Oh man - bitcoin just touched 180...at this rate, I'll have to turn off my miners. Sell it while you can.
Ironly Cloud mining at CEX has gone up?? was 0.85 per GHs yesterday and now it's .9 per GHS. Check out the signature.
Topic: What to do with BFL FPGA singles now? - page 2. (Read 6450 times)
They have two, quite expensive, FPGA chips inside. They could be recovered and used elsewhere.
The forum member Vesperwillow has this in their signature, maybe worth contacting them?
"ASIC/Scrypt Buyback Program: I will BUY your mining equipment if you're considering selling."
No harm in asking.
"ASIC/Scrypt Buyback Program: I will BUY your mining equipment if you're considering selling."
No harm in asking.
Keep it as a collection and show it to your kids next time
Figure out what the real board underneath it is, remove the BFL casing and sell it as whatever FPGA it is. Worth way more that way.
Mine it while selling it online at high price, who know you might be lucky.
Yeah, there's a great tradition of over-priced miners online, no point in fighting history
Worth out what you think it is worth, add 25%, double your anticipated shipping charges then add that to the unit total cost then advertise it as 'free shipping'. Throw in a 'free' usb with drivers and miners plus an 'instruction guide' and away you go
I can just hear the buyers now thinking, "Hmm... bitcoin? ...crypto? Sounds interesting... make money in rising and falling markets... I might buy that."
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Disclaimer: I have bought overpriced asic miner units on ebay so I know it works
I have the same problem with my FPGAminer x6500's, they're just scraping by still now that the exchange rate has jumped, lol
Let me say, I do not think they are scrap. They do have a value, it is just pretty low. They can be used as an FPGA dev platform. That is why I say I would buy a few for $30 each. But I will never get that $30 back mining BTC.
Last I checked they were cryptographically locked to BFL's FPGA images and BFL won't provide the info needed to reprogram them. IIRC they also can't be reprogramed over the USB bus.That's useful info. I was wondering if it might be worth porting my litecoin miner onto them, but I'll stick with the Lancelot and Ztex for now. Its just a hobby project anyway as the return on mining LTC would be minimal at the sort of hash rates I'm achieving (It was a challenge ... lots of people said FPGA couldn't do scrypt, well it can, just not very well
).That can easily be fixed. The crypto keys can be removed with a JTAG.
yep ok ..... the BFL bit-files will no longer work, but it's not as if you need them.
Interesting side thought: How low could the sale prices on things like this go?
Could the price of 500 erupters drop below that of a 1,500 watt space heater? That might be the minimum price.
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It definitely could. Who wants to maintain 500 erupters and all the USB tangle that goes along with it to save $15? Could the price of 500 erupters drop below that of a 1,500 watt space heater? That might be the minimum price.
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Interesting side thought: How low could the sale prices on things like this go?
Could the price of 500 erupters drop below that of a 1,500 watt space heater? That might be the minimum price.
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Could the price of 500 erupters drop below that of a 1,500 watt space heater? That might be the minimum price.
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Mine it while selling it online at high price, who know you might be lucky.
Or maybe even mine with it while selling it online as 'pre-order', then arrange for delivery in two weeks, two months or two years.
Seems to have worked before...
Mine it while selling it online at high price, who know you might be lucky.
Or maybe even mine with it while selling it online as 'pre-order', then arrange for delivery in two weeks, two months or two years.
Seems to have worked before...
Plenty of sha256 alt coins right now. Mine them all!
Let me say, I do not think they are scrap. They do have a value, it is just pretty low. They can be used as an FPGA dev platform. That is why I say I would buy a few for $30 each. But I will never get that $30 back mining BTC.
Last I checked they were cryptographically locked to BFL's FPGA images and BFL won't provide the info needed to reprogram them. IIRC they also can't be reprogramed over the USB bus.That's useful info. I was wondering if it might be worth porting my litecoin miner onto them, but I'll stick with the Lancelot and Ztex for now. Its just a hobby project anyway as the return on mining LTC would be minimal at the sort of hash rates I'm achieving (It was a challenge ... lots of people said FPGA couldn't do scrypt, well it can, just not very well
). 
I sold one of mine last month on ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/300968030370?ssPageName=STRK:MESOX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1561.l2649
Private auction for 2 more on another forum,$150 each
http://www.ebay.com/itm/300968030370?ssPageName=STRK:MESOX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1561.l2649
Private auction for 2 more on another forum,$150 each
Let me say, I do not think they are scrap. They do have a value, it is just pretty low. They can be used as an FPGA dev platform. That is why I say I would buy a few for $30 each. But I will never get that $30 back mining BTC.
Last I checked they were cryptographically locked to BFL's FPGA images and BFL won't provide the info needed to reprogram them. IIRC they also can't be reprogramed over the USB bus. They're not completely worthless yet...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/768-896MH-s-BFL-FPGA-Single-Bitcoin-Miner-In-Hand-Ships-Now-/141079903811?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20d9047e43
http://www.ebay.com/itm/768-896MH-s-BFL-FPGA-Single-Bitcoin-Miner-In-Hand-Ships-Now-/141079903811?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20d9047e43
Probably the people buying have no idea the difference between FPGA/ASIC .......
They're not completely worthless yet...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/768-896MH-s-BFL-FPGA-Single-Bitcoin-Miner-In-Hand-Ships-Now-/141079903811?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20d9047e43
http://www.ebay.com/itm/768-896MH-s-BFL-FPGA-Single-Bitcoin-Miner-In-Hand-Ships-Now-/141079903811?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20d9047e43
May be useful for a password cracking setup.
I've been looking into that casually. Anything specific you have found that could be interesting?
Sorry, nothing here. I'd definitely look into it if I had one though. I'm sure there is a decent amount of FPGA password cracking information available.
Hmm, what about throw it away?
Or give it to a friend...
Do the right thing!
Or give it to a friend...
Do the right thing!
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