Antminer D3 39 $

[JaredKaragen]

ill probably end up picking up one or two via private-party in-person sales locally... something like craigslist.

This is smelling exactly like when the S3 was selling for ~$40.....   I made a killing profit wise (again, power is not a factor for me in most respects) and sold them for the same or more later.

Even if they are bricks after;  I feel they could shadow the trend I saw with the S3.

[Privatoria]

This ASIC with a speed of 17 gh/sec can now only generate income at a low price for electricity. For example, at a price of 6 cents per kilowatt, it gives only $ 12.6 per month net (3 months payback). But if we take into account the increase in difficulty of mining, the payback may increase up to a year.

[JaredKaragen]

This ASIC with a speed of 17 gh/sec can now only generate income at a low price for electricity. For example, at a price of 6 cents per kilowatt, it gives only $ 12.6 per month net (3 months payback). But if we take into account the increase in difficulty of mining, the payback may increase up to a year.

but if these are coming off their shelf from their active use;  they aren't impacting the overall algo sum net hashrates as if they are a new product.  You probably aren't considering this.

[minefarmbuy]

Another way to save on their budget, reduce their cost on power use even if they get a sweet deal.

In your case JK you'll probably be ok with these, for others though these are losers unless you want to buy and hold till bull and be ready to power on. Then that takes risk and speculation that makes me uneasy to think about.

Then outside of stick miners, nice introductory units for hobbyists. 

[coinut]

Bitmain must have been sitting on a HUGE pile of inventory, such a low price. Granted these units don't make profit but the positive side is that its good for decentralization, D3's and l3's for everyone lols.

I'm wondering though, Is the bitmain 7nm scrypt and x11 miner just around the corner ?

   

[astraleureka]

I doubt they can afford to fab chips for so many different algorithms right now. They also made the mistake of not decoupling the algorithms on their X11 chips - they can be used for X11 only, and not any algorithm built from the same components. Look at Baikal and now PinIdea/DaYun X11 miners - they are also capable of hashing algorithms using different combinations of the X11 algorithms.

but if these are coming off their shelf from their active use;  they aren't impacting the overall algo sum net hashrates as if they are a new product.  You probably aren't considering this.

Their impact is minor considering the SPx36 units coming online, literally 31x the hashrate per unit.

[minefarmbuy]

Yea, just saw those myself wonder when we'll list them.