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What you want as miners from a miner. For example Size, power hookup, Easy to use, lots of fuctionality? You tell us.
POWER What you want as miners from a miner. For example Size, power hookup, Easy to use, lots of fuctionality? You tell us.
- PCIE connections, and possibly screw terminals. No 24-pin cable though since its extremely bulky/rigid, takes up space, and can be replaced with a paperclip for on/off. (perhaps include a seperate 24-pin peice that can plug to a mobo cable for on/off function (like this: http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzExWDk0OA==/z/o6YAAOxymnFSF8M1/$(KGrHqNHJEwFIH03lp5JBSF8M06jm!~~60_35.JPG))
SIZE
- stackable with little or no extra effort and hardware (slots together or include zipties)
- preferably two types: 1) small-scale which is less than 1 cubic foot and ~3kg & 2) large-scale that is 2U-4U rackmount
- packaged in a way it wont bend or snap if thrown down a staircase by UPS/DHL
- able to be placed and run on a metal surface (ie: components electrically protected on the bottomside by a chassis or mounting feet)
EASE of USE
- MUST MUST MUST have its own ethernet connection. no new hardware should require a host computer - it should be self-sufficient with internet connection
- plug and play is ideal - see ethernet connection
- a Raspberri Pi is not a built-in solution, it is a host computer dangling off the side and should be avoided. build in a proper controller and network chip.
- include 3 not-too-bright LEDs for power status, network status, and hashing status. should be visible from 3-4ft away if looking at the device, without keeping the room lit up even at night time
FUNCTIONALITY
- access to settings, ability to reduce frequency, change network settings, and both DHCP and static IP options
- ability to adjust voltage (how difficult would it be to control the voltage of all the regulators with a single pot resistor?) This ensures your hardware can be undervolted slightly late in its lifecycle to make running it profitable for longer
- display stats (perhaps a basic and advanced view modes) for everything from individual chip status to reject/error rates and %
HASHING
- make the chips capable of individual adjustments and optimizations. For a good example, look at spondoolies-tech where each one is independantly driven to achieve ideal performance for each chip. For the BEST example look at bitfury, where the system had a file that saved and allowed users to modify the ideal settings for each chip. (like the SP-Tech method, but saves the best configuration to use after a reboot or miner restart, then adjusts automatically from there if needed)
please build units that are designed at the 2TH/1.5kW level with seperation of the 12V between sections of the system so that it could be easily powered by a pair of 850W+ power supplies. Preferably seperated into eight 250GH/180W sections with an individual PCIe connector for each with no 12V crossovers. Ideally a unit like this would be 4U rackmount
Happy days!
