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Topic: FPGA miner for altcoin (Read 4243 times)

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July 05, 2018, 05:20:42 AM
Xilinx just drastically increased their prices for the lastest dev board
legendary
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July 04, 2018, 08:20:40 PM
dwarfminer = scam
fpga mining (this product) = scam
Acorn m.2 = not scam
fpgaland = not scam

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July 04, 2018, 05:25:42 PM
I just ordered two from fpgavcu1525.com they only got 25 pcs and long delivery time Sad Could only get one per customer but ordered two times one to my fathers address Wink

Really need help to set it up I am brand new to FPGA mining, please can some one help out?

Thank you very much.

That is not a legitimate site..
newbie
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July 03, 2018, 01:15:39 PM
I just ordered two from fpgavcu1525.com they only got 25 pcs and long delivery time Sad Could only get one per customer but ordered two times one to my fathers address Wink

Really need help to set it up I am brand new to FPGA mining, please can some one help out?

Thank you very much.

Brand new account with the name FPGAmining posting a link to a shady looking site selling the 1525. That's not suspicious at all  Roll Eyes
newbie
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July 03, 2018, 12:37:51 PM
I just ordered two from fpgavcu1525.com they only got 25 pcs and long delivery time Sad Could only get one per customer but ordered two times one to my fathers address Wink

Really need help to set it up I am brand new to FPGA mining, please can some one help out?

Thank you very much.
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Merit: 37
June 25, 2018, 09:40:19 PM
how cheap is cheap? we plan to price the fpga miner at $400 price range (depending on the final order number), about 20W power consumption. i don't really think you can get reasonably sized fpga device below that price


400 US isn't cheap expecially with ETH( and the market) at current price level.

I do think that there are some reasonably sized FPGA but limited to only few algos that may be sold around 200 bucks.

ANd then we have to pay attention to the bitstream. If your bitstream follow the same algos of what will be available on the other platform ie allmineinc, the risk of overlapping is high.

A fpga that mine Allium, Arto CNvariant, or skein will be more safe to purchase than one that mine Etash,CN monero and Tribus.

 

if you want to sell at 200, your total cost needs to be lower than 100, for that price i really doubt you can find any good sized fpga. it is no longer bitcoin time, the algo of altcoins nowadays are made wickedly complex, requiring a much larger fpga to reach reasonable hash performance

If you’re still using 28nm, should be able to have the biggest...
jr. member
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Contact [email protected] for our FPGA miner info!
June 25, 2018, 09:33:35 AM
#99
sure, we are open to any cooperation opportunities.
Is it possible to meet in person?

we all have full time job, and busy on this project on the side, so i can't guarantee any time. but if you have something interesting, we can arrange meeting. thanks.
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June 25, 2018, 04:50:58 AM
#98
sure, we are open to any cooperation opportunities.
Is it possible to meet in person?
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June 25, 2018, 04:33:59 AM
#97
any viable product at cost below $100..

Could be any price, as long as it pays back within half a year.
jr. member
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Contact [email protected] for our FPGA miner info!
June 24, 2018, 04:29:50 PM
#96
we consider to design a multi-fpga platform focusing on the ROI and performance.

Are you interested in some kind of cooperation?

sure, we are open to any cooperation opportunities.
jr. member
Activity: 148
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Contact [email protected] for our FPGA miner info!
June 24, 2018, 04:28:46 PM
#95
requiring a much larger fpga to reach reasonable hash performance

But they can split the job between many cheap small ones, even though it will be not as power efficient as a single chip, but cheaper to produce

multi-chip layout would increase the design complexity and hence the board cost. besides the communication latency between chips would the bottleneck.. i think it would be really challenging to build any viable product at cost below $100..
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June 24, 2018, 12:50:26 AM
#94
requiring a much larger fpga to reach reasonable hash performance

But they can split the job between many cheap small ones, even though it will be not as power efficient as a single chip, but cheaper to produce
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June 24, 2018, 12:49:05 AM
#93
we consider to design a multi-fpga platform focusing on the ROI and performance.

Are you interested in some kind of cooperation?
jr. member
Activity: 148
Merit: 9
Contact [email protected] for our FPGA miner info!
June 23, 2018, 04:03:20 PM
#92
how cheap is cheap? we plan to price the fpga miner at $400 price range (depending on the final order number), about 20W power consumption. i don't really think you can get reasonably sized fpga device below that price


400 US isn't cheap expecially with ETH( and the market) at current price level.

I do think that there are some reasonably sized FPGA but limited to only few algos that may be sold around 200 bucks.

ANd then we have to pay attention to the bitstream. If your bitstream follow the same algos of what will be available on the other platform ie allmineinc, the risk of overlapping is high.

A fpga that mine Allium, Arto CNvariant, or skein will be more safe to purchase than one that mine Etash,CN monero and Tribus.

 

if you want to sell at 200, your total cost needs to be lower than 100, for that price i really doubt you can find any good sized fpga. it is no longer bitcoin time, the algo of altcoins nowadays are made wickedly complex, requiring a much larger fpga to reach reasonable hash performance
jr. member
Activity: 148
Merit: 9
Contact [email protected] for our FPGA miner info!
June 23, 2018, 03:58:14 PM
#91
how cheap is cheap? we plan to price the fpga miner at $400 price range (depending on the final order number), about 20W power consumption. i don't really think you can get reasonably sized fpga device below that price

Cheap is something that pays off within 6 months Smiley Even if it's $40,000 but has a short breakeven period I will (and many others) consider it a great deal.
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Your power consumption rate is amazing, good job! Hope you will succeed at making good profit with this project!

Thanks. if our single fpga design is proven to be successful. we consider to design a multi-fpga platform focusing on the ROI and performance.
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June 23, 2018, 03:19:06 PM
#90
how cheap is cheap? we plan to price the fpga miner at $400 price range (depending on the final order number), about 20W power consumption. i don't really think you can get reasonably sized fpga device below that price


400 US isn't cheap expecially with ETH( and the market) at current price level.

I do think that there are some reasonably sized FPGA but limited to only few algos that may be sold around 200 bucks.

ANd then we have to pay attention to the bitstream. If your bitstream follow the same algos of what will be available on the other platform ie allmineinc, the risk of overlapping is high.

A fpga that mine Allium, Arto CNvariant, or skein will be more safe to purchase than one that mine Etash,CN monero and Tribus.

 
full member
Activity: 188
Merit: 150
June 23, 2018, 02:49:06 PM
#89
how cheap is cheap? we plan to price the fpga miner at $400 price range (depending on the final order number), about 20W power consumption. i don't really think you can get reasonably sized fpga device below that price

Cheap is something that pays off within 6 months Smiley Even if it's $40,000 but has a short breakeven period I will (and many others) consider it a great deal.
--
Your power consumption rate is amazing, good job! Hope you will succeed at making good profit with this project!
full member
Activity: 188
Merit: 150
June 23, 2018, 02:42:18 PM
#88

Excellent! Thank you! Please share as much as you are willing to, at this point I am just gathering as much information as possible.
jr. member
Activity: 148
Merit: 9
Contact [email protected] for our FPGA miner info!
June 23, 2018, 02:37:36 PM
#87
ETASH requires an awfull lot of memory and is quite a power hungry algo, so an expensive FPGA with a 225W power limit is not the best fit at all.

My idea was to get cheaper and little older hardware and build a cheap miner. Tasks can be divided between several chips...
Yes, that will consume more power, but I think if we make calculations based on what industrial miners are paying (up to 5 cents per kwh), then there may be a niche for such product.

There's a project, the idea is to lower the keccak burden on the GPU.
Thread here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.39871063

we have tested keccak algo, our proposed fpga miner should be able to achieve 1GH/s at 20w. the PCIe can be added so you can use it as an accelerator type of device.
jr. member
Activity: 148
Merit: 9
Contact [email protected] for our FPGA miner info!
June 23, 2018, 02:35:36 PM
#86
ETASH requires an awfull lot of memory and is quite a power hungry algo, so an expensive FPGA with a 225W power limit is not the best fit at all.

My idea was to get cheaper and little older hardware and build a cheap miner. Tasks can be divided between several chips...
Yes, that will consume more power, but I think if we make calculations based on what industrial miners are paying (up to 5 cents per kwh), then there may be a niche for such product.

how cheap is cheap? we plan to price the fpga miner at $400 price range (depending on the final order number), about 20W power consumption. i don't really think you can get reasonably sized fpga device below that price
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