Topic: [On Hold] Hosted (or not) Gridseed ASICs -> Batch 1 Ordered - page 2. (Read 5607 times)

Hi Wolfey,

Yes everything is coming together nicely. Although the company you linked is selling units for way more than I am charging to my own customers.. I'm not sure that will help me much, but thanks for trying to help me out- I appreciate it.


Hehe, thanks for the free bump.


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Effective immediately the cost per miner has been reduced $5 each per unit, as I was able to secure a better deal. For those that have already paid, you will be refunded $5 per miner as soon as the order is placed. I am waiting to refund the $5 because BTC value may change in between now and when I place the order this weekend, making it more expensive or less expensive for me to order the equipment. If the value rises and I have excess funds on top of the $5, that will be refunded as well.

There may be further refunds on top of this as well due to other logistics of sourcing the accessories. If the cheapo USB hubs I ordered work, then expect further savings on top of what I have already mentioned. I priced in the more expensive USB hubs that I know will work, but if the cheap ones work then that will be good for everyone. As mentioned previously, Pis can be finicky with USB hubs.

Thanks for choosing me to buy your units from and host them. I promise to pass down any further savings I can achieve down to my customers, even those that have already paid. I have edited the cost in the OP, so it now shows the current and correct price.

Thanks

Bump

Come on guys, join the GB

Yo Will,
exhilarating when you're fully committed and your ars is on the line eh?
I feel your pain, man!

Here. This may help you and others, A LOT!
Check it out.....

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HASHRA TO THE RESCUE!
I have been authorized by HASHRA to announce....

New firmware for our controllers.
Could these be the ultimate cure for our hash configuration woes?
No more pissin around with tweak this, config that, change this, debug that....ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Ladies and Gentlemen!
Get your FREE firmware upgrades here! http://hashra.com/support/

A little background via direct quote:

"Our firmware "HASHRA CONTROLA" can be found here… hashra.com/support.

It is based on CGMiner and we have also made all the source code public on our GitHub page, please feel free to spread the word about it.

We were really aiming to create something that was stable, not just blast a whole load of hashing power if it keeps restarting etc.

We are happy with what we have so far though it is still in continuous development.
We plan to use this as the basis for our future products coming up and is designed for the Raspberry Pi.

At present you can use it to mine SHA or SCRYPT though we are still working on the dual aspect… it is proving tricky but we are getting close to having it now stable… to get it you will just need to hit update firmware and it will update straight away.

Using our firmware we recommend core speed at 850… should sit at just over 3.6MH for 10 units with no issues."

Let me/us all know how it works out. I don't own a controller yet but,,,soon!
I want to let all the bugs get worked out, then decide on which is the least hackable, least attackable and most stable controller out there.

One other important note. HASHRA will be set up for taking bulk discount orders from ww vendors and customers alike! They are now directly under and in between GridSeed and the rest of the world.
No import or customs hassles!

Hope this helps you a lot Will!
Good luck, man!

Peace
Wolfey2014

Thanks for the kind words, I am working really hard to make this group buy a success. I have crossed the point of no return with this group buy by buying so many accessories and renewing my lease, so I am determined to make this a success. I have sourced all the accessories from alternative sources and everything is arriving this week. Some things arrived today, the rest are set to arrive tomorrow or the next day. This includes all components of our custom ATX cables, mini usb cables for the gridseeds, silver rated ATX PSUs, Pis with cases and 8 Gb cards, USB hubs, standoffs (although I may have changed my mind about stacking so many units and the time it would take to do it).

By ordering the cable components early, I will be able to make them by the time the Gridseeds get here. I need to strip wires, install barrel plugs, and shrink wrap the cables, so it is good I have some time to do this. I must disclose the only thing I am worried about is finding out that the USB hubs I ordered don't work well with chaining Gridseeds on Pis. Pis are finicky with USB hubs. Worst case scenario I will give a refund for the USB hubs and ship out the units. I will suggest a USB hub that works (I have ordered 4 different models that supposedly work well with Pis) and you should order it yourself. It will take about the time for me to ship your units and you receive them as it would take for you to order and receive a USB hub. This is my backup plan in that scenario. If the USB hubs can be modded to save them, then I will.. sometimes they work better when being powered by an ATX PSU rather than the cheap walmart phone charger-like PSUs.

Anyways.. I think everything is coming together nicely and I will be ready to place the order this weekend and receive the units next week.

Well Coinhoarder, I am not sure why you aren't getting more interest in this.  You have been around here a while and have good trust, which is more than what can be said about most gridseed resellers.  I admit, I was a little weary about such high hosting prices, but will happily pay the new rate and keep the miners with you.

I have been referring anyone I can to this GB as I have been very happy with it BTW.

If you are unable to secure any more orders by the weekend do you think you will be shutting this down?  Is there a number your looking at to keep this open?  Just interested as I may start looking at backup investment ideas if this one falls through.

Thanks for your diligent and good work, its nice to have a competent GB leader in the crypto world.  Hopefully you can continue to make this thing grow and expand, please let me know how any of us could help you if you need it.

Thanks,

DebitMe

There's not much interest in this compared to some other options and competition has got more intense with other Gridseed hosting options popping up. I don't really have a lot of money to secure a bulk purchase with Gridseed to the lower prices and order directly, so I'm sitting on somewhat unfair grounds. So, I have been thinking of other ways I can improve this offering.

In an effort to remain competitive, I have decided to take a gamble on the hosting costs and the farm reaching full capacity. I hereby eliminate the large monthly fee structure that has been sitting in the OP for a couple weeks that was dependent on the number of units hosted. The hosting fee is now a flat $4 fee per miner, no matter the number of units hosted. The first month is still free. Thanks for those of you that have shown your support thus far by ordering! I hope you like the fact that the fees are now much lower when less units are hosted. Refunds are available at any time until the order is made this weekend if not.

I will be offering the option to host other mining equipment, so reaching capacity does not depend on interest in Gridseed mining equipment. If you are interested in hosting anything else contact me, I will do it for $0.57 per watt per month. This includes any Bitcoin and Scrypt ASICs, I have experience hosting GPU rigs as well. Since I am taking the risk of the costs of the bills, I need to find other ways to make sure I reach capacity.

I hope this sweetens the deal a little bit. I feel like my hardware prices are pretty competitive and I can't get any better prices without going directly through Gridseed, so it is what it is. I can't go through Gridseed with this low of volume.

I also needed to add a provision to the sale of hosted units. The selling of hosted equipment must be done for cryptocoins, since it may put me in the field of being a money transmitter if I sold for FIAT on Ebay and converted it into Bitcoin to pay you the proceeds. I'm sorry, but I need to implement this policy to make sure I don't break any regulatory rules of money transmitting. As always, a refund is available if you do not like this policy.. I realize we could probably get more $$ by reselling them on Ebay instead of the forums, but its the best I can do with the government breathing down our necks.

Anyways... thanks.  

Sorry to bump again, but I thought some would like to know that I have reduced the price of the accessories when ordering non-hosted units, including the custom power cables. The price I put up yesterday was somewhat of a guesstimate.. I have now worked out exact costs and reduced them accordingly.

Thanks

If you see movement of funds on the group buy address do not be alarmed, I needed to issue a refund.

I have no problem issuing refunds up until the point in time the hardware is ordered. From that point forward it will be out of my hands.

Thanks

Bump  

I can sell cables separately, but I'm not likely to have all the parts in until next week for them.

Thanks for pointing that out. 

I think you made a mistake, under 3c it says 185 dollars but has the btc amount for 195 dollars. Just FYI

Ok guys... several changes.

There is now the option to buy units that you want delivered and do not want hosted at all. I want to offer a better deal to everyone, so I am offering this group buy to non-hosted people as well now. This is so that possibly we can secure more ordering volume and get a better deal on the equipment. All savings will be pased down to the group buy participants and I will give refunds to those that have already paid if I am able to secure a better deal.

I have added it in the instructions of how to participate under option 2c. Please refer to the short paragraph of terms for non-hosted units. It basically releases me from all liability from misuse of the custom power cables, and also states that you must pay shipping when the units arrive.

2c. Not Hosted Costs/Options (comes with just a Gridseed miner, no accessories whatsoever):
         - $185 per unit =
         - You will be billed for the full shipping costs once the units have arrived.
         - Accessories:
         - Plus $100 for a Raspberry Pi host =
              + Pre-configured to work with Gridseeds. Can likely host up to 50 units depending on USB setup
         - Plus $2 per miner for Standoffs to stack your Gridseeds =
         - Plus $2 per miner for Mini USB cables =
         - Plus $30 per USB 10-port hub (Raspberry Pi compatible) =
         - Custom Cables (Scrypt ONLY:)
              + Heat shrink, 18 AWG, Plug and Play ATX Power Cables, Hand-made Custom Cables
              + Disclaimer: All cables provided for non-hosted units are for use at your own risk. Please make sure to research whether these cables will work for your PSU and do not over load the 12v or 5v lines of your PSU, or chain multiple cables together. Please ask for advice if you're not sure.
         - Plus $55 each for an ATX CPU/EPS 8 pin power cable =
              + Can power up to SIXTEEN (16) Gridseeds
         - Plus $45 each for an ATX PCIe 6 pin cable =
              + Can power up to TWELVE (12) Gridseeds
         - Plus $35 each for an ATX 4+4 pin CPU cable =
              + Can power up to EIGHT (8 ) Gridseeds
         - Plus $30 each for an ATX Molex 4 pin cable =
              + Can power up to FOUR (4) Gridseeds and FOUR (4) 5v accessories (Usb hubs, Pi, etc.)
         - Plus $35 each for an ATX SATA cable =
              + Can power up to FOUR (4) Gridseeds and FOUR (4) 5v accessories (Usb hubs, Pi, etc.)
         - Custom Cables (Dual Mining Mode:)
         - Coming Soon

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Thanks all.  

Thanks I can confirm I received it. 

Sending my payment tonight. I was waiting for blockchain to come back up.

Hey,

There are 75 units paid for at this moment. 

Thanks

How many devices ordered are we at right now?

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The first order will be placed this weekend. Please get your order in!

Good question. Please PM me the number of extra units you'd like hosted and what kind of accessories you can send with them, then I will figure out if I would need to buy anything extra. I likely at the very least will need to charge for the power chords because I'm using a custom ATX-based solution.

It won't be too much added expense, but it is certainly worth noting.

Thanks

Thanks for the information, let me get the bitcoin together from the different places I have it stored and will send you a PM tonight.  I also will be getting at least 12 units from another GB that I will mail over once I receive them. (Do i need to provide anything besides the units?  Cords and what not are included?)

Hey,

I answered your PM just now.

I am pretty sure these will be the newer version... the retailer we are buying from does a lot of volume, so I'd be surprised if they still had any of the older generation still in stock. I only put 300-333 Kh to be conservative and I wasn't sure exactly what speed these would run at. I expect to be running something like 375 Kh... maybe more. I am definitely overclocking a little bit, but I'm not going to get out of control with that. I have heard 850 mhz runs pretty stable (which gets almost 400 Kh I think.. but maybe this is the older model and the newer one will be faster than 400 Kh while overclocked). I am likely going to try that first and if it works OK I'm not going to change it. I also might underclock when we get to full capacity for efficiency's sake. I'm going to play it by ear as far as overclocking.  

Thanks