ROCKMINER ASIC miner official thread - page 56.

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Quote from: Meech on June 14, 2014, 01:23:16 PM

I too am waiting for Canary to post a price and hopefully it's more competitive than minersource.net ( although they are a good reseller ). The price on the rbox dropped dramatically since launch and hopefully we will see the price of the rkbox come down as well. To stay competitive with the market the price needs to drop a lil since power supply is not included and the rpi may need to be purchased as others have stated. At least close to what Rockminer sells them for + a lil for shipping cost. Hopefully this next week goes fast, don't want to resort to buying from the manufacturer. What would you use these for? Combine a couple and mine at a pool or point one for solo mining? Is it a waste for solo or should I use the rbox for solo? Your thoughts....

I personally wouldn't try solo mining unless I had at least 10 Th/s but that is just my BTC0.00003552

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I too am waiting for Canary to post a price and hopefully it's more competitive than minersource.net ( although they are a good reseller ). The price on the rbox dropped dramatically since launch and hopefully we will see the price of the rkbox come down as well. To stay competitive with the market the price needs to drop a lil since power supply is not included and the rpi may need to be purchased as others have stated. At least close to what Rockminer sells them for + a lil for shipping cost. Hopefully this next week goes fast, don't want to resort to buying from the manufacturer. What would you use these for? Combine a couple and mine at a pool or point one for solo mining? Is it a waste for solo or should I use the rbox for solo? Your thoughts....

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I've got coin waiting for one of you US sellers to get a shipment... (cough...Canary..) Grin

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Quote from: klintay on June 14, 2014, 09:24:37 AM

Quote from: Swimmer63 on June 14, 2014, 01:01:55 AM

Quote from: acidmilk on June 13, 2014, 11:23:13 PM

I went to go buy 4 rocket boxes today but the 450 dollar shipping on them turned me away Sad

That's ridiculous. They are eitHer taking a profit or paying retail. My FedEx acct would be $25-30 per.

Really you can ship 7kg from China to USA for $30 usd ? Nice! But how long does it take though?

I can ship for $6 per kg UPS but it takes 7 days. The fastest service is more expensive but it only 2-3 days.

Express International is usually 3-4 days. Quicker from Europe, but this is China.

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Value will be measured in sats

Quote from: Swimmer63 on June 14, 2014, 01:01:55 AM

Quote from: acidmilk on June 13, 2014, 11:23:13 PM

I went to go buy 4 rocket boxes today but the 450 dollar shipping on them turned me away Sad

That's ridiculous. They are eitHer taking a profit or paying retail. My FedEx acct would be $25-30 per.

Really you can ship 7kg from China to USA for $30 usd ? Nice! But how long does it take though?

I can ship for $6 per kg UPS but it takes 7 days. The fastest service is more expensive but it only 2-3 days.

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its not about shipping cost or anything u mentioned above...

lets calculate the real cost here...

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1 x RK-Box 450G = 1BTC (latest price)

assume we buy 3 RK-box (3BTC + 0.6BTC shipping)
now we need 3 RPI assume it 0.23BTC
and the last thing, we need 3 PSU assume it 0.47BTC
total : 4.3BTC
now we got 1.35 TH/s cost us around 4.3BTC
so, for this spec. 1BTC can get us 313GH/s (1350/4.3)

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now we calculate the Antminer S2
1 x S2 1TH/s = 3.194 BTC (coupon)

for this S2, we dont need other accessories to run it
its all included
so, for this spec. 1BTC can get us 310GH/s (1000/3.225)

Conclusion :
RK-box - for mid player in mining, if ur wallet is not big enuf
S2 - only for big wallet

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Quote from: acidmilk on June 13, 2014, 11:23:13 PM

I went to go buy 4 rocket boxes today but the 450 dollar shipping on them turned me away Sad

That's ridiculous. They are eitHer taking a profit or paying retail. My FedEx acct would be $25-30 per.

acidmilk

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Yes after thinking about it i guess you are right. Blame Bitmain with the 35 USD a piece shipping has spoiled me; I think a group buy for this product would be fantastic.

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Quote from: acidmilk on June 13, 2014, 11:23:13 PM

I went to go buy 4 rocket boxes today but the 450 dollar shipping on them turned me away Sad

$112.5 per divice from China using DHL express is a damn good deal.
How do you suppose they get here?

On the other hand, if shipping cost was simply part of per unit price, wouldn't you buy it anyway?

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I went to go buy 4 rocket boxes today but the 450 dollar shipping on them turned me away Sad

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Value will be measured in sats

Quote from: SVK on June 13, 2014, 08:37:13 AM

Any EU resellers ?

Eyeboot is the Asian distributor here:

https://www.eyeboot.com

Agent List:

http://www.rockminer.com/agents_list.html

It looks like www.asicminer-shop.de is the Euro one

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Any EU resellers ?

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Rocket-BOX(RK-BOX) is diffrent to RX-BOX.

Rocket-BOX:48 BE200, short,450G~480G
RX-BOX:64 BE200,long,~600G

As RX-BOX is delayed,RK-BOX will shipped out first. And we will use RK-BOX for replacement of RX-BOX. 2RX-BOX=3RK-BOX.

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Quote from: Phosphorous on June 13, 2014, 02:41:25 AM

Quote from: infernoman on June 12, 2014, 04:12:56 PM

Quote from: CanaryInTheMine on June 12, 2014, 04:08:25 PM

I think you should be able to use a PC. rockxie can confirm

^^ Very good news

Someone please confirm. I am not all that familiar with Pi. I'd like to just hook it to my PC if possible.

PC is also OK.

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Quote from: infernoman on June 12, 2014, 04:12:56 PM

Quote from: CanaryInTheMine on June 12, 2014, 04:08:25 PM

I think you should be able to use a PC. rockxie can confirm

^^ Very good news

Someone please confirm. I am not all that familiar with Pi. I'd like to just hook it to my PC if possible.

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Quote from: sebdude420 on June 12, 2014, 07:18:01 PM

just call RX-Box PillBox.

Hahaha
To help with btc ailments offcourse!! You need the pills! Lol

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just call RX-Box PillBox.

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Quote from: bobsag3 on June 12, 2014, 06:58:05 PM

Quote from: Beastlymac on June 12, 2014, 06:50:11 PM

My understanding is that a pi is included so that the miners can be standalone.

A pi is NOT included, I specifically asked this morning. Only the SD card with the software.

is the card bootable then? just pop it into Pi and everything comes up?

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Quote from: Beastlymac on June 12, 2014, 06:50:11 PM

Quote from: CanaryInTheMine on June 12, 2014, 04:08:25 PM

Quote from: infernoman on June 12, 2014, 04:05:12 PM

Quote from: CanaryInTheMine on June 12, 2014, 03:47:40 PM

Quote from: infernoman on June 12, 2014, 03:40:57 PM

Quote from: CanaryInTheMine on June 12, 2014, 03:37:17 PM

Quote from: infernoman on June 12, 2014, 03:31:56 PM

alright now im confused as all hell -_- the rx box is listed at 4000 mbtc but before it was just 4 rocket boxes. so now your saying the rocket boxes only do 450-480 gh/s instead of 600? or is this a different product from the rx-box. another question. do you need the r-pi to run these units?

here's a list of rockminer's products:

http://shop.rockminer.com/

rocket and Rx-box appear to be different

thanks for the clarification, but if somebody like you were to order 4 of the rx-boxes compared to the rockets and resell them they would be very close in price range no? for one individual unit?

they should, but you know that supply/demand will kick in... so first batch/es are small and they will fly off the shelves and people might be flipping them for higher. next batch should be much larger and website order could be a good source as long as you are able to buy minimum quantity and/or pay shipping fee.
a lot of folks can buy the 4 unit, keep as many as they want and sell off the rest. best way to do this is to hedge your orders by purchasing same amount of btc spent on coinbase. then sell of on ebay for example and cover your bill.

or just wait for resellers to sell you a unit or two etc...

okay cool. will most likely be interested in one of the units. i will be here to keep posted. the problem is the r-pi. never used one before and it adds extra cost if you have to buy one for every miner. could you not use a pc with usb?

I think you should be able to use a PC. rockxie can confirm

My understanding is that a pi is included so that the miners can be standalone.

A pi is NOT included, I specifically asked this morning. Only the SD card with the software.

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Quote from: CanaryInTheMine on June 12, 2014, 04:08:25 PM

Quote from: infernoman on June 12, 2014, 04:05:12 PM

Quote from: CanaryInTheMine on June 12, 2014, 03:47:40 PM

Quote from: infernoman on June 12, 2014, 03:40:57 PM

Quote from: CanaryInTheMine on June 12, 2014, 03:37:17 PM

Quote from: infernoman on June 12, 2014, 03:31:56 PM

alright now im confused as all hell -_- the rx box is listed at 4000 mbtc but before it was just 4 rocket boxes. so now your saying the rocket boxes only do 450-480 gh/s instead of 600? or is this a different product from the rx-box. another question. do you need the r-pi to run these units?

here's a list of rockminer's products:

http://shop.rockminer.com/

rocket and Rx-box appear to be different

thanks for the clarification, but if somebody like you were to order 4 of the rx-boxes compared to the rockets and resell them they would be very close in price range no? for one individual unit?

they should, but you know that supply/demand will kick in... so first batch/es are small and they will fly off the shelves and people might be flipping them for higher. next batch should be much larger and website order could be a good source as long as you are able to buy minimum quantity and/or pay shipping fee.
a lot of folks can buy the 4 unit, keep as many as they want and sell off the rest. best way to do this is to hedge your orders by purchasing same amount of btc spent on coinbase. then sell of on ebay for example and cover your bill.

or just wait for resellers to sell you a unit or two etc...

okay cool. will most likely be interested in one of the units. i will be here to keep posted. the problem is the r-pi. never used one before and it adds extra cost if you have to buy one for every miner. could you not use a pc with usb?

I think you should be able to use a PC. rockxie can confirm

My understanding is that a pi is included so that the miners can be standalone.

EDIT: I have been corrected. Pi NOT included but SD card with software is.

Thanks Bobsag

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