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Re: ANTMINER S7 is available at bitmaintech.com with 4.86TH/s, 0.25J/GH
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on 30/08/2015, 20:39:40 UTC
Quote from: klondike_bar on August 30, 2015, 07:43:55 PM
Quote from: wlefever on August 30, 2015, 03:03:01 PM
Quote from: Xian01 on August 30, 2015, 01:16:27 PM
Quote from: praeluceo on August 30, 2015, 01:09:16 PM
And the buy button just went live, despite the large expense, I wonder how long until they sell out of batch #1?
Good luck to everyone buying these ! Looks like some great gear, but this time around, instead of buying a fancy new miner, I did the following and will HODL.



Lets see which will be the better investment 9 months down the road.

This seems like the smart thing to do at the end of the day!  As flashy as this hardware is, it's not looking like it is worth the inevitable risks with difficulty rises, and larger scale farm deployment.  I will sit this out too, and just purchase coin and HODL.  Best of luck to buyers!

I bought 0.5w/GH hardware for 1BTC/TH over 6 months ago - its basically paid for itself and still holds the same value on the resale market. This stuff at 2BTC/TH, without power supply, is insanity

Yes- close to $2900 CDN once we Canadians pay for shipping and import taxes. Unless you are in Quebec or have free electricity with your apartment rental, you can never Break Even.
bitcoinware.net has them on his site for $2,999.95 including XpressPost shipping. His markup has been low in the past. The advantage to buying from him is you can get them faster from him when they're in stock.  
So, going by bitcoinware's pricing, my estimate for we Canucks to buy direct from Bitmain is not far off.

EDIT: I wonder why no Canuck has set up a huge farm near James bay in Quebec. It could likely easily compete with Swedish and Chinese farms. That far north, cooling would be way easier than for the Chinese farms and almost as good as the northern Swedish farms.