Dividends have been paid for the week of 3/19/12!
Finally figured out GLBSE 2.0! That was a confusing few hoops to jump through to pay the dividend, but all is well.
Total paid to 6000 shares: 15.25589979 BTC
Dividend per share: 0.00254265 BTC
Oddly, I could have sworn I posted about the dividend payment from last week, but apparently I didn't... I did pay it though, so here's the report:
Total paid to 6000 shares: 13.54249554 BTC
Dividend per share: 0.00225708 BTC
That was for the week of 3/12/12 and went out on 3/19.
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Sorry about the late dividend payments, and the cluster being down most of the day today. I just found a whole bunch of problems with the host that I finally had a chance to sit down and sort out after a busy day at work.
The FPGA.contract host machine had crapped out, needing an fsck. Then, the USB wifi adapter didn't seem to work. Moving that do a different USB port fixed it though, oddly. Next problem was that my "static" IP address had changed, so the API for the stats on contract.fpgamining.com were dead. That should be sorted out now, and as soon as the DNS setting is updated they should be back.
The problem I haven't yet solved is with GLBSE 2.0. I can't seem to pay the dividend, getting a "Not enough bitcoin available, cancel some buy orders or deposit more" error. I have plenty of BTC in there, and no buy orders, so I can't understand why it says that. Most likely I'm screwing something up with the administrative account stuff. I'll ask around and figure it out.
Anyway, the dividends will come soon, and the cluster is indeed hashing away again and earning us all shiny new bitcoins.
Sorry for the delay, everyone!
The FPGA.contract host machine had crapped out, needing an fsck. Then, the USB wifi adapter didn't seem to work. Moving that do a different USB port fixed it though, oddly. Next problem was that my "static" IP address had changed, so the API for the stats on contract.fpgamining.com were dead. That should be sorted out now, and as soon as the DNS setting is updated they should be back.
The problem I haven't yet solved is with GLBSE 2.0. I can't seem to pay the dividend, getting a "Not enough bitcoin available, cancel some buy orders or deposit more" error. I have plenty of BTC in there, and no buy orders, so I can't understand why it says that. Most likely I'm screwing something up with the administrative account stuff. I'll ask around and figure it out.
Anyway, the dividends will come soon, and the cluster is indeed hashing away again and earning us all shiny new bitcoins.
Sorry for the delay, everyone!
is 1 board not mining? ; )
Whoo, I hadn't checked my GLBSE for a few weeks, came back and there was a BTC waiting for me. Up to 108 shares 
I've got me some shares. 
Yeah, earnings are paid as dividends for the previous week of mining. Sorry for the confusion!
Today is 3/13/12, so where is one week?
there is no missing week. the latest post from fizzisist refers to a week that started March 5th
this is how he reports the periods for which dividends were paid
Today is 3/13/12, so where is one week?
Dividends have been paid for the week of 3/5/12!
This actually went out in the wee hours yesterday morning, but I finally have a minute to post it here. Sorry about that!
Total paid to 6000 shares: 14.02652257 BTC
Dividend per share: 0.00233775 BTC
Pretty good week, despite the big difficulty increase!
This actually went out in the wee hours yesterday morning, but I finally have a minute to post it here. Sorry about that!
Total paid to 6000 shares: 14.02652257 BTC
Dividend per share: 0.00233775 BTC
Pretty good week, despite the big difficulty increase!
I think FPGA.contract is probably my favorite investment right now. I look forward to other contracts coming and hope they are run as consistently as fizzisist has been.
Not really. My opinion is that the 7 boards we have are enough work for me given the amount I am earning in maintenance. If I was going to consider adding more X6500s, I think I would do it under a different contract. That's not to say that I'm at all unhappy with the current arrangement, though! I just thing expanding the operation would probably make sense under more flexible and favorable terms for me. Also, making and selling the X6500 keeps me busy enough as is. Maybe someone else would be interested in starting up a second X6500 contract? If so, I'd be happy to discuss pricing and maybe even a partial share trade. Let me know if you're interested!
I have been wanting to set up something exactly like what you have for a while, but I didn't want to steal your idea or form a grudge or anything like that, but if you think there should be a similar contract, I'd love to start it up!
I could give you a significant amount of share or whatever else you'd want. I think doing this together would be awesome!
Thanks,
Garrett
Hey Garrett,
I think it would be great if there were more FPGAs out there mining, and contracts make a lot of sense because of the high cost of entry. I received a lot of PMs today from people interested in this, so you're not the only one. I think the only thing to do is to hear everyone's proposals, and discuss pricing options on a one by one basis.
Dividends have been paid for the week of 2/27/12!
Total paid to 6000 shares: 12.79225257 BTC
Dividend per share: 0.00213204 BTC
Total paid to 6000 shares: 12.79225257 BTC
Dividend per share: 0.00213204 BTC
Not really. My opinion is that the 7 boards we have are enough work for me given the amount I am earning in maintenance. If I was going to consider adding more X6500s, I think I would do it under a different contract. That's not to say that I'm at all unhappy with the current arrangement, though! I just thing expanding the operation would probably make sense under more flexible and favorable terms for me. Also, making and selling the X6500 keeps me busy enough as is. Maybe someone else would be interested in starting up a second X6500 contract? If so, I'd be happy to discuss pricing and maybe even a partial share trade. Let me know if you're interested!
I have been wanting to set up something exactly like what you have for a while, but I didn't want to steal your idea or form a grudge or anything like that, but if you think there should be a similar contract, I'd love to start it up!
I could give you a significant amount of share or whatever else you'd want. I think doing this together would be awesome!
Thanks,
Garrett
Are there plans in the near future to release additional shares to buy an 8th FPGA?
Not really. My opinion is that the 7 boards we have are enough work for me given the amount I am earning in maintenance. If I was going to consider adding more X6500s, I think I would do it under a different contract. That's not to say that I'm at all unhappy with the current arrangement, though! I just thing expanding the operation would probably make sense under more flexible and favorable terms for me. Also, making and selling the X6500 keeps me busy enough as is. Maybe someone else would be interested in starting up a second X6500 contract? If so, I'd be happy to discuss pricing and maybe even a partial share trade. Let me know if you're interested!
Are there plans in the near future to release additional shares to buy an 8th FPGA?
Awesome!
I just bought two shares :3
I'll probably buy more as I accumulate more BTC.
I just bought two shares :3
I'll probably buy more as I accumulate more BTC.
Well done, I love this venture.
Dividends have been paid for the week of 2/20/12!
Total paid to 6000 shares: 12.8590481 BTC
Dividend per share: 0.00214317 BTC
Total paid to 6000 shares: 12.8590481 BTC
Dividend per share: 0.00214317 BTC
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Dividend ...
A little later than usual because GLBSE was down this morning when I tried.
A little later than usual because GLBSE was down this morning when I tried.
are we surprised?
i wish i had a few satoshi for every time glbse seems down for me ...
but otherwise it's great fun, experience and also the support is great (i needed it already)
It has been a lot worse with glbse. Down for day, up for one, down for days again.
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