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[dmwardjr]

Some strange magazine. )

That's what I thought.  So, not BITMAIN...

[notlist3d]

Some strange magazine. )

That's what I thought.  So, not BITMAIN...

I have to give this site credit on being creative to get clicks.   Made one heck of a ad and even a littte buzz.

I'm about to give up and scrap it all to magazine publicity stunt.

[Biodom]

So it's 16th in China now. Another one broken promise.  

They (Bitmain) did not promise anything. It was just one self-promoting website, unrelated to Bitmain.
The only thing that was and still is missing was Bitmain officially saying that it isn't so, hence the confusion.
Considering that Bitmain frequenting these boards it is somewhat surprising that they let this rumor pass unanswered.

[xstr8guy]

Use Dogies Trustworthyness guide: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=456691

That guide is garbage.  I suggest any noob here to take Dogie's manuf. trustworthyness guides with a huge grain of salt and do your own due diligence.

this. any free miner is a good miner, eh?
anyhoo.. i've been refreshing the bitmain website page all day and nothing is jumping out at me.

S5 my arse.

Exactly, "S5 my ass!"

An S1 with no upgrade kits is a bad investment in my opinion; UNLESS one does not have to pay for electricity in a college dorm or where ever.

And an S1 is only going to earn 86 cents per day even with free electricity. Hardly worth the trouble, lol.

[raskul]

Use Dogies Trustworthyness guide: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=456691

That guide is garbage.  I suggest any noob here to take Dogie's manuf. trustworthyness guides with a huge grain of salt and do your own due diligence.

this. any free miner is a good miner, eh?
anyhoo.. i've been refreshing the bitmain website page all day and nothing is jumping out at me.

S5 my arse.

Exactly, "S5 my ass!"

An S1 with no upgrade kits is a bad investment in my opinion; UNLESS one does not have to pay for electricity in a college dorm or where ever.

And an S1 is only going to earn 86 cents per day even with free electricity. Hardly worth the trouble, lol.

is that a 'constant' 86cents, or an average over time? 

[Klubknuckle]

Lets just wait for another week for S5, I am pretty sure S5 is much better interm of price per GHS and power.!!

[notlist3d]

Lets just wait for another week for S5, I am pretty sure S5 is much better interm of price per GHS and power.!!

This appears not to have been a official ad, so it could be a week or multiple weeks.    Really no one knows.

[xstr8guy]

Use Dogies Trustworthyness guide: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=456691

That guide is garbage.  I suggest any noob here to take Dogie's manuf. trustworthyness guides with a huge grain of salt and do your own due diligence.

this. any free miner is a good miner, eh?
anyhoo.. i've been refreshing the bitmain website page all day and nothing is jumping out at me.

S5 my arse.

Exactly, "S5 my ass!"

An S1 with no upgrade kits is a bad investment in my opinion; UNLESS one does not have to pay for electricity in a college dorm or where ever.

And an S1 is only going to earn 86 cents per day even with free electricity. Hardly worth the trouble, lol.

is that a 'constant' 86cents, or an average over time? 

We'll c'mon now, you know the answer, lol. 86 cents per day for the remainder of this difficulty period... then somewhere around 85 cents for another 2016 blocks... then lower again.

[dmwardjr]

Use Dogies Trustworthyness guide: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=456691

That guide is garbage.  I suggest any noob here to take Dogie's manuf. trustworthyness guides with a huge grain of salt and do your own due diligence.

this. any free miner is a good miner, eh?
anyhoo.. i've been refreshing the bitmain website page all day and nothing is jumping out at me.

S5 my arse.

Exactly, "S5 my ass!"

An S1 with no upgrade kits is a bad investment in my opinion; UNLESS one does not have to pay for electricity in a college dorm or where ever.

And an S1 is only going to earn 86 cents per day even with free electricity. Hardly worth the trouble, lol.

93 cents per day at present difficulty and present cost of bitcoin $408.00.  $27.79 in one month and hardware break even in 97 days.  All of this with free electricity.

Not worth it in my opinion either.  If my electricity costs were free, I would rather have an S4 or S5.  However, it all depends on what one can afford.

[DavidBAL]

I said this in another thread so it's worth repeating. Business timelines can change, and I have no more info than you on when the S5 will be released, but the Antminer ad in yBitcoin is an official ad. We only print ads with the direct consent and participation of our advertising partners. Thanks for reading the magazine and please share it!

Kind regards,

/db

[raskul]

I said this in another thread so it's worth repeating. Business timelines can change, and I have no more info than you on when the S5 will be released, but the Antminer ad in yBitcoin is an official ad. We only print ads with the direct consent and participation of our advertising partners. Thanks for reading the magazine and please share it!

Kind regards,

/db

who said we read the magazine? naaaaah, we just followed the links to the advertisement page 

[DavidBAL]

I said this in another thread so it's worth repeating. Business timelines can change, and I have no more info than you on when the S5 will be released, but the Antminer ad in yBitcoin is an official ad. We only print ads with the direct consent and participation of our advertising partners. Thanks for reading the magazine and please share it!

Kind regards,

/db

who said we read the magazine? naaaaah, we just followed the links to the advertisement page  

Haha just when I'm starting to get nostalgic over BTF. Well, just so you guys know what we do- we're the world's leading educational bitcoin publication. Our awesome partners (like Bitmain) enable us to give the magazines away for free all over the world- in turn raising awareness and hopefully making your rigs pay out some extra dollars. This year we've been able to print almost 300,000 free magazines reaching an estimated 1-1.3 million potential new bitcoin users. If there is someone in your personal network on the edge or interested about using bitcoin, get them a free magazine shipped right to their door (we even pay shipping within the USA)!

[raskul]

I said this in another thread so it's worth repeating. Business timelines can change, and I have no more info than you on when the S5 will be released, but the Antminer ad in yBitcoin is an official ad. We only print ads with the direct consent and participation of our advertising partners. Thanks for reading the magazine and please share it!

Kind regards,

/db

who said we read the magazine? naaaaah, we just followed the links to the advertisement page  

Haha just when I'm starting to get nostalgic over BTF. Well, just so you guys know what we do- we're the world's leading educational bitcoin publication. Our awesome partners (like Bitmain) enable us to give the magazines away for free all over the world- in turn raising awareness and hopefully making your rigs pay out some extra dollars. This year we've been able to print almost 300,000 free magazines reaching an estimated 1-1.3 million potential new bitcoin users. If there is someone in your personal network on the edge or interested about using bitcoin, get them a free magazine shipped right to their door (we even pay shipping within the USA)!

in that case, i applaud you. best luck with the endeavour. now - go get us some insider info! 

[farrukh]

They might use 16nm chip for S5 and push down the watt per gh/s down to like 0.2.

[dmwardjr]

I said this in another thread so it's worth repeating. Business timelines can change, and I have no more info than you on when the S5 will be released, but the Antminer ad in yBitcoin is an official ad. We only print ads with the direct consent and participation of our advertising partners. Thanks for reading the magazine and please share it!

Kind regards,

/db

who said we read the magazine? naaaaah, we just followed the links to the advertisement page  

Haha just when I'm starting to get nostalgic over BTF. Well, just so you guys know what we do- we're the world's leading educational bitcoin publication. Our awesome partners (like Bitmain) enable us to give the magazines away for free all over the world- in turn raising awareness and hopefully making your rigs pay out some extra dollars. This year we've been able to print almost 300,000 free magazines reaching an estimated 1-1.3 million potential new bitcoin users. If there is someone in your personal network on the edge or interested about using bitcoin, get them a free magazine shipped right to their door (we even pay shipping within the USA)!

ROLL TIDE, David!

Thank you for your contribution to bitcoin!  Didn't realize we were close to one another until now.  I live in Birmingham.

I'll have to check out the magazine in more detail.

Have a great day!

David Ward

[mazedk]

They might use 16nm chip for S5 and push down the watt per gh/s down to like 0.2.

doubt anyone is that far with 14nm in relation to bitcoin mining atm.

Allthough.. if anyone could be.. it would be bitmain or friedcat i would guess..

[mavericklm]

if intel doesn't have a lot of 14nm cpu on the market...22nm looks more realistic

[DavidBAL]

I said this in another thread so it's worth repeating. Business timelines can change, and I have no more info than you on when the S5 will be released, but the Antminer ad in yBitcoin is an official ad. We only print ads with the direct consent and participation of our advertising partners. Thanks for reading the magazine and please share it!

Kind regards,

/db

who said we read the magazine? naaaaah, we just followed the links to the advertisement page  

Haha just when I'm starting to get nostalgic over BTF. Well, just so you guys know what we do- we're the world's leading educational bitcoin publication. Our awesome partners (like Bitmain) enable us to give the magazines away for free all over the world- in turn raising awareness and hopefully making your rigs pay out some extra dollars. This year we've been able to print almost 300,000 free magazines reaching an estimated 1-1.3 million potential new bitcoin users. If there is someone in your personal network on the edge or interested about using bitcoin, get them a free magazine shipped right to their door (we even pay shipping within the USA)!

ROLL TIDE, David!

Thank you for your contribution to bitcoin!  Didn't realize we were close to one another until now.  I live in Birmingham.

I'll have to check out the magazine in more detail.

Have a great day!

David Ward

ROLL TIDE!! Proud University of Alabama alum here. There's actally a pretty big bitcoin scene in Tuscaloosa, a few of us got a bunch of students and professors invested in the $10 to $100 range so they have alot of happy supporters and college kids with too much btc for their own good. Actually met my girlfriend of the pat 3 years there and she's now working at BitPay.. bitcoin life.. right? 

Come visit us in Huntsville when you get a chance,  we're actually relocating to Nashville around the start of the year so don't wait too long!

Best,

/db

[daddyfatsax]

Holy shit... 2 People from Alabama who are mining?!?! I thought I was the only one.

[dmwardjr]

Holy shit... 2 People from Alabama who are mining?!?! I thought I was the only one.

LOL


ROLL TIDE