Hi,

Like PavelK, I'm very interested in a hosted option. I'm trying to read all the various posts on group buy threads and board development threads, and it seems the fastest way to get mining (to catch the early coins before difficulty ramps up) is:

1. Once any of the open source boards has been tested using dev chips, use the open source files to locally procure boards quickly
2. Once chips are shipped, order various gear for hosting on site
3. Once chips are delivered, have them glued to the boards from step 1 and start mining

Also, in terms of which board to use, my personal priority list is below, I'd be interested to hear what everyone else thinks:

1. Fast production (to get started mining, though depends if boards can start production well before chips delivered)
2. High quality, with redundancy (if any chip/component fails, or is defective, mining is minimally impacted, limited to failed components. Burnins boards seem to not have this redundancy atm)
3. Cost (I'd rather pay $20 per board more, if the board is robust, and ready on time)

I'm interested in ~500 chips at least, maybe ~1000 chips. I know my account on this forum is new, but I've been mining since 2011, and I have the coins/fiat to do this.

BTW, my current location affords very cheap electricity, its just that slow shipping and customs could be a real snag, particularly for the quantity under consideration. My rough plan at the moment is to have hosted mining, and then either slowly ship boards to myself, or perhaps just sell them off after at least a few months of mining, depending on the economics of it all.

Thanks for reading.