Update:Check has been written for utilities as the Coinbase transfer has completed,
so thank you very much to my lenders who have supported my operations and
have extended their trust to me in-spite of the suspicions being spread in the
request thread on the likelihood of me repaying my lenders.
As mentioned prior I halted my rental operations to mine some currencies myself,
which has gone quite well. I currently anticipate a very profitable return if I hold onto
the majority of what I have mined. Going by similar currency trends, I anticipate that selling
towards the end of this loan period will yield the maximum return.
You may view the price for yourself at this point in time here:
https://www.bittrex.com/Market/Index?MarketName=BTC-SCMining Operations:With SilkCoin being what I believe to be my final primary Scrypt mining operation, X11 algorithm appears
to be the next logical step for me. My calculations are showing it to be more profitable, although there does appear
to be somewhat of a price bubble on Betarigs for them as well. I'll continue to adapt to market conditions, but this
appears to be my best means to do so for the foreseeable future [few weeks+].
Of course moving the 7 mining rigs I have over to X11 will be a rather large task, especially considering the time needed
for tweaking and optimal configuration. This will take a while as well considering not all units are using the same GPUs,
so one config won't fit all. Regardless I am optimistic for continuing my work in regards to cryptographic currencies
Conclusion:All is still on track for repayment. Not positive when I'll be taking future loans at this point in time. Possibly having GPU rigs for X11 and ASICs for Scrypt, but right now I'm seeing that the Scrypt ASIC scene may very well become akin to BTC and start having exponential difficulty increases which will hurt both ASIC and GPU miners in regards to return on investment. In the past I mentioned that while Scrypt-N and X11 were ASIC-resistant, they would not begin to become significantly more profitable [if at all more profitable] than Scrypt till ASICs began lowering the cost of hardware/maintenance enough to shift GPU miner majority. We're beginning to see these alternative algorithms begin to increase in profitablity, and I believe this trend will only continue, much as it did in the shift from SHA-256 to Scrypt.
TL;DRAll is well and I'm optimistic for the future. Both loans are on track for repayment. I don't expect folks to read this whole thing, I just like having it there for transparency, reasoning, and record purposes. May be useful to others, don't know.