Looks like S5b7 shipping was pushed back a week, from July 29th to August 5th.
Biggest suprise reading it "[Second Hand] ANTMINER S5 BATCH 7" .... I just wonder what second hand really means.
When they ran a miner during a batch it was still described as new. Second hand... think it's coming from data centers wanting to unload whall it's still top product there?
What's everyone's guess?
im guessing its data centers that got first shot on the s7s and they had some trade in
selling the "used" s5s at full price is really shady..
That would do a good amount of gain of difficulty. Old gear goes to home user and data center got new gear, no gear comes offline.
Honestly this scenario scares the crap out of me. If they let the big customers with entire data centers sell back gear. It would make it where the hobby miner is one who is cheated.
Would also mean what ever is next the first X amount (huge amount) goes to the data centers they get these S5's from.
I just want this scenario to be wrong... but I'm afraid.
the net hash has been going up pretty steady over the last couple months.
also since people are still buying s5s its a win/win for bitmain to buy them back and sell them at full price..
it would make sense.
True, as long they keep saying second hand it's not moral but that's how it is in business being cut throat as it gets .
it does say Batch 7 wasn't batch five the last ones sold as new , so yea there coming from data centers in china some place Polly right off hash net, i wouldn't be a bit amazed if they have some S6/7 running on hash net .
Biggest suprise reading it "[Second Hand] ANTMINER S5 BATCH 7" .... I just wonder what second hand really means.
don't know but with a 15 day warr on it, not so sure i would want one . buying off eBay or Amazon used your better off not knowing WTF is up with that at least give 30 to 45 days .
honestly Wtf is up with bitmain did it change hands or some one come down on them to start being ass hole or mean .
Like the GOV in china . i mean they are in china and have to follow the laws and really can't tell us when there leaders get super greedy, so glad, I live were i do .
Come on now the picture is so clear there moving out old stock so they could move in the new s6 and s7 before they release it. and when they due they already made all that money from Antpool using s6 and s'7 and the sell out of all those S5's. Puts them in a perfect marketing position. There setting themselves Up first and fucking you guys up the ass at the same time. And you guys don't get it. then again.