Topic: HashFast launches sales of the Baby Jet - page 43. (Read 119626 times)

IMPORTANT UPDATE


HashFast customers opting for the Miner Protection Program will receive their additional ASICs already assembled onto mini-boards.

We are not shipping raw chips. 

There is no need for MMP customers to worry about the time/trouble/expense of PCB integration.

MPP mini-boards will arrive ready to go, and are easily installed into a Baby Jet's extra space.  The process is a lot like upgrading a normal PC and does not require any soldering or special tools beyond a screwdriver.

If our customers wish to install them in something different from the two models of rig that HashFast makes (the Baby Jet & the Sierra) that's absolutely OK.  All that's needed is some kind of ATX case, a standard PC power supply, a cooling system of their choice,  and a controller.   The choice of what controller to use is also completely up to the customer; just about any device that will run CGminer is fine (a raspberry pi, a tablet, a small server, or whatever works best).

Also, if someone you trust has come up with a design you like, feel free to ask them for a hand or buy one from them.  We believe that hardware should be open, and available for anyone to take in whatever direction they think is best. 

As far as we are concerned, this is an extension of the same approach we are taking with our software; HashFast drivers will be completely open-source so you may software of your choice, and CGminer will have native support right away. 

We've been running CGMiner in our FPGA emulation since June.   It works great, and we think people will be happy with the quality of our drivers.   Other folks who have seen them were

Wait, what the fucking shit, they just send you an ASIC? 

Uh??? Documentation for it?  Reference designs maybe?

That's basically the entire ordeal and clusterfuck that the avalon chips were, maybe worse.  You'd have to design/acquire a PCB, pick & place assemble it, and integrate it into the system, horribly expensive and inefficient to do in small numbers.  god help you if you have to go through a group buy sort of thing.

Please tell me I’m missing something here because this has red flags all over it.

I mostly take a back seat to Group Buys nowadays (more of a head cheerleader), with thomas_s leading the charge for new GB Rounds, but yes, I do help others with vetted miner host matchmaking.

bobsag3 has been double vetted by myself and John K, and is offering the world's lowest professional insured hosting prices at 2.75% per 2 week payout. He's also done a number of impressive upgrades to his professional colocation hosting facility specially designed with my input and with ASIC miners in mind.

The GB man would be Mr Zombie, with me as the host

Yes of course. I have already got 2-3 options on the US. One was about the 2,5% and the other around 75$ fixed rate per month as the babyjet is supposed to be so power efficient. But of course, if HF offers a hosting solution next to their fabrication place I will go with them and turn those already paid 600$ into hosting contract payment.

Lets hope HF comes up with a nice hosting service ready to work in time with their first babyjet deployment

I am located in Spain.

That means around 21% in vat of the value that HF declares and more fees for handeling the customs. Just thinking about the price makes my wallet cry  

That sounds really nice. Anything special about international shipping ?

I have already paid like 600$ for the babyjet and the upgrade kit shipment. As I couldnt reach a nice solution with HF about international shipping I just think that having my unit hosted with HF will be the best solution.

I am glad to see seasonics...  I wont have to plug one of mine in

why you so cheap?  

does a company who's willing to give you 5x the hashing power after 3mo if you don't ROI for free look like they'll cheap out on you?

The Baby Jet is using the Seasonic X-1000 - that PSU is 91.0% efficient with 1 module. See the glowing review here:

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=264

the MPP was always just raw chips.

no biggie as far as i'm concerned.  they aren't into selling the modules for a huge profit. 

yeah, that's Ciara.

that's Bitcoinorama off in the background awaiting to assemble your packaging, marker in hand.

i will mention you to them.

where is this coming from? There's no MPP anymore or what.
Regards,
Brian

They've had a picture of the place on their blog since August they probably just hadn't negotiated the final details of their relationship yet.

https://hashfast.com/shop-floor-of-our-assembly-house/

I'm close to Montreal...  if HashFast wants me to, I can go visit and get pictures etc sometime during the prototyping/manufacturing process as a trusted forum member.

So the "protection plan" gives us more chips but what are we suppose to do with them?

The PCB isn't include, only a bare chip...

How much is it going to cost to have that chip hashing??

Protection plan sounds like a sales ploy.

Hot dam I bet those are going to be some top of the line packing peanuts man!

I heard that this is the power supply they are going to be using can you confirm or deny?  

http://www.seasonic.com/pdf/datasheet/NEW/Bulk/PC/ATX/SS-XXXES%20Active%20PFC.pdf

From Ciara:

"Regarding packaging we have a vast experience with shipping complex solutions globally. We have multiple ways in which to determine how best to protect your products. When customers purchase multiple solutions the preferred method is to palletize the shipment for added durability furring shipment. We also utilize multiple sources for our box and foam solutions. Rest assure that we will work directly with your hardware and team to determine how best to ensure your product ships and arrives in top condition. We will begin designing your shipping solution once the first prototype arrives."

In sum, HF will use a custom designed shipping solution, designed by the same people that design packaging solutions to ship to Akami, the worlds biggest banks, and top high frequency hedge funds, on a daily basis.

It was announced on the IceDrill thread a couple days ago that final assembly was happening in Canada.

also, Ciara has a long history of shipping high end servers for clients like Akami, banks, high frequency trading funds, etc.