Hy dear Bitmain,
unfortunately the "new" S4+ has no significant improvement in power to hash ratio and on my personal opinion a decrease in attraction for home miners in Middle europe, US and other countries above $0,15/kWH.
If i may post a wish for a S6 or S7, this would be 0,25W/GH and a noise level below 30db
Kind regards,
elrippo
I don't know if I would agree with all of this. I think home miners are starting to look at 220/240 so I'm glad to see them jump into this level. It allows for a lot in future.
As far as .15 KWH you might look into hosting centers I think you will be able to get it cheaper. Also avoid I'm guessing a Europe vat depending on the location of hosting you choose.
I personally am a fan of hosting my hardware at a location that i have immediate access to, virtually as physically. Unfortunately other countries have a quite huge advantage in terms of power cost and taxiation.
If i remember wright, this is a community driven effort, and it should be possible, nearly possible for everyone to dedicate to it. With the current FIAT ratio and costs to mine, several countries if not continents have a disadvantage which can be partially compensated by technology.
Bitmain seems to drive this as a big player in the industrie and serves home miners, and before i write further, i really appreciate this, so i do not think that this is technically a issue, this is more a strategic and philosophic state.
I don´t have to mine at 220/2240 here in Middleurope with a rasing diff of 3%. It starts getting profitable above 335/340 for one year, maybe 18 months.