Topic: GekkoScience is now dabbling with 16nm ASICs for new designs - page 29. (Read 77011 times)
November 24, 2016, 06:44:19 PM
Yeah, there's no gimmick that could ever get me to mine at antpool.
November 24, 2016, 06:34:27 PM
wonder how much those Amazon gift cards are gonna be for from Bitmain if at all ? . no complaints no matter how low it is I was super supersized to see it . .I get one I mined a little more BtC there then what you need to .
if I wasn't z cash mining and went looking for a Zcash PPS pool to mine on i would have missed out . look at the ant pool front page .
https://www.antpool.com/home.htm
if I wasn't z cash mining and went looking for a Zcash PPS pool to mine on i would have missed out . look at the ant pool front page .
https://www.antpool.com/home.htm
More of Roger Ver/Viabtc/Bitmain's collusion to take over a majority of the hashrate. Exactly why we need a community miner instead of Bitmain gear
November 24, 2016, 06:09:21 PM
The 2-chip BM1384, I'll likely have a limited batch available in December. The 2-chip Bitfury stick won't come until later.
November 24, 2016, 02:02:20 PM
Unfortunately probably not until January for BF16 pods. Prototyping takes time and money - the more money, the less time.
I was referring to the 2 chip gekko, I'll ask you if you have any of these to buy.
Thank
November 24, 2016, 01:57:31 PM
Unfortunately probably not until January for BF16 pods. Prototyping takes time and money - the more money, the less time.
November 24, 2016, 01:36:54 PM
When will they be able to buy?
November 24, 2016, 01:27:39 PM
I would buy!
November 24, 2016, 12:42:40 PM
ya 650 gh/s at 75w dc for 125$? tht's definitally reasonable for me as well, i would be in for a few off the bat for sure at that price 
November 24, 2016, 12:27:12 PM
I'm definitely game for several of the BF pods.
November 24, 2016, 12:15:01 PM
I am a buyer at that price.
November 24, 2016, 11:31:56 AM
I'm happy to pay a little more for a quality product built for community miners and focused on our needs directly rather than ultimate "cost per Ghs" numbers. The fact it will be just as good and give us the ability to tinker and adjust to our hearts content (unlike a certain ASIC manufacturer....cough cough....shitmain) is well worth the additional cost. Plus I've always been a fan of paying a little extra to support a small busines.
November 24, 2016, 11:27:31 AM
Regarding short-term (BM1384, etc) projects - the 2-chip stick is definitely moving forward but I'm temporarily shelving the pod project. I may have access to some stock of a better chip which would make for a better end product at about the same price, which is never a bad thing. But it'll take longer to dev.
The 2-chip stick PCB is already laid out, and vh is busy making sure he can talk to two chips at once. I will probably be sending off for a short batch of PCBs first of next week.
Regarding Bitfury 16nm projects, I got shipping notification of my 2-chip testing PCB so I'll probably be playing with that early next week also. There's a lot of embedded code to do for it before I'll even be able to talk to the chips.
Tentative pricing for a Bitfury 16nm pod is around $125. My reseller friends are worried that >$100 is too much for a pod miner. With an estimated stock setting of about 650GH at 75W DC, would folks still buy it? That's priced high even by Avalon721 standards, but it also has better efficiency - and with integrated undervolting, it can get better still.
The 2-chip stick PCB is already laid out, and vh is busy making sure he can talk to two chips at once. I will probably be sending off for a short batch of PCBs first of next week.
Regarding Bitfury 16nm projects, I got shipping notification of my 2-chip testing PCB so I'll probably be playing with that early next week also. There's a lot of embedded code to do for it before I'll even be able to talk to the chips.
Tentative pricing for a Bitfury 16nm pod is around $125. My reseller friends are worried that >$100 is too much for a pod miner. With an estimated stock setting of about 650GH at 75W DC, would folks still buy it? That's priced high even by Avalon721 standards, but it also has better efficiency - and with integrated undervolting, it can get better still.
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November 24, 2016, 02:46:21 AM
As of right now, all the mining rewards coming from my personal PC will be solely saved and spent on the pods from you 
Can't wait for them to be finished!
Can't wait for them to be finished!
November 24, 2016, 12:53:01 AM
This is VERY good news. Will be keeping my eyes on this for sure! Please count me in for at least 1 of the new USB sticks when they are ready!
Nice work (AGAIN) Sidehack!
Nice work (AGAIN) Sidehack!
November 23, 2016, 01:32:53 PM
Sweet! I was hoping that Punin and Bitfury would come through. Good thing I just ordered a better USB hub for stick miners.
Which one did you pick up?
Superbpag 7-port
https://www.amazon.com/Superbpag-Portable-Charger-Transfer-Samsung/dp/B013OK10YM
USPS says it is out for delivery.
Edit: It's arrived. It's solid USB hub with a built-in power supply. No issues with running the Compac at 325MHz. The other hub ran at that speed, but wasn't too happy about it.
November 23, 2016, 01:44:22 AM
November 22, 2016, 09:27:30 PM
Sweet! I was hoping that Punin and Bitfury would come through. Good thing I just ordered a better USB hub for stick miners.
November 22, 2016, 05:48:07 PM
Ooo great news!
Punin has gained back a point with me ;p i have to admit i had somewhat given up on you getting next gen chips from them, def happy to be wrong on this one!
Punin has gained back a point with me ;p i have to admit i had somewhat given up on you getting next gen chips from them, def happy to be wrong on this one!
November 22, 2016, 05:04:07 PM
This will make for a Happy Thanksgiving!
November 22, 2016, 01:17:57 PM
This is great news
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