From the other side of town:
https://bitseed.org/product/pre-order-bitseed-v2/
So it would take 12k to get the 100 units.
https://bitseed.org/product/pre-order-bitseed-v2/
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Also new for Bitseed v2 is support for altcoins – Bitseed Altcoin Edition is now available for pre-order!
We will be handling altcoins on a per-coin basis, and will only be accepting orders for single altcoin devices after the first 100 unit sales of devices supporting a particular altcoin e.g. if we receive an order for 100 units to support Litecoin, we will then add the option to order single units that support Litecoin. We encourage any interested altcoin communities to put together a group order of 100 units and then send us a message to receive an invoice for your bulk order. Be sure to note which software you want us to add support for and send a spreadsheet or some other kind of organized document with the individual order information (shipping details and unit amounts).
We will be handling altcoins on a per-coin basis, and will only be accepting orders for single altcoin devices after the first 100 unit sales of devices supporting a particular altcoin e.g. if we receive an order for 100 units to support Litecoin, we will then add the option to order single units that support Litecoin. We encourage any interested altcoin communities to put together a group order of 100 units and then send us a message to receive an invoice for your bulk order. Be sure to note which software you want us to add support for and send a spreadsheet or some other kind of organized document with the individual order information (shipping details and unit amounts).
So it would take 12k to get the 100 units.
Are these just for running a full node? Doesn't seem to be quite worth it to me compared to a Rasp pi unless there is something else they can offer.
Mh, not convinced that the pricing is good. I believe it is a better deal to assemble a little server/node box yourself (it is like assembling Lego):
60$ System-on-Chip / Intel Celeron J1800 @ 2x2.41GHz / Mini-ITX (e.g., fan-less)
30$ 2x2GB S0-DDR3 memory (or 60$ for 2x4GB)
30$ Harddisk >300GB (for noise reduction, consider a >100GB ssd at 50$)
40$ Mini-ITX box (fan-less)
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160$ total
After building the box, put Ubuntu on (or Windows) and run Monero, done.
Btw, the RPi2 is way slower then any such machine! For 50-100$ more you even get a 1150-socket cpu based mini-system (with fan).
ADD1: Such systems run at 10-30W at wall. Ok, that is a little more than Bitseed's 10W, but who cares (it is still <5$/month).
ADD2: Of course, you can run different clients on the assembled machine at the same time (monero, bitcoin, bitshares, ... whatever).
If we group buy @ 100 units then it comes down to $120 each, which is somewhat more attractive, although I doubt we'd be able to do so before May 10 (for the free 250gb hard drive upgrade) so the units would have 160gb drives.
I'm torn, I actually think it might be quite cool, and I'd be in for 10 units, but whether we can drum up enough support to hit 100 units I dunno.
This might be a job for the FFS (forum funding system)...which, if all goes well, we're deploying tonight:)
