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Quote from: D3 Antminer on November 17, 2017, 05:22:07 PM

Quote from: cobusg on November 17, 2017, 04:07:21 PM

My mail to Bitmain -

Nov 16, 04:20 CST

Is Bitmain looking at releasing a firmware for the Antminer D3 to enable alternative algorithm mining?

I would really recommend developing firmware to enable mining of other algorithms as Bitmain's reputation is at stake.

The D3 is currently not profitable at all and it is still a new miner.

And the response -

We brought the D3 to production in response to customer demand for Dash coin miners. Our D3 miner is designed for maximum efficiency to mine Dash coin with the X11 algorithm. This is programmed into the hardware and cannot be changed.

Profitability of mining depends largely on the difficulty of the Blockchain and the exchange rate of the coin, which are outside our control.

Mining altcoins is speculative and carries a number of risks as well as potential rewards. We encourage our customers to research these as with any investment.

Best regards,
Barbara
Bitmain

The question is;
Are they right or wrong about the algo addition capability
If it is the ultimate truth , this is very bad news.

After quit our hope the thing is, maybe we can´t mine another algos according to that respond but what about find the code to do the miner works with just one of the 11 algos that be part of x11..... we are continue in that journey to find an answer

What do you want to hear from bitmain?
Okay, let's unlock the D3?

Of course they will say that it is impossible.

the changes that our friend made with the FW, if they asked they would say that it was impossible.

I agree, I knew what response they would give, but I had to try.

I get it
I also thought: "default answer"