Quote from: gotminer on November 17, 2017, 02:43:35 AM

Quote from: Elphamyto on November 17, 2017, 01:19:16 AM

Quote from: gotminer on November 16, 2017, 11:23:37 PM

If they had 14TH/s S9's, why is the Jan 11-20,2018 batch 13.5TH/s? Should I just wait for the next batch? It doesn't seem like this one is selling out as quickly as others have described previous batches of the S9. Somewhere in the 249 pages of this thread, I read that one batch sold out in hours.

The sales rate depends largely on their (expected) stock quantity and the demand. Neither factors are publicly available. At the rate they are pumping out miners between now and January, one would expect the difficulty to escalate greatly. This may also be influencing sales.

This next bit is speculation:
History shows that as Bitmain starts producing miners that have better and better hashrates (also with lower failures) and then suddenly starts selling-off large quantities of batches which seem to be a regression towards earlier models' hashrates, they are dumping their stock to prepare for an improved model.

I don't know when they put up the Jan11 ship date batch for sale, but I would say that they aren't in their greatest demand anymore, if other batches sold out in hours and people were camping out for them like the next f-ing iPhone. From what I've read about Bitmain, I hope mid-sized operations in the USA are realizing that Bitmain is a shit company and demand better customer service. Why should anyone be paying for return shipping to China on a unit that failed under warranty?

What do you siggest then if I want to invest in ASIC miner, where and what to order? If you can send ma an email on matjaz.hrncic@gmail.com tnx Cheesy