ANTMINER S2 Discussion and Support Thread

[nikolaz]

The first ones are due to ship at the end of this week, or next monday. I imagine we will see more details very soon as bitmain does the final assembly,testing, and shipment for all the units

Well I am hoping they will actually ship before 1st April, like by few days before :-) I just hope they will send me a t-shirt or something cos number of Bitcoins I have sent them is equal to GDP of a small country...

First Batch sold out in less than 24 hours... People started asking about Batch 2, after fews days that was sold out too... Now people are asking about Batch 3... People complain about pre-orders yet all of these companies are selling out in matter of hours or days...

[klondike_bar]

The first ones are due to ship at the end of this week, or next monday. I imagine we will see more details very soon as bitmain does the final assembly,testing, and shipment for all the units

Well I am hoping they will actually ship before 1st April, like by few days before :-) I just hope they will send me a t-shirt or something cos number of Bitcoins I have sent them is equal to GDP of a small country...

First Batch sold out in less than 24 hours... People started asking about Batch 2, after fews days that was sold out too... Now people are asking about Batch 3... People complain about pre-orders yet all of these companies are selling out in matter of hours or days...

+1  I got in batch 2 but would not buy a batch 3 without seeing some proof of concept when batch 1 finally ships out.

hopefully 2 pre-sale batches are sufficient to fund a larger batch 3 that can be sold from stock - Im also crossing my fingers for some hefty overclocking potential if these chips are all running at ~2/3 the speed of the chips in an S1

[bcollan]

First Batch sold out in less than 24 hours... People started asking about Batch 2, after fews days that was sold out too... Now people are asking about Batch 3... People complain about pre-orders yet all of these companies are selling out in matter of hours or days...

I'm sure there are many more people like me who want to see pictures and read reviews before buying.
I believe Bitmain to be trustworthy, but I'd rather keep buying a "known quantity" like the ant s1 until I can evaluate what real people are getting on S2 hash and power consumption. Bitcoin mining has enough risk to satisfy my adventurous side with trading for what's behind door number 2. 

[romang]

I really hope Bitmain goes back to selling in stock hardware for the next batch of S2s. I really don't like this pre-order bullshit.

Ordering the S2 a month before it ships puts too much risk on the buyer due to difficulty and Bitcoin price fluctuations.

What happened to only selling in stock hardware, Bitmain?

I totally agree I hate preorder.

[nikolaz]

I really hope Bitmain goes back to selling in stock hardware for the next batch of S2s. I really don't like this pre-order bullshit.

Ordering the S2 a month before it ships puts too much risk on the buyer due to difficulty and Bitcoin price fluctuations.

What happened to only selling in stock hardware, Bitmain?

I totally agree I hate preorder.

Don't get me wrong guys, I hate to pre-order especially if I have to wait 2 - 6 months but Bitmain allowing pre-orders for less than a month before release which is better than waiting for Neptune, Mars or whatever it is called these days...

But once Batch 1 is released, I am sure someone will release their review / guide and other people will share their photos and experiences with the machine.

Also S2 will be cheaper by each batch... ( I hope  )

[dogie]

This isn't strictly a preorder as its more so to do with physical capacity. Every day those miners aren't mining costs them $$$, but to have in hand hardware in significant quantity they'd have to put them in a dedicated 500KW farm - but only for a few weeks. That just doesn't make sense.

Instead they're attaching buyers to them as they roll off the production lines of confirmed, known to be working architecture and hardware. A preorder is where you give someone money, they take a gamble with it and hope the outcome is what is expected.

[spazzdla]

Might just buy one of these.... very tempted... Mind you I did just buy 3 more S1 ant miners hehehe.

[nikolaz]

This isn't strictly a preorder as its more so to do with physical capacity. Every day those miners aren't mining costs them $$$, but to have in hand hardware in significant quantity they'd have to put them in a dedicated 500KW farm - but only for a few weeks. That just doesn't make sense.

Instead they're attaching buyers to them as they roll off the production lines of confirmed, known to be working architecture and hardware. A preorder is where you give someone money, they take a gamble with it and hope the outcome is what is expected.

Dogie, is there a plan for you to receive an S2 in advance to write a review and set-up guide?

[freebit13]

This isn't strictly a preorder as its more so to do with physical capacity. Every day those miners aren't mining costs them $$$, but to have in hand hardware in significant quantity they'd have to put them in a dedicated 500KW farm - but only for a few weeks. That just doesn't make sense.

Instead they're attaching buyers to them as they roll off the production lines of confirmed, known to be working architecture and hardware. A preorder is where you give someone money, they take a gamble with it and hope the outcome is what is expected.

... and the bonus with this 'pre-order' is; you know you're getting brand new equipment that hasn't already been mining in a farm for a couple of weeks 

[Gator-hex]

This isn't strictly a preorder as its more so to do with physical capacity. Every day those miners aren't mining costs them $$$, but to have in hand hardware in significant quantity they'd have to put them in a dedicated 500KW farm - but only for a few weeks. That just doesn't make sense.

Instead they're attaching buyers to them as they roll off the production lines of confirmed, known to be working architecture and hardware. A preorder is where you give someone money, they take a gamble with it and hope the outcome is what is expected.

I suspect...

S1 in stock because they are probably liquidating their old farm.

S2 on pre-order because that's what they are replace it with.

Simple  

[DevonMiner]

I suspect...

S1 in stock because they are probably liquidating their old farm.

I agree ... I have received recent Ants that had been used ... removing the fans showed a lot of dust, and I had to clean them ... but they hash away and work fine, so I'm happy.

[dogie]

This isn't strictly a preorder as its more so to do with physical capacity. Every day those miners aren't mining costs them $$$, but to have in hand hardware in significant quantity they'd have to put them in a dedicated 500KW farm - but only for a few weeks. That just doesn't make sense.

Instead they're attaching buyers to them as they roll off the production lines of confirmed, known to be working architecture and hardware. A preorder is where you give someone money, they take a gamble with it and hope the outcome is what is expected.

Dogie, is there a plan for you to receive an S2 in advance to write a review and set-up guide?

I'm not sure which batch my unit went into due to the payment issues. No point spamming them with emails at the moment so will just have to wait and see.

[klondike_bar]

I suspect...

S1 in stock because they are probably liquidating their old farm.

I agree ... I have received recent Ants that had been used ... removing the fans showed a lot of dust, and I had to clean them ... but they hash away and work fine, so I'm happy.

grab an air duster can - youll be able to blow away all the dust and other crud with minimal work. Also works well from desktop/GPU/laptop systems to clear out the dust that accumulates over weeks or months (most of my gpu heatsinks released a small cloud of dust when blasted)

[dogie]

This isn't strictly a preorder as its more so to do with physical capacity. Every day those miners aren't mining costs them $$$, but to have in hand hardware in significant quantity they'd have to put them in a dedicated 500KW farm - but only for a few weeks. That just doesn't make sense.

Instead they're attaching buyers to them as they roll off the production lines of confirmed, known to be working architecture and hardware. A preorder is where you give someone money, they take a gamble with it and hope the outcome is what is expected.

I suspect...

S1 in stock because they are probably liquidating their old farm.

S2 on pre-order because that's what they are replace it with.

Simple 

Why would they do that, its the same chips? If they wanted to replicate S2s they'd just underclock their S1s and push them closer together

[romang]

I suspect...

S1 in stock because they are probably liquidating their old farm.

I agree ... I have received recent Ants that had been used ... removing the fans showed a lot of dust, and I had to clean them ... but they hash away and work fine, so I'm happy.

grab an air duster can - youll be able to blow away all the dust and other crud with minimal work. Also works well from desktop/GPU/laptop systems to clear out the dust that accumulates over weeks or months (most of my gpu heatsinks released a small cloud of dust when blasted)

Think about it if u had a product that can basically print money wouldn't u use it until it was sold etc I can't blame them for that. Instead of them rotting on shelves.

[VonSpass]

Hey Bitmain; can we have an idea as for when more Antminer S2 units will be available? It seems all S2 batches are sold out at the moment...

[Biffa]

Hey Bitmain; can we have an idea as for when more Antminer S2 units will be available? It seems all S2 batches are sold out at the moment...

They aren't comfortable doing pre-orders too far into the unknown future. Let them get the ones out they have sold now, get some on the shelf and build up some stock to avoid regressing into pre-order nightmare.

[hanti]

i would like to have some s2 mini or something 400-500gh/s and 400-500W

[Maxcoin88]

i would like to have some s2 mini or something 400-500gh/s and 400-500W

Indeed , it would be really nice 

I am just wondering if anybody already received the S2, maybe people from the first batch? I managed to order in the second batch, just curious about the S2's design.

Oh and btw, BITMAIN support is hard working solving our problems. They replyed my emails and now my order has been sent to shipping 
We have to be a little more patient.

Thanks BITMAIN for your time and work, I really appreciate. 

Cheers.

[klondike_bar]

i would like to have some s2 mini or something 400-500gh/s and 400-500W

^go out and buy a few antminers to undervolt.  1TH+ is necessary if you are serious about equipment that will run for 6months+

The S1 was 4.75BTC at first. now its less than 1/5th of that. The S2 will cost 1BTC in only a few months