Quote from: zvs on August 18, 2013, 07:49:36 AM

Quote from: Spendulus on August 18, 2013, 04:50:27 AM

Quote from: walidzohair on August 10, 2013, 11:27:46 PM

So,basically for BTC you guys suggesting the USB miners in bulk/ like 100 piece instead of the unsure other basic options ?

let's see, for $1000 you could get maybe 30 max, 10 g/hash.

At current rates (or last I checked) that would produce one bitcoin every 6 days, so IF THAT STAYED CONSTANT you'd get 15 btc in 90 days.

But it isn't going to stay constant, so the return might be half or 7.5 btc...

well, we all know it won't stay constant

it's going to go up another 20-30% here in a week or less

plus you're not including any costs incurred to run the things (or equipment failure), and if it's something you're doing for profit rather than a "hobby", the value you place on your time

i have not seen an ASIC w/ a price that is worth buying or even taking a risk on (ala avalon 1 and avalon 2) in a long time

Agreed more or less. But I think it's 100% certain that the argument that GPU cards are the 'only way to go' because you can resell them for a large percentage of cost is completely wrong. The hash rates are simply ridiculously low and the hassles and maintenance fairly high. There is no way to approach 1/3 the production of even USB Eruptors and those are poor in production.