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Topic: Do any of you lost money on ASICS? (Read 1874 times)

hero member
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April 01, 2014, 11:24:09 AM
#29
I think the Golden Age of mining is going downhill fast.  By June-July not many survivors.

There are no retail ASIC machines that will make roi on the market.  Besides the market is fixed. 

6 billion difficulty for btc this weekend.

Even the scrypt acics coming out will have a hard time breaking even because their difficulty will be 5-10x harder by the time they come out in mass.
newbie
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March 31, 2014, 10:22:00 PM
#28
I will hit my ROI next week for my 3 antminers. My brother in law has more than doubled his investment. The other thing is, i believe that BTC will be in the $2000 range at the end of the year. I think the IRS ruling is good in the long term. I am also buying more BTC as the price drops.
full member
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March 31, 2014, 03:29:56 PM
#27
Yes losing money on Neptunes right now.
legendary
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Merit: 1000
Satoshi is rolling in his grave. #bitcoin
March 30, 2014, 11:21:55 PM
#26
Hi guys!

I was interested to know if some of you bought ASICs (from whatever company) and never made your ROI back. Or maybe barely made it? Also, do you own ASICs that you can't use anymore, because you lose money running them?

I'm interested in knowing if that happened to some of you guys and it could be great to share your story in that thread.

Thanks!

*EDIT*
Maybe to clarify. I'm not looking to buy or anything. I'm more interested in knowing more about the state of the bitcoin mining market.

mining btc is over staturated. period.





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newbie
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March 29, 2014, 10:32:32 PM
#25
I only buy/sell my gear in Bitcoin denominations, so I shouldn't ever take a big loss.
sr. member
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March 29, 2014, 06:39:48 PM
#24
i just bought another BFL60 - £215.
add that to the OP list  Cheesy


it's a hobby, i enjoy it, i still trade Oil.
sr. member
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Merit: 250
Honni Soit Qui Mal i Pense
March 29, 2014, 06:29:09 PM
#23
My 2c;
Being a late adopter my view is that i dont like to own an ASIC. I think its a waste of time, power, effort and money i cant afford. Im a happy clam mining some alt funny coins with my R9 280x tho. If someday all the crypto-world explodes, i will still be able to play a nice game of Battlefield 12, or whatever will be around then.
Cloud in the other hand its attractive for me. As in the first post stated, being a business owner i will be happy as a clam for any ROI under one year, so , if im investing some satoshis that are from my own GPU into a long term mining thing... For me its ok.
hero member
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March 29, 2014, 06:08:13 PM
#22
*EDIT*
Maybe to clarify. I'm not looking to buy or anything. I'm more interested in knowing more about the state of the bitcoin mining market.

perhaps we can continue the OP discussion now?

I would like this too. If some of you guys made money, I'm happy for you, really. It's great that people can make money out there. It helps to build a viable economy.

But to help people make money around here, you must also learn about those who lost money. I saw many people hoping of making money in the last few months. But did they really made that money? Planning your profit and getting it is not the same thing.

OK, here's my situation in full.
I purchased a few blades which run at ~10GH each, two BE cubes and a BFL55

one cube died. (so I guess that's not going to break even)

I set a floor on the price I was willing to sell my BTC at €450

under that price, and I just plough everything I mine back into cloud mining. I see this as the only way possible that my rig will break even eventually.
I now have 170GH at home (from 205GH) and 60GH on cloud. I'll keep building the cloud with the btc I mine at home and when BTC price breaks through that floor, i'll start selling it on exchanges again.

As of now, i've not broken even. but I will, eventually because the cloud hashing - although a premium at 0.0075btc / GH, has no long term electric costs.

So, if I understand correctly, if you don't go into cloud hashing, you never break even? Your own mining operation is a pure loss?


Hmm....i see im one of the lucky ones here  Grin

You got your ROI on all your equipment?
newbie
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March 29, 2014, 02:21:46 PM
#21
Hmm....i see im one of the lucky ones here  Grin
sr. member
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Merit: 250
March 29, 2014, 07:33:25 AM
#20
*EDIT*
Maybe to clarify. I'm not looking to buy or anything. I'm more interested in knowing more about the state of the bitcoin mining market.

perhaps we can continue the OP discussion now?
sr. member
Activity: 434
Merit: 250
March 29, 2014, 07:32:07 AM
#19
struggling to get referrals? LOL

No. I've referred them the site, so why not give my referral link?



because this thread is about losing money. if you are showing us a referral link where you are losing money, I think it counterproductive.

I'm losing money? No.

well, i'm customer number 51 with PBMining and my first GH were purchased in january. My balance is still negative.
Also, i'm interested in the OP of this thread, not a gloating referral link which tells me you are in profit, this is totally off topic (actually the opposite of the topic of this thread).
If you want to promote referral links, please make sure they are relevant to the subject of the thread.
thanks.
newbie
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Merit: 0
March 29, 2014, 07:21:19 AM
#18
struggling to get referrals? LOL

No. I've referred them the site, so why not give my referral link?



because this thread is about losing money. if you are showing us a referral link where you are losing money, I think it counterproductive.

I'm losing money? No.
sr. member
Activity: 434
Merit: 250
March 29, 2014, 07:17:16 AM
#17
struggling to get referrals? LOL

No. I've referred them the site, so why not give my referral link?



because this thread is about losing money. if you are showing us a referral link where you are losing money, I think it counterproductive.
newbie
Activity: 3
Merit: 0
March 29, 2014, 07:14:17 AM
#16
struggling to get referrals? LOL

No. I've referred them the site, so why not give my referral link?

sr. member
Activity: 434
Merit: 250
March 29, 2014, 07:06:52 AM
#15
Based on the current difficulty, it seems that anything over $5/GHs isn't worth it. And that's without factoring in power costs.
Go with something like PBMining. It's cheaper than CEX.io (costs BTC0.0075/GHs)



struggling to get referrals? LOL
newbie
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March 29, 2014, 07:03:43 AM
#14
Based on the current difficulty, it seems that anything over $5/GHs isn't worth it. And that's without factoring in power costs.
Go with something like PBMining. It's cheaper than CEX.io (costs BTC0.0075/GHs)

mod note: removed affiliate spam.
legendary
Activity: 1198
Merit: 1000
March 29, 2014, 06:55:49 AM
#13
I just lose money with usb block erupter. But all others will ROI or already have.
sr. member
Activity: 364
Merit: 250
March 29, 2014, 05:40:55 AM
#12
Well back in 2012 I bought some usb miners (333mh/s) for fun so I guess you can say that I lost/wasted the money
sr. member
Activity: 434
Merit: 250
March 29, 2014, 04:01:32 AM
#11
OK, here's my situation in full.
I purchased a few blades which run at ~10GH each, two BE cubes and a BFL55

one cube died. (so I guess that's not going to break even)

I set a floor on the price I was willing to sell my BTC at €450

under that price, and I just plough everything I mine back into cloud mining. I see this as the only way possible that my rig will break even eventually.
I now have 170GH at home (from 205GH) and 60GH on cloud. I'll keep building the cloud with the btc I mine at home and when BTC price breaks through that floor, i'll start selling it on exchanges again.

As of now, i've not broken even. but I will, eventually because the cloud hashing - although a premium at 0.0075btc / GH, has no long term electric costs.
newbie
Activity: 14
Merit: 0
March 29, 2014, 01:55:31 AM
#10
It made more sense to buy btc instead of mining now.

No miners will be ROI with current exchange rate



Really? Now the situation is this?
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