Topic: Announcement: Bitmain launches AntMiner solution, 0.68 J/GH on chip - page 146. (Read 368268 times)

Crazy, its asicminer madness all over again. $4000+ / unit is pretty risky. But good luck to you all.

I think they want to keep the price down so more people can get the miners at more reasonable price???

I'll go 1@30!!!

might i suggest waiting until wednesday, so that recipients of the first auction can test the units and report back? Hopefully my UPS tracking number isnt a 4kg pile of bricks lol

also, 2hrs is very fast, why would you expedite it like that? 12hrs is better IMO

We will hold another fast auction on the bitcointalk.org, and this round will be super fast, as it last only for 2 hours. This auction will be started at Nov 24, 21:00 Beijing time, and ended at 23:00. (Beijing is at UCT+8 time zone) There will be 30 units for sale in this round, and bids started at 1 BTC.

@sushi

I agree, the photos, videos, and data of he project all look very real and very promising. The system looks like it is sturdy and well thought-out. I cant wait to have one in my hands

Same here..

Since you bid on the miner, you counted on the Bitmain to deliver... (Glad to see you won! and it should ROI with higher resell value as well!)  

Right now should be about 3AM China Time

As I met their group, there was no sign of scam but rather very honest group of people working as a great team almost 24/7.  Most of the core members were getting 3 hours of sleep while working non-stop while crashing at 3am on the lobby cauch for 30 minutes here and there.  When they woke up, they simply went back to work.  

No crazy drama like you see in USA Reality Show.  They had a very realistic timeline table for the project and so far, they were all met ahead of the schedule.  They were simply happy people very excited with their project/work.  They are very eager to deliver but a bit disappointed on so much negativeness

I was fortunate to be able to join them for a few days there.  Each of them knew what their task was and they trusted each others responsible area.

Eating snacks at 3am to either stay wake or just to munch on something while running the burn-test or working on the units for minor trouble shooting.  They were just like other professionals I knew from other side of the earth!  

They were very security conscious and care about their employee's safety and privacy as well.  (Not just for the top management but all the way to the production line staffs!!   )

just got my tracking number - these guys opted for the faster UPS option, and delivery is expected by end of day tuesday  

This means that i can probably add almost 0.5BTC to my calculated profits since i had anticipated delivery at the end of the week - thanks bitmain!

makes sense

whats the deal with the auction units? Its been 24hrs since payment for most of the winners and there has been no news on payments being receivedor units shipped/shipping...even an arbitrary update like "we are packing the boxes for ups now" would help set a timeframe

In this batch, the clock frequency of chip is 350MHz, and the overclock interface didn't be disclosed. We think stable running is more important than overclock running.

If u look carefully his English is not as bad as he makes out. Uses very unnatural vocabulary considering the poor grammar (ie high level vocabulary). I think whoever it is is purposely dumbing down their ability for whatever reason.

Yup!!

Is there a web site for these guys yet?

hi sushi,

what is the best way to contact Bitmain?
I have sent an email and PM but I have not had reply yet.

are you located in China? do you have direct contact with Bitmaim?

your help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
merv77

Sweden, feel free to send me your unit for a second review (if you´re up to it)  


MrTeal: There´s some differences, on paper, yes... but i´m confident that´s just paper wise.

I see... Your are right. I would have to agree this does not look like the Avalon chip at all.

Antminer Datasheet: https://github.com/AntMiner/AntGen1/blob/master/datasheet/BM1380_Datasheet.pdf
Avalon Gen2: http://downloads.canaan-creative.com/hardware/A3255/datasheet/A3255Q48-131113-V05-EN.pdf

There are a lot of differences between the two chips in terms of signals and it seems likely in the way they communicate. While that doesn't mean they couldn't be the same die, I would personally be pretty surprised if they were.

just give a good price and we will go from there..

I couldn't care less who's chip it is. If it has a realistic chance of ROI, and can be purchased with a credit card, I'll buy.

The Avalon communication protocol (hardware level) is the real giveaway.
If the Report and Configuration signals are the same then it's Avalon based.