still no word on the prices?
nope not yet. All silent on the front
Looks to me like Bitmain reduced to some extent the top possible price, since they lowered the price of Batch 2 & 3 of the S7. Spondoolies would seem to have less room to maneuver now in terms of price (IMHO).
this. The SP50 would need to price in the range of 120-150BTC to compete
30K max realistically, but 25K is optimal.
If you haven't noticed, BITMAIN adjusted its pricing for batch 3 S7's in relation to the time before block halving more than the difficulty. Batch 3 S7's are at $1,658 instead of $1,823. Each month that passes by before the block halving apparently is affecting the price of their rigs with the price of bitcoin virtually unchanged.
So, if Spondooliestech does not want to miss the boat for selling the SP50 with optimal returns, they might want to have them up for sell relatively soon.
It will be interesting to see how the block halving affects the pricing of rigs [If at all] as it approaches.
Read btcs news from sept 28. They had to lease their own (SPT) equipment. I am not sure about the rationale for it.
eventually, they will probably have to either borrow money or do a preorder to start producing these units in bulk.