So considering I purchased one @ $850 for shipment in late August, are the chances of me making any profit from mining with this slim? Also does Bitmain ever ship batches early?
Ya...at best only zcash will be remaining on equihash by the time you get your unit with very high difficulties you'll be looking at a 1-2 year ROI unless you did a coupon deal...no point in getting anything but batch 1. Hopefully no one buys from bitmain again!