Topic: Swedish ASIC miner company kncminer.com - page 1675. (Read 3049528 times)

Bullshit.  In order for something to be illegal in the U.S, there needs to be a law that says it's illegal. What law says it's illegal to say "investment" or "return on investment"

Earlier you were saying it was fraudulent to buy something with a credit card with the intention of canceling the order, which is clearly bonkers.


Again, what you are saying is totally insane.  FinCEN SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDED people who SOLD PRODUCTS WITH BITCOINS from needing to register as money transmitters or needing to comply with KYC.   It's not illegal to sell stuff with bitcoin in the U.S without registering as a money transmitter.

Secondly, bitcoin isn't even recognized as a currency at the federal level, a single judge in one case said it could be money regarding the PirateAt40 case.  That only applies to that single case, and if upheld on appeal at the circuit level would only apply to the circuit (a group of states).

Pirate would have to appeal the case all the way to the supreme court and lose in order for that ruling to be the official law of the land.

You don't live in the U.S. and you clearly do not understand how the US legal system works, or what the laws actually say.

Obviously if Yifu refused refunds and never delivered the products, he would be likely be sued and possibly lose.  However, giving the refunds it's unlikely a lawsuit would be successful, and if it was it could only be for the cost of the boards, etc that people purchased in anticipation of the chips.

Claiming that Avalon units were financial instruments simply because he used the word 'investment' or "ROI" is insane.  People use the word investment all the time when advertising products. Things like awnings or clearcoat for your car are advertised as "great investments"

If you think it's illegal in the us to use the word "investment" when advertising a product then show me the specific chapter and paragraph in the legal code that makes it illegal.  If you can't find it, then you can't make that claim, period.

Also, you seem to be getting more and more shrill lately. I have no idea why you're hammering on this bizarre legal theory about Avalon but it's definitely completely insane.


Oh shit, better lock that guy up!


OMG THAT GUY IS SELLING COMICS AND CALLING THEM INVESTMENTS, AND EVEN USING NUMBERS!? HOW IS THIS MONSTER NOT IN JAIL!??!!?

Seriously dude you seem to have lost your mind.

If it was illegal, there would be a specific law that said it was illegal.  Of course, there isn't, because it's obviously not.

Lol, very much the same model I posted earlier. Very stable!

For how much?

    ROFL me too!

i wonder what psu model those are?

http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=33_443&item_id=061579

God damn those pics. More people will be betting YES now. lol.

I want to win big here

BOXES OF FANS!!!!!!

+1

Simple racks, but does the trick Great news.

Seem legit!

I'm actually counting on difficulty to start tapering off for a while at around 2.201 Billion by February, and here is why.

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/estimate-of-asic-pre-orders-13-to-15-phs-diff-18b-to-21b-by-end-of-2013-283820

The thread creator did a pretty good job of estimating the total worst case scenario based on all announced vendors which are suppose to come online and at what time and based off of this information, the genesis block looks to be accurate up until around mid February. I think this is an pretty accurate assessment but even with this bleak of an outlook, any KNC's delivered before Oct 15 should still make ROI (Albeit a low profit) or at-least get close to it.

The only possibilities it does not take into account is
1. Shadow corps which could theoretically exist that start dumping massive amounts of computing power into the network between now and December.
2. Failures by any of the other ASIC vendors to deliver on time.

Both of these would have a significant impact on ROI, however we just down know... I am betting at least one of KNC's competitors is going to be delayed.  

But as someone else also mentioned earlier on in the forum, by November they're will still be people willing to buy the hardware used. I personally depending on the outlook intend on selling my Jupiter's around the end of November and using those funds as my ROI/profit, which will then go into the next gen hardware around march.

They ought to give out one of those cooler master bags with each order....

again with this bs...
http://mining.thegenesisblock.com/a/9b3c1f63cb  
use this as a reference if you really want to calculate your earnings in dollar for the next 3 months. after that it won't work with this calculation anymore, but this is pretty much the worst case imo...
(notice the increased power cost for germany, another 1k for VAT, 250 psu and 150 shipping cost extra AND only 400 gh/s AND $ per btc at 100 AND a pretty much unlikely doubling of the hashrate from now to october)
NOW:
let's do the same with 500 gh/s and 850W (850 should be max. with OC (which would, again, be more gh/s)):
http://mining.thegenesisblock.com/a/9dd2b831fc

I am actually more than willing to put my money where my mouth is if that stops this fucking stupid posts about roi shit. anyone interested can pm me for a nice little bet on roi of knc's jupiter delivered until mid october.

KNC setting up the datacentre:

That's Sam right there on the left:




Sam again:

You should modify your calculations to match reality.

Let's say 26th is day1 [1] and diff is 140mil. KnC might deliver until 15th of October ~2-2.5PH [2], then assume that in this time frame blocks pass by fast until last KNC device is online (17th of October) and diff is finally adjusted to the according level of hashrate. So a possible total of upto 3,5PH/s results in diff of ~500M, maybe at October 20th in place. Then it will slab and stuck at this level I guess.

Maybe bitfury increases it a little further until end of October,  but not dramatically. Then I expect that it remains at this level it reaches at the end of October (maybe +10%) until KNC starts November delivery. Then next jump seems to be in December when vmc or others start delivery through out January and February [3]. Then KNC next generation appears in March [4].


[1] https://www.cloudhashing.com/frequently-asked-questions
  Cloudhashing ordered from KNC and their FAQ states "A2: We expect mining for September contracts to start by 26th September 2013 (...)"

[2] https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.3125451

[3] https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/estimate-of-asic-pre-orders-13-to-15-phs-diff-18b-to-21b-by-end-of-2013-283820

[4] https://www.kncminer.com/news/news-24
 "We will then release our new generation of devices, which will begin shipping in March 2014"

*edit:
-have forgotten November delivery from KNC, added some other thoughts as well
-added new srcs

Thank you for beating me to that.. everytime I see someone post the "half load efficiency" stuff it makes my eyes twitch

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.3124339

For ideal efficiency you want no more than ~60% load on the PSU. So people are getting a 1,000 watt PSU to achieve that. 850w is adequate but not targeted towards efficiency, on a device that will be operating full bore, 24/7, it makes sense.

Also you could get two 500w PSUs and feed one to each side, but I wonder if you face an additional risk if one board is powered on before the others? Might that cause problems?

I thought that the 850Watt was already giving lots of margin and you can grow with two excellent 500W PSUs instead of a really nice 1000W and get a stabler and safer setting (if one dies for example) for the same buck.  It is not that clear cut. That said notice the link I posted was a 1000W PSU, which, by the way, seems to have slightly worse stability in the tests than the 850 W version.

I agree with your assessment in profitability and the Cointerra 2TH units. I think the wildcard there is really how much KNC is willing to do for their customers, especially in terms of discounts or upgrade possibilities for second gen. So far Cointerra's statements seem to be slightly less caring about the existing customers than KNC which could tilt your "heart" towards sticking with KNC now and for second gen.

I guess we will begin to see how both companies unravel in that department with what KNC actually ends up delivering in September.    

I don't understand why folks don't simply get a really nice 1kw psu even if they only plan to use 800. It's a little bit more change, but what's a few dollars to ensure you have growth room, especially compared to the price of the miners?

This isn't a knock on you btw, I just keep seeing the PSU discussion.


I constantly run math, and while my heart is entwined with the KNC system, I have to say the math isn't showing promise for anyone getting machines after october. At least if you're looking for btc->usd roi. A better bet, using TGB calculations, is Cointerra's 2TH unit. The December $14k pricing and January $6k pricing are pretty much parallel to each other with regard to btc->usd roi.

This is why I'm on edge wondering if KNC will offer more hash power for the 1st quarter for less money. The price drop on the Jupiter was nice, but it's not enough.

The only other idea which comes to mind is leasing shares from the miners, to get 51-75% of your investment cost back to you up front. This would offload the burden.

looking at thegenesisblock i did some math and things are looking grim..wanted to know what you guys think about it.

Given facts:
- With an initial mining date of October
- Difficulty ~140 mil (now 110 + 30% over the next week)
- 1 Jupiter @ 400 MH/s
- BTC@140$

Results. This scenario with an increase of 77% until march next year will not break even!
Considering that in October we will most likely see 40-50%/11day increase since KNC is shipping, November and December mark the months of newcomers such as (CoinTerra and HashFEst)
The likelihood that the difficulty will taper off until march 2014 is next to 0.

Maybe i`m not seeing all the sides of the cube, but it is not looking good.
With BTC @ 180$ will have profited ~400$