Bitmain Launches the New Antminer B3 Miner

[Serental]

It seems Bitmain has made it a habit to perfectly price discriminate amongst their customers. Something economists dream about at night. It is unfair that the second batch has released so soon with such a major reduction of price; destroying the price premium paid by first batch buyers. I do think it'll ultimately be worth it still to be in batch 1 but the risk is high and reward is at most break even.

I sent them a quick email and they replied the following:

"Dear xxxxxxxx,

With regards to the decrease in the price of our B3 miner, we are presently working on a compensation package for the affected customers. There will be an email sent out to you in the next few days with the details and relevant terms and conditions.

Thank you.

Best Regards,
Valerie‍
Bitmain"

It seems that they understand their position and are working on a resolution. If more people email them, they will hopefully understand that there are many people dissatisfied. If only a few complaints get through, they may just brush it off or give out a $50-100 coupon that most people won't end up using.

[micairvas]

How much B3 miners currently earns per day? Any info?

[Mo20]

May 3 and still no shipping confirmation.

[greyday]

May 3 and still no shipping confirmation.

The current ones up for sale say May 11-20. If these are rejected orders or leftovers, then that's about what to expect.

[denis1995]

Guys i dont know what is wrong with you everyone is crying that the miners now are cheaped....  So wait 3 years and you can buy them for 20$....

[Mo20]

They're coming out with new miners now https://i.imgur.com/rWWXiKj.png. I'm gonna get me an Antminer S9i 

[Mo20]

Guys i dont know what is wrong with you everyone is crying that the miners now are cheaped....  So wait 3 years and you can buy them for 20$....

We're mad because they didn't ship batch 1 yet, so if we waited 7 days we can get it for 36% discount. That's $867 per miner.

[Kavela]

Batch 2 was released very soon and its not good for first batch buyers. Of course if we can mine enough till batch 2 is shipped around 800$ in first 10 days which i think is not achievable unfortunately.

Does anybody know about pool? Antpool is keep saying that they will support mining soon but eventually they will not support mining till the next week minimum till 7 of may the pool is not working. Also even the first batch is not shipped and there is a batch 2 on 11th of May. Kinda disappointed with Bitmain. Hope they will ship the god damn miners on time and start their pool.

what about other pools? Do you have any information about them?

Thanks

[oomurashin]

bitmain send me DHL number 3hrs ago,but it is only PSU 

[hot cheetos]

Price is tanking hard. Was 113 half hour ago...106 now on asicminervalue. Have people received their miners and are plugging them in? Its going down FAST. Going to go sleep, will easily be under 100 when i wake up in about 7 hours...just wondering if it will be in the 90s or 80s...

[Sandal_Hat]

Price is tanking hard. Was 113 half hour ago...106 now on asicminervalue. Have people received their miners and are plugging them in? Its going down FAST. Going to go sleep, will easily be under 100 when i wake up in about 7 hours...just wondering if it will be in the 90s or 80s...

Is there even a pool yet?

[denis1995]

Guys i dont know what is wrong with you everyone is crying that the miners now are cheaped....  So wait 3 years and you can buy them for 20$....

We're mad because they didn't ship batch 1 yet, so if we waited 7 days we can get it for 36% discount. That's $867 per miner.

I know that feel, but this is not the first time that this happens.

[stugots2]

Price is tanking hard. Was 113 half hour ago...106 now on asicminervalue. Have people received their miners and are plugging them in? Its going down FAST. Going to go sleep, will easily be under 100 when i wake up in about 7 hours...just wondering if it will be in the 90s or 80s...

that scale is BS, NO ONE has a B3 yet outside China

[henrylitee]

Price is tanking hard. Was 113 half hour ago...106 now on asicminervalue. Have people received their miners and are plugging them in? Its going down FAST. Going to go sleep, will easily be under 100 when i wake up in about 7 hours...just wondering if it will be in the 90s or 80s...

Is there even a pool yet?

antpool?

[shadi1989]

Price is tanking hard. Was 113 half hour ago...106 now on asicminervalue. Have people received their miners and are plugging them in? Its going down FAST. Going to go sleep, will easily be under 100 when i wake up in about 7 hours...just wondering if it will be in the 90s or 80s...

Asicminervalue is not correct for the B3

Check the amount of miners here:
http://miningpoolstats.stream/bytom

[farmerjake]

Just received an email from bitmain
Refund of $578 for batch 1 buyers
Sent out in BCH(ew) within 2 months

[Kavela]

Price is tanking hard. Was 113 half hour ago...106 now on asicminervalue. Have people received their miners and are plugging them in? Its going down FAST. Going to go sleep, will easily be under 100 when i wake up in about 7 hours...just wondering if it will be in the 90s or 80s...

Asicminervalue is not correct for the B3

Check the amount of miners here:
http://miningpoolstats.stream/bytom

If there is no pool on antpool how it shows that 2 miners are mining on antpool i don't get it. And yes the approximate profitability is falling extremely.

[Sandal_Hat]

Just received an email from bitmain
Refund of $578 for batch 1 buyers
Sent out in BCH(ew) within 2 months

That is fair
U are overseas buyer? I have not received the email yet.

[oomurashin]

also i recived from bitmain. this is new scam way  
It seems that my BCH will be returned at the rate at that time after my BCH is caught for two months. If the price is rising, bitmain can profit violently.

Dear A,

Thank you very much for your support towards Bitmain and our products.

This email is to inform you that we will provide compensation for the orders of our B3 miners that were purchased earlier at a higher price than the present batch.

Relevant orders:


Those who have purchased and fully paid for our B3 miner at the price of USD 2453 on our website (https://shop.bitmain.com/)

Compensation method:


Those who have purchased and fully paid for the B3 miner at the price of USD 2453 will be refunded the equivalent amount of USD578 in BCH (Bitcoin cash),
The exchange rate will be the real time exchange rate when the refund is credited into your account in around 1-2 months after the refund request is received by us.


Application Procedure:


Please reply this ticket with subject”B3 order XXXXXX refund”, and the information below:

1. B3 order ID: XXXXXXX
2. BCH wallet address (Please confirm that the provided BCH address is correct and valid, otherwise Bitmain will not be responsible for the crediting of the refund to the wrong wallet address provided.)

We will check and confirm the information that you have provided and the refund will be credited into the stated BCH account in around 1-2 months upon receipt of the refund request.

Please do feel free to contact us if you have any further questions. Thank you and have a nice day.

Best regards,
Bitmain Team
Always order products directly from our website: www.bitmain.com
"Solved" means we replied - we still work on your issue until it is resolved.

[chasedg1]

You can mine directly from the Bytom wallet. Download the Bytom wallet and click on settings. Then toggle "Mine". I've never seen this before and there's no .exe that opens like Claymore so I'm not sure what's going on but I can confirm it's using my GPU's.