I was planning on putting in a rather large order S9's but given the price... I might have to wait and see what Avalon and Canaan is doing. Definitely not buying at this price from Bitmain.
My opinion is that they got overly excited because of the high demand the last few months- maybe the price will cool off the demand and they will come to their senses.
Why is there no manufacturer in US?:/ all of a sudden crowd funding looks like a good idea - God knows we have the brain power and resources - all we need is a good plan and financial backing.
My opinion is that they got overly excited because of the high demand the last few months- maybe the price will cool off the demand and they will come to their senses.
Why is there no manufacturer in US?:/ all of a sudden crowd funding looks like a good idea - God knows we have the brain power and resources - all we need is a good plan and financial backing.
It's all a semiconductor design challenge. Crowdfunding might get a nice design, but you need Wafer Fabs to do this. As for doing this in the US we left this business to Taiwan years ago. They are better than we are at it - and will be for the foreseeable future. The Chinese arent very good at it either...every S9 Bitmain chip, as far as I understand, comes from TSMC, which is based in Taiwan.
have you noticed that the S9 is no longuer visible ( was sold out but visible intil recently ) in the Bitmain products page ? Is it something that ever happened ? 
the litminer L3+ prices have changed while they were available. Does it mean that they are ( were ) in dynamic relation with the BCH change instead of a fix Dollar price like it was for the S9 recent batch ? Must we expect that it will be the same punishment when the S9 will be available too ?
