Quote from: elliotp on April 20, 2013, 11:54:52 AM

Thanks for that, great post / info.

It would appear that ASIC's are the way to go from, unless i can figure out free power and cooling Cheesy

. However from what i've read they are seriously hard to come by? BFL haven't shipped any despite a lot of promises (that's the impression i get anyway), and the Avalon's are sold out?

Quite correct on ASIC scarcity. I'm hoping there's a "batch #4" from Avalon soon...

There are other options. If you believe in Bitcoin enough to sink tens of thousands into hardware, you might consider just buying some BTC. You'll have to decide for yourself whether now is the right time to buy or not. Personally, I'm feeling bearish in the short-term... but long term I think the price will continue to increase. You could also invest in one of the ASIC mining contracts. Most of these won't be "going live" until maybe July, by which time maybe BFL will have shipped (or not, heh). As with all deals you see here, do your due diligence and *buyer beware*. Scammers are a "Millie" a million.