Topic: Bitmain is releasing a 815GH/s Blake(2b) miner called the AntMiner A3 (Read 3725 times)

Anything is possible but I would say unlikely.  A lot of these asic coins you see pop up are little more than clones of another coin.  Considering SIA has an actual token-like use I think it would be more difficult to clone.  Maybe someday though a mutl-algo coin would be created that implements blake2b

Hi

does somebody know if there will be another coin to mine in the future with the Black2b Algorithm?

Hoping that there will be a new coin with the same POW

Usually when the asic miner come to the market, it shows the confidence of the market ( at least the asic miner producer ) with the coin. So the it will enrich the community.

I believe the ROI will take longer, but .. the coin will stay and last .

This is good for community to make the miner more decntralized.
However last batch is 980 USd , so I don't think they come to an agreement

This is a good
we will wait some firmware hack from brilliant asic developer

I already checked out the a3 with PSU at 0.87BCH rate and about to make the payment before learning that Blake 2b algorithm is only being used by Siacoin only. I am not going through with the payment anymore,  I knew the miner would be useless after a few months but my thoughts was to use it on new coins with Blake 2b algorithm. I also noticed that the miners has been up for grab for more than 2hours now which was impossible with the first batch release; meaning people are no longer interested in buying them anymore.  I'm out

I am sure Bitmain truly doesn't care about launching a 51% attack on Sia, they just want to maintain dominance in the miner industry. If Bitmain and Obelisk teams can work together then this would be huge for the Sia network and community as a whole.

Can the miner be modify to mine blake2s? The difference of Blake2b and blake2s is the but only. One is 64bit and the other is 32bit. How flexible is the A3 firmware. Can the frequency and fan speed is manually adjusted?

tomorrow

Dear user,

We will be reopening the batch of the Antminer A3, the Blake(2b) miner, tomorrow.
 

Please note that:

1. Just like previous batches of the Antminer A3, this batch, too, will have a limit of one miner per user.

2. To prevent hoarding by anyone or anybody and to allow more users in different time zones to purchase units in this batch, the same batch will be released five times starting at 9AM. The remaining releases will be at 12PM, 3PM, 6PM and 9PM (31 January, GMT+8).

3. All these releases will have an equal stock and same ship-out date. As the stock in each release is limited, we suggest that you confirm your order by payment while the stocks last.

4. This batch will not be available to purchase for shipping addresses located in Hong Kong.

5. All confirmed orders will start shipping after 15 March 2018.

6. Only Bitcoin Cash (BCH) will be accepted as payment method for this batch. Please select the payment method within 30 minutes of your order submission or otherwise, your order will be EXPIRED.

7. After successfully selecting the payment method, please complete the Bitcoin cash (BCH) payment for your order within one hour, or, otherwise, your order will be EXPIRED.

 

When you make an order on the Bitmain website, the system automatically calculates the shipping cost to your address for the products that you have chosen. You will see the shipping cost and can make changes before you confirm your order.

For more information on how to place your order please see this article on our website.

We would like you to receive your shipment promptly and so request that you prepare in advance for the customs clearance in your country to avoid delays or even unexpected costs.

Please let us know via support.bitmain.com if you have additional questions or concerns.

We wish you a very happy mining experience.

Best regards,

The Bitmain team

From the email I got, those batch 2 A3's are not shipping until march 15th.  They have plenty of time to reopen the orders

Isn't it interesting? see below

https://twitter.com/BITMAINtech/status/957620387558260736

We'd like to offer a $800 @BITMAINtech discount coupon to every @ObeliskTechHQ coupon holder. We look forward to collaborating with the @ObeliskTechHQ team to finalize the details. Stay tuned for more information on this.

Maybe. It really depends on what happens with the coin and the difficulty, because if it goes the route of the D3 it will be a lot faster to recoup the $2300 or whatever at the current rate than it will be to recoup $980 at, say, $3/day profit.

So, when will you reopen the site?

yeah i  might i already have 3 mining now

Wouldn't it make sense for people who ordered in the first batch to jump on another one for $980 to average the cost of the miners?

Yup. It would seem they learned from the D3 debacle.

Since this doesn't ship until March I actually think this was a good call on their part. The markup on the initial batch is recovered in the first week of mining, and the lower price makes a later batch more appealing. I'm content with just the one A3 (I'm more of a gpu miner anyway), but if I hadn't ordered in the first batch I would definitely consider the second at this price point...

Fair enough! I'm still earning pretty solidly and getting regular payouts from Luxor so I plan to stick with them. How's siamining working out?

after reading some feedback on the internet, i avoid luxor and mine at siamining instead

That's why they sell it for 980 USD