Hi Doeboy,

Question 1: To answer this: we don't know, and to tell you any different is to make stuff up. I've given my opinion on the matter earlier in the thread a couple pages back, but the "official" date given by BA is mid-March FWIW. I hate to say it, but we as miners all have to find a comfortable balance between being too soon or too late on a deal (or whether to pull the trigger on a deal in the first place), and that's a decision that we all have to come up with on our own.

Question 2: If the price is reduced in two months that has zero bearing on the price of these available shares at this particular time. If anything, I expect the price may actually increase as the delivery date nears, as in-hand or near-term hardware still has a premium over far off pre-orders. For example: Early R17 buyers benefited by having lower priced shares locked in with the February orders.

I'm fond of KnC, and see them as the gold standard as far as ASIC mfgs. at the moment. However, this March R17zj (or R17zk) sub-round is still a better hashrate value than a Neptune due to be shipping as early as April but if things hold to form, will most likely be shipping closer to the end of June, if we're all being honest about this biz.

Cheers.