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Topic: Thinking about buying an ASIC (Read 586 times)

newbie
Activity: 56
Merit: 0
March 21, 2013, 05:20:21 PM
#7
If I had the spare cash I'd have a punt on the cheapest one of the range. It wont hurt that bad if it doesn't ship and it's happy days if it does. Let's be honest you'd spend that on a decent night out
member
Activity: 63
Merit: 10
March 21, 2013, 05:06:48 PM
#6
i guess we can only wait and see, Im going to get the avalon-asic and BTC to USD Is easy enough, Basically deposit your BTC To an exchange like mt-gox.com or btc-e.com and sell it off to usd (minus fees obviously)
hero member
Activity: 490
Merit: 500
March 13, 2013, 07:58:41 AM
#5
You might as well wait for Butterfly to produce a working item now.

The said they would be testing their new chip this morning.

Butterfly is quickly running out of excuses so it's make or break this week I think.

I hope it works, as I don't want to spend 650w on electricity costs (Avalon), as bitcoins are not exactly easy to sell to cover the bills.
member
Activity: 66
Merit: 10
March 13, 2013, 06:53:57 AM
#4
I ordered a butterlfy 1 month ago, but now I'm not sure it's such a good idea...
member
Activity: 63
Merit: 10
March 13, 2013, 03:29:53 AM
#3
only thing about Avalon it seems they only ship in bulk... unless im wrong on this... and for smalltime people aka college students or people starting out... They don't really offer anything like that... Im personally looking for the Jalapeno... 4.5Gh/s would pull in a steady 20-25$ a day apparently... which isnt bad for a college student making about the same amount per week...
legendary
Activity: 1540
Merit: 1000
March 13, 2013, 01:59:23 AM
#2
Honestly I'm highly suspicious of Butterfly, I'd maybe look at Avalon because they've actually bothered to ship them as promised but of course everyone seems to have already gone to them so it's doubtful you'll get one any time soon unless you're lucky or they increase production massively.
newbie
Activity: 32
Merit: 0
March 13, 2013, 01:03:02 AM
#1
What do you guys think? Too late in the game? Is 30 GH/s worth it at this point?

considering this: http://products.butterflylabs.com/homepage/30gh-bitcoin-miner.html
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