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Topic: [SOLD] [US] 8x FutureBit Moonlander Scrypt USB Miners (Read 703 times)

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TL;DR: Selling 8 Moonlander Scrypt miners, asking USD$260 shipped, you pay escrow, miners are tuned to get 6.5MH/s at about 60W, require adequate USB power and cooling, ship to US only.

I'm selling 8 FutureBit Moonlander USB miners, the Scrypt stick miners based on Alchemist chips, as described in this thread: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ann-futurebit-moonlander-a-modern-and-efficient-scrypt-usb-stick-miner-1248914

I ran these sticks for about 3 months with the clock set to 288MHz and voltage around 0.8v, which got me 6.5MH/s, on average, at about 60 watts measured at the wall--pretty much the best hash-to-power ratio I've seen for Scrypt short of buying a big, expensive miner. Your results may vary, depending on what kind of hub you use and how you cool these. I used two Superbpag 7-port hubs and a 120mm USB fan, which worked really well.

Full disclosure: Of the 8 miners, 6 of them ran with almost no HW errors at 288MHz, and could probably be clocked up a bit. One of the sticks ran with < 3% HW errors at 288MHz, and one ran with < 5% HW errors at 288MHz (all measured after 24 hours). The HW errors didn't seem to have a huge effect on hash rate. I don't know whether the variance in HW errors was due to chip quality variance, or something about my setup, or whether further tuning might have solved the issues. If you purchase these, I'll send them at their current voltage settings unless you specify otherwise.

Also worth noting is that these sticks in general are pretty picky about the USB hubs you use, especially at higher clock speeds and voltages. Superbpag hubs worked well for me, but they didn't work on my Eyeboot 49-port hub. There are a lot of details in the support thread I linked above.

I'd like to sell all 8 of these sticks together, and I'm looking for about USD$260 300 in BTC for all 8 of them. Escrow through OgNasty is a must. I'll pay shipping if you pay the escrow fee, sound fair? SHIPPING TO US ONLY.

Here's a picture:


(Edited with additional detail about voltage tuning.)
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