[ANN] Spondoolies-Tech - carrier grade, data center ready mining rigs

[PeaMine]

With the S7 shipping delays and issues (based on forum posts) I would love something similar to the SP20.
100% of my SP20s are still going strong with zero care from me, while 2 S5s and 3 S4s have had board failures and lock ups.
I did have 2 boards fail on a SP20, however I did buy them used and at a huge discount so even then I still already hit ROI.
Please Spondoolies-Tech, release something smaller than the 110TH titan.

[Searing]

With the S7 shipping delays and issues (based on forum posts) I would love something similar to the SP20.
100% of my SP20s are still going strong with zero care from me, while 2 S5s and 3 S4s have had board failures and lock ups.
I did have 2 boards fail on a SP20, however I did buy them used and at a huge discount so even then I still already hit ROI.
Please Spondoolies-Tech, release something smaller than the 110TH titan.

The problem is if they are gonna fill up their new venture data hall..it makes no sense to sell or make small. They already took the
step to sell 'bulk orders' of SP50's but that imho will only be to recoup some costs and such. They did not even have to go that far.
They could have done like KNC and made it all private.

It unfortunately imho is not worth their time nor their expertise to do anything more then they already are with the sp50 and myself
I bet the sp50's that are sold on 'bulk orders' are down the road after the data hall has been up a bit and limited.

It just seems to be the way ASIC makers of any type are now. Why sell equipment that competes against your own data hall and add
to btc difficulty.

edit: Just to be clear I hope I'm Dead wrong on the above and they do make smaller units. I just continue to think it is beyond 'unlikely'.

[mavericklm]

I'd buy something similar to sp3X!

Throw 2 boards and 2 psu in one case and give us that thing!

3.4kw and 22th....

[majestymage]

I'd buy something similar to sp3X!

Throw 2 boards and 2 psu in one case and give us that thing!

3.4kw and 22th....

i also hope they will develop a small version of sp50

[dogie]

I'd buy something similar to sp3X!

Throw 2 boards and 2 psu in one case and give us that thing!

3.4kw and 22th....

But with a more standard controller board. Those SP3X ones were okay up until the point they prematurely failed.

[Biffa]

I'd buy something similar to sp3X!

Throw 2 boards and 2 psu in one case and give us that thing!

3.4kw and 22th....

But with a more standard controller board. Those SP3X ones were okay up until the point they prematurely failed.

Which was rare.

None of mine have failed and I have been an early adopter, I've even bought second hand ones that are still going strong.

I think we had a survey of failed SP-tech kit that showed failures were extremely rare. They occur, sure but its not like you can just say the above dogie without a caveat.

[dogie]

I'd buy something similar to sp3X!

Throw 2 boards and 2 psu in one case and give us that thing!

3.4kw and 22th....

But with a more standard controller board. Those SP3X ones were okay up until the point they prematurely failed.

Which was rare.

They are not rare, at all.

I think we had a survey of failed SP-tech kit that showed failures were extremely rare. They occur, sure but its not like you can just say the above dogie without a caveat.

That wasn't a real survey or any measure of failed equipment, that was Guy paying for a list of frilly questions like:

• Is the most trusted?
• Has the best firmware?
• Has the best support?
• Cares most about its customers? [lol]
• Is the most professional and pays its debts?
• Would you buy from next
• Gives value for money
• Hardware performs to your satisfaction

Other reasons why don't get as many failed reports as you otherwise would:

• When you have a problem you email Zvi, who emails internally to order a replacement. There is just no fixing those things once they go bad so no point posting.
• 20-40x less individual customers than Bitmain (which you're comparing them to) so even with the same failure rate you get 20-40x fewer reports.

[Biffa]

I'd buy something similar to sp3X!

Throw 2 boards and 2 psu in one case and give us that thing!

3.4kw and 22th....

But with a more standard controller board. Those SP3X ones were okay up until the point they prematurely failed.

Which was rare.

They are not rare, at all.

I think we had a survey of failed SP-tech kit that showed failures were extremely rare. They occur, sure but its not like you can just say the above dogie without a caveat.

That wasn't a real survey or any measure of failed equipment, that was Guy paying for a list of frilly questions like:

• Is the most trusted?
• Has the best firmware?
• Has the best support?
• Cares most about its customers? [lol]
• Is the most professional and pays its debts?
• Would you buy from next
• Gives value for money
• Hardware performs to your satisfaction

Other reasons why don't get as many failed reports as you otherwise would:

• When you have a problem you email Zvi, who emails internally to order a replacement. There is just no fixing those things once they go bad so no point posting.
• 20-40x less individual customers than Bitmain (which you're comparing them to) so even with the same failure rate you get 20-40x fewer reports.

No not that one, Phil ran another one about reliability, it wasn't fancy he just asked people about reliability, but I just dug it out and it was about SP20's not SP3x but the people who responded showed a 95.8% reliability rate. And no-one paid anything to anyone. (in the one you allude to Guy actually donated to charity)

You've become very bitter dogie, you've fallen a long way, sly digs and innuendo and half truths seem to be your forte lately which is a shame really.

Plus you missed out the bit where I said I hadn't had any controller failures in my experience which isn't huge, but I have had over 20 SP3x machines some of which are still going strong from May 2014 and never had a controller failure.

Maybe if you have real statistics about the failure rate of SP3x controllers you could give them to us here. Waffling on about numbers you know nothing about doesn't help. And I wasn't comparing them to anything, I just pulled you up on your opinion regarding the controller on the SP3x range of equipment being problematic, which I don't believe is the case.

But regardless of this, if they brought out a SP3x rackmount form factor up to 2U in size but with 10-20TH at a competitive cost. I'd definitely buy them no questions asked.

[Fatman3001]

I'd buy something similar to sp3X!

Throw 2 boards and 2 psu in one case and give us that thing!

3.4kw and 22th....

But with a more standard controller board. Those SP3X ones were okay up until the point they prematurely failed.

Which was rare.

They are not rare, at all.

I think we had a survey of failed SP-tech kit that showed failures were extremely rare. They occur, sure but its not like you can just say the above dogie without a caveat.

That wasn't a real survey or any measure of failed equipment, that was Guy paying for a list of frilly questions like:

• Is the most trusted?
• Has the best firmware?
• Has the best support?
• Cares most about its customers? [lol]
• Is the most professional and pays its debts?
• Would you buy from next
• Gives value for money
• Hardware performs to your satisfaction

Other reasons why don't get as many failed reports as you otherwise would:

• When you have a problem you email Zvi, who emails internally to order a replacement. There is just no fixing those things once they go bad so no point posting.
• 20-40x less individual customers than Bitmain (which you're comparing them to) so even with the same failure rate you get 20-40x fewer reports.

No not that one, Phil ran another one about reliability, it wasn't fancy he just asked people about reliability, but I just dug it out and it was about SP20's not SP3x but the people who responded showed a 95.8% reliability rate. And no-one paid anything to anyone. (in the one you allude to Guy actually donated to charity)

You've become very bitter dogie, you've fallen a long way, sly digs and innuendo and half truths seem to be your forte lately which is a shame really.

Plus you missed out the bit where I said I hadn't had any controller failures in my experience which isn't huge, but I have had over 20 SP3x machines some of which are still going strong from May 2014 and never had a controller failure.

Maybe if you have real statistics about the failure rate of SP3x controllers you could give them to us here. Waffling on about numbers you know nothing about doesn't help. And I wasn't comparing them to anything, I just pulled you up on your opinion regarding the controller on the SP3x range of equipment being problematic, which I don't believe is the case.

But regardless of this, if they brought out a SP3x rackmount form factor up to 2U in size but with 10-20TH at a competitive cost. I'd definitely buy them no questions asked.

So you admit that you were wrong, but you keep attacking dogie?

Why is dogie held to a completely different standard than everyone else?

Besides, the philipma surveys were a joke. The fee debacle meant that mostly die-hard spondoolies fans ever bothered to take part. And what was it in the end? 60 people? Yeah, that's statistically significant. Pfff.....

Nah, give me dogie-style reviews over twisted science any day of the week!

[dogie]

Few more pictures we haven't seen before, found in the SEC filings.




The full merger agreement between BTCS and Spondoolies is here. An interesting quote:

2.6 Litigation. There is no  ... suit, ... claim ... threatened against the Company, ... nor, to the knowledge of the Company, is there any reasonable basis for any such action, suit, ... claim... . The Company does not have any Legal Proceeding pending against any other Person.

[dmwardjr]

An interesting quote:

2.6 Litigation. There is no  ... suit, ... claim ... threatened against the Company, ... nor, to the knowledge of the Company, is there any reasonable basis for any such action, suit, ... claim... . The Company does not have any Legal Proceeding pending against any other Person.

LOL

WOW...  REALLY?

I also doubt very seriously these rigs will be inside the rack of another facility other than BCTS.  They only wanted to announce what they have accomplished.  If anyone does receive them, they will probably have to sign an agreement that would include not telling anyone they have them.

[Fatman3001]

The full merger agreement between BTCS and Spondoolies is here. An interesting quote:

2.6 Litigation. There is no  ... suit, ... claim ... threatened against the Company, ... nor, to the knowledge of the Company, is there any reasonable basis for any such action, suit, ... claim... . The Company does not have any Legal Proceeding pending against any other Person.

Hmmmmm..... did you settle your beef with them or did they just steamroll you? I hope you are a kinder soul than I am. I would aim for the jugular at this point.

[Powell]

Did you file a suit or "Just talk to a lawyer"?  If you just talked to a lawyer then they don't have any claims. 

[dmwardjr]

Did you file a suit or "Just talk to a lawyer"?  If you just talked to a lawyer then they don't have any claims. 

You have a very good point there.

[dogie]

Did you file a suit or "Just talk to a lawyer"?  If you just talked to a lawyer then they don't have any claims. 

Depends, Spondoolies don't seem to pick up their post

[Powell]

Did you file a suit or "Just talk to a lawyer"?  If you just talked to a lawyer then they don't have any claims. 

Depends, Spondoolies don't seem to pick up their post

Hopefully you sent it as time sensitive material so you have proof.  Not just a regular letter, maybe with some tracking information.

[p3yot33at3r]

@ SPT:  Any updates on pricing/availability of the SP50? 

[dmwardjr]

@ SPT:  Any updates on pricing/availability of the SP50? 

I don't know if anyone knows...  Maybe...  I say this because those who do know may have signed an NDA before the price was revealed to them.

[p3yot33at3r]

@ SPT:  Any updates on pricing/availability of the SP50? 

I don't know if anyone knows...  Maybe...  I say this because those who do know may have signed an NDA before the price was revealed to them.

Yeah, I'm aware that nobody knows - that's why the question was directed @ SPT 

[Finksy]

They are not rare, at all.

So how frequently do they occur then, if Phillip's survey was inaccurate?

And one would think if a law suit was in fact filed -as someone else mentioned- it would have been served by post with signature required in a timely fashion.. As any lawyer with a functioning brain would do.. 

I do hope you get your issues resolved with SP-T.  There may be other sides to the story, but nobody likes to see a reputable company back out of a deal.