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Topic: ASIC Miners (Read 663 times)

newbie
Activity: 48
Merit: 0
January 04, 2014, 12:14:21 PM
#15
ASIC miners comint to scrypt very soon, preorders are starting as of today..... This is going to be the next generation mining rigs.
Get ready to sell the gpu's.
newbie
Activity: 5
Merit: 0
January 04, 2014, 12:02:20 PM
#14
I did finally get my Jalapeño from BFL, only about 6 months after they said I would get it. Then it ran at 5GH/s instead of the upgraded 7GH/s I paid for. They never responded to my messages, or even acknowledged I tried to contact them.
hero member
Activity: 619
Merit: 500
January 04, 2014, 11:43:28 AM
#13
Yep BFL is actually delivering orders now. Some delays earlier in 2013, but they seem to have caught up.

Even though it makes the appearance that they have caught up there are still people waiting multiple weeks for a device that should be ready to ship within a day.
See here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.4240727


i predict bitcoin mining to collapse in 2015, for most people atleast.
Bitcoin doesn't work without the miners.
It might happen that the proof of work will be changed to something else though.
newbie
Activity: 25
Merit: 0
January 04, 2014, 11:39:23 AM
#12
i predict bitcoin mining to collapse in 2015, for most people atleast.
newbie
Activity: 5
Merit: 0
January 04, 2014, 11:35:39 AM
#11
I don't think ASIC miners will be that profitable for much longer  Embarrassed
newbie
Activity: 1
Merit: 0
January 04, 2014, 11:02:39 AM
#10
Yep BFL is actually delivering orders now. Some delays earlier in 2013, but they seem to have caught up.
newbie
Activity: 7
Merit: 0
January 04, 2014, 10:55:13 AM
#9
Are BFL now actualy delivering instantly 65nm products?
hero member
Activity: 588
Merit: 500
January 04, 2014, 10:30:55 AM
#8
BFL Seems to have some delays and with new orders it might take sometime. KNC seems good but there are some negative feedback about technical issues after getting it. I am not sure but IMO buying a ready miner is better than making a pre-order that the delivery time for isn't confirmed.
legendary
Activity: 975
Merit: 1003
January 04, 2014, 09:40:40 AM
#7
BFL is not a scam, I ordered a 30 GH/s from them and I have already got it. They just delayed the shipping that's all
sr. member
Activity: 518
Merit: 250
January 04, 2014, 09:21:08 AM
#6
Why does BFL have a bad reputation ?
member
Activity: 70
Merit: 10
January 04, 2014, 05:35:45 AM
#5
i have no problem with my BFL miner
newbie
Activity: 3
Merit: 0
January 03, 2014, 04:33:51 PM
#4
Many ASIC miners are mining altcoins. Right now ASIC miners can mine Bitcoin and the Bitcoin-like SHA-256 altcoins such as Zetacoin. Although there are people working on hardware designed to mine the scrypt based coins like Litecoin.
newbie
Activity: 28
Merit: 0
January 03, 2014, 03:49:58 PM
#3
If you search BFL lawsuit on this site or /r/bitcoin, it is a lot of negative press. The amount is too overwhelming for a newbie to ignore while KNC and ASICMiner get fairly good reviews.

I realized after posting this that some ASIC miners connect through your LAN, such as ASICMiner's cube. Are ASIC miners generally setup to only mine BTC?
newbie
Activity: 5
Merit: 0
January 03, 2014, 02:33:00 PM
#2
Hello,
source for BFL being a scam? They had some very bad business practice sometimes, but AFAIK they actually delivered?
Also, blockerupter IIRC, but it's not worth the investment imho anyway.
Good luck!
newbie
Activity: 28
Merit: 0
January 03, 2014, 01:27:41 PM
#1
The latest versions of CGMiner for OSX no longer support GPU mining. This is probably a good thing since I have an iMac. What are the best USB ASIC miners out there? I know BFL is a scam and KNC seems to be pretty reputable. Any advice on brands would be greatly appreciated.
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