Quote from: topoolscom on October 20, 2018, 04:19:20 PM

Quote from: streenip on October 18, 2018, 01:09:09 PM

I understand. I think you said you have free electricity too. I don't know how technical you are though. If you know you are going to have to spend +/- 20 minutes a day and occasional downtime to make these work and think that lyra2rev2 will stay profitable for at least 6 months (and the coins won't fork) then go for it. But it is a high risk type of decision.

I purchased 6 Z9 minis with the first and second batch, and they have almost paid for themselves and could still sell them if I wanted... so sometimes it works out. Maybe this one will, maybe it won't but I am banking on bitcoin (because I use nicehash) going back up in the future so that will help my overall profit.

Thanks for this feedback, what daily profitability are you getting from the Z9 minis? The price has dropped and Bitmain has them for $630 + $100 for PSU and delivery. I can get 4 or 5 of these hence the question.

Hi streenip:

Glad to hear you just booked one machine of Z1 from www.akminer.com below:
https://www.akminer.com/all-products/lyra2rev2-asic-miner-dayun-zig-z1-ship-now-free-shipping-psu-and-power-cable-included

I believe Jason the owner wants you write this purchase feel here after you have received that machine.
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Thanks, will do! To be honest, I have been chatting to the owner since Wednesday and he has been very supportive of my hesitancy to do business with a unknown supplier, to the extent of answering many many questions as well as sending pictures of the actual units that will be shipped. I will provide a more comprehensive update once I receive the miner but for now, the experience has been very good. I eventually paid with BTC, so that cost an additional $100 but it was much better than the other conventional methods requested by the suppliers on Alibaba. Considering I am from South Africa, the trade assurance fees were +/-$150, the conversion fee from Rand to Dollar via MasterCard or Visa was approx. 2.5% of purchase price and Alibaba charged another 2.4% as a transaction fee. There probably was some other surprises as well. Hopefully I dont get screwed by customs so waiting anxiously.

Like I said, I will provide the full breakdown when I receive the miner...