Re: BFL Monarch update

I will say at least they gave the customers a bunch of options for compensation. I have a hosting client that has a large order of these and he wasn't happy but was happy they gave him options. 5 week delay is major in ASIC-land.

How are you going to handle putting more than one card in a case if they require water cooling?

Curious, not trying to troll.

They are controlled by USB and don't need to be installed in a computer case. Apparently BFL are designing a stand that they can be mounted upon.

How can you put enough of these units in stands or cases or racks to make it worth your while to mine and cool them. If you are not building something like the allied controlled / asicminer solution you are simply not playing to win. Crappy and seriously inefficient after market cooling water blocks are not going to keep pace with the density of the system in the videos. Mining at home is pretty much dead and the idea that the Monarch is a design innovation is ludicrous.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=346134.0

http://www.allied-control.com/immersion-2/video

I agree completely... at-home bitcoin mining is dead. But I didn't foresee density and cooling becoming such a hindrance so soon.

I have 3THs at home (here in the US southwest) and it's already much to hot during the day. I don't know what I'm going to when the last of my preorders are finally delivered. Depressing.