ANTMINER S2 upgrade kit? EDIT: BITMAIN WHERE ARE YOU?!?! - page 3.

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Quote from: alh on September 25, 2015, 02:42:20 PM

Quote from: Rabinovitch on September 24, 2015, 10:06:54 PM

BITMAIN promised us. I hope they will keep their words.

p.s. fortunately I have an access to free electricity, that's why I haven't sold my S2 yet. Cheesy

p.p.s. how about e-mail attack, like several months ago about GPL terms?.. Grin

It might make the most sense to figure out what you could get for the S2 if you sold it today. Use that as a cost figure, and churn the numbers on how long it will take to break-even with 0 running cost.Can you wait that long? Do you want to?

I think continuing to wait for Bitmain, or harping at them is a waste of time. They have forgotten about this months ago.

The graphic above from Finsky sums it up.

One thing I could not tell who is in the graphic above? I do agree time to let go.

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Quote from: Rabinovitch on September 24, 2015, 10:06:54 PM

BITMAIN promised us. I hope they will keep their words.

p.s. fortunately I have an access to free electricity, that's why I haven't sold my S2 yet. Cheesy

p.p.s. how about e-mail attack, like several months ago about GPL terms?.. Grin

It might make the most sense to figure out what you could get for the S2 if you sold it today. Use that as a cost figure, and churn the numbers on how long it will take to break-even with 0 running cost.Can you wait that long? Do you want to?

I think continuing to wait for Bitmain, or harping at them is a waste of time. They have forgotten about this months ago.

The graphic above from Finsky sums it up.

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Quote from: Rabinovitch on September 24, 2015, 10:06:54 PM

BITMAIN promised us. I hope they will keep their words.

p.s. fortunately I have an access to free electricity, that's why I haven't sold my S2 yet. Cheesy

p.p.s. how about e-mail attack, like several months ago about GPL terms?.. Grin

At this point I would suggest selling the S2. It's just going to go down in value. I recently sold some of my equipment that needed to go to lower priced electricity areas. Worked pretty good I was happy with end result.

But I don't see a upgrade kit coming at this point from them. Sometimes promises get broken when it comes to business. I'm guessing they added up cost, and man power guessing to help some through it. And chances are long ago decided to kill project.

And it is entirely possible they did a S2 upgrade at some point and kept it internal. That would make sense for their personal data centers. (just speculation).

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Quote from: mavericklm on September 24, 2015, 06:20:18 PM

Quote from: Meech on September 24, 2015, 06:00:18 PM

Picked up 5 from a nearby Data Center and sold 4 after eventual news of no upgrade kits.
Will run the last one as a heater this winter.

i would go for something quieter like an s3 or s5 with the option fan on 0%
better efficiency too

u guys still dream of upgrading your s2 Huh

Not worried about efficiency when my electric wall heaters are rated at 1200w and during the winter run almost 24/7 anyway.

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BITMAIN promised us. I hope they will keep their words.

p.s. fortunately I have an access to free electricity, that's why I haven't sold my S2 yet. Cheesy

p.p.s. how about e-mail attack, like several months ago about GPL terms?.. Grin

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Quote from: Meech on September 24, 2015, 06:00:18 PM

Picked up 5 from a nearby Data Center and sold 4 after eventual news of no upgrade kits.
Will run the last one as a heater this winter.

i would go for something quieter like an s3 or s5 with the option fan on 0%
better efficiency too

u guys still dream of upgrading your s2 Huh

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Picked up 5 from a nearby Data Center and sold 4 after eventual news of no upgrade kits.
Will run the last one as a heater this winter.

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Quote from: Biodom on September 20, 2015, 08:52:53 PM

Quote from: sidehack on September 01, 2015, 09:52:58 PM

Bitmain themselves brought it back by showing off some BM1384 prototype boards this spring and getting people's hopes up. Of course they slipped some details, some potential timelines, and then apparently dropped the whole thing without a word.

yep, not a first company to do it too (cough-KNC-cough).
I also think that some people started buying used S2 in anticipation, so it could have been a double whammy. I almost bought one.
S2 probably did spectacularly in some places with very low electricity.

Yup, I picked up a couple.

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I just turned my kit build off a couple months ago. I didn't get in anywhere near early on 'em and still ran it for a year.

I bought a second, a stock unit, for the museum earlier this year. I'd have bought a third to upgrade if the kits hadn't evaporated.

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Quote from: sidehack on September 01, 2015, 09:52:58 PM

Bitmain themselves brought it back by showing off some BM1384 prototype boards this spring and getting people's hopes up. Of course they slipped some details, some potential timelines, and then apparently dropped the whole thing without a word.

yep, not a first company to do it too (cough-KNC-cough).
I also think that some people started buying used S2 in anticipation, so it could have been a double whammy. I almost bought one.
S2 probably did spectacularly in some places with very low electricity.

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lol

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Maybe they will try again with the new BM1385 Chips but like the last one that may never see public release and only be sold to private farms

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Bitmain themselves brought it back by showing off some BM1384 prototype boards this spring and getting people's hopes up. Of course they slipped some details, some potential timelines, and then apparently dropped the whole thing without a word.

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Quote from: mewhoyou on August 29, 2015, 09:56:21 AM

S7 is out ... s2 is officially dead ...

Um, wasn't this a dead topic a year ago?

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If you are located in Canada and are interested in selling your S2, let me know.

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yup I see it on the site now looks more like the S5+ designed controller boards

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S7 is out ... s2 is officially dead ...

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I think I agree game over on the S2 upgrade

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Each 1000 GH/s of UMISOO and ANTS2 can be redeemed for one unit of Antminer S2 physical hardware. The handling and packaging fee for each unit is set at USD $50 per machine, and the cost to ship each machine to Shenzhen is USD $65. Shipping costs from Shenzhen to final destination will be calculated by shipping company rates.

So this is the semi-official S2 upgrade kits dismissal. Game over. Now we can use our S2s as a dryer for mashrooms, for example...

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