My personal guess is that S9 will not be released before halving, so that BITMAIN can adapt their pricing according to the trading and mining market reaction. If there is no surge in BTC price ahead, it will probably be a couple of months before difficulty settles back to equilibrium.
After the halving, S7s could hardly make any profit without free electricity, even with the cheapest rates on the planet.
After the halving, S7s could hardly make any profit without free electricity, even with the cheapest rates on the planet.
But I believe the S9 is being tested by the Bitmain to make sure it work for them before releasing it.
I agree with both of you. Probably Bitmain make tests right now and even everything is working correct for sure will be waiting till halving to calculate price to market reaction.
Because S7 will be very low profitable after halving, demand for sure will be very high, so we can expect very high price for S9.
