hackable and it promotes centralized control. Why do you think not one single coin that is anywhere near legitimate, is POS. POS = Piece Of Shit. If ETH goes POS it will be dead in 6 months to a year. It may run as a POW/POS hybrid, but 100% POS? Little Dracula would be an idiot to do that.

[cod3gen]

I wonder... When will it be limited by DAG size? Any info available on internal memory?

Why ask here?
The only available information is what Bitmain has posted on their sales site.

Well, someone might have the answer here - or maybe have been in touch with Bitmain about this.

[brycycle3232]

Anyone see the batch 2 is being released for $1800.00. Must be a lot of interest in this thing...

[oomurashin]

Anyone see the batch 2 is being released for $1800.00. Must be a lot of interest in this thing...

i bought it 800USD,just now 1800USD???   

[madmartyk]

Yea, but check out the new price on the L3+

[QuintLeo]

Yea, but check out the new price on the L3+

$462?

I smell a "new node" Gigahash Bitmain miner announcement in June for Scrypt.

Guess they got tired of being beat on efficiency by the A4 and matched/beat by the L21 - or more likely slowing sales of the S9 have left them some "available space" to order current-node chips for something else they've been working on for a while.

[madmartyk]

But with $200 coupons, that's like $400 a unit including shipping.  Just for screwing around I got 4 for less than I paid for 1 unit 6 months ago!  Also picked up 2 E3 at the $800 price

[wheelz1200]

Yea, but check out the new price on the L3+

$462?

I smell a "new node" Gigahash Bitmain miner announcement in June for Scrypt.

Guess they got tired of being beat on efficiency by the A4 and matched/beat by the L21 - or more likely slowing sales of the S9 have left them some "available space" to order current-node chips for something else they've been working on for a while.

Dam $462, that might be the sign of the last squeeze before a new scrypt miner announcement.  Getting every last drop.  I guess not so bad with a coupon i mean even at a 100% loss its doable for someone looking to mess around with a miner.

[Metroid]

Anyone see the batch 2 is being released for $1800.00. Must be a lot of interest in this thing...

i bought it 800USD,just now 1800USD???  

pray not to become a heater next winter hehe and if it does then you lost money, time and maybe even hope hehe

[leowonderful]

Yea, but check out the new price on the L3+

$462?

I smell a "new node" Gigahash Bitmain miner announcement in June for Scrypt.

Guess they got tired of being beat on efficiency by the A4 and matched/beat by the L21 - or more likely slowing sales of the S9 have left them some "available space" to order current-node chips for something else they've been working on for a while.

Dam $462, that might be the sign of the last squeeze before a new scrypt miner announcement.  Getting every last drop.  I guess not so bad with a coupon i mean even at a 100% loss its doable for someone looking to mess around with a miner.

It's significantly better than a D3 or V9 based off current earnings for both miners (through Nicehash's calculator) at $0.10/kWh (both are in the red), no ASIC Bitmain currently offers really beats the L3+ at this price point. Wouldn't be a bad miner to introduce people to mining or how to set up miners in general, and at lower electrical costs this thing could potentially be quite profitable. Plus these things are supposed to deliver in just a week or two, not bad at all.

I also agree there's got to be a new Scrypt miner coming from Bitmain soon- there's no reason that they'd drop prices this steeply without something new coming soon.

Since we are already so far off track, I just noticed the X3 has sold out as well. Could just be Bitmain removing all stock on their site, I find it unlikely that anyone would buy that $2000 heater that also happens to ship in May.