First 750 btc tranche were just moved to Bitstamp

https://blockchain.info/tx/22e42c59d9c46b4e1524a98e5f61a09be8e015b0d5e52659797dc52ed2aca0fe

Seems that despite the TSMC stuff - they have managed to get there anyhows!

https://twitter.com/kncminer/status/605651201141690368

It's still trading against LTC on Cryptsy - https://www.cryptsy.com/markets/view/111

....and its doubled in price since the dump in March 

Not so much...
http://btc.blockr.io/address/info/1QB8Ds5KbGYBLQa5RyDQ2sVUeSKWf7qgkZ
26 orders in 90 mins - although I do feel sorry for whoever dropped 103BTC - ain't gonna see them back, this side of 2015!!!

No apology required Shroomy  - but thanks - not my lines btw - just thought it sufficiently interesting to share it here...

Still says shipping before Sept ends...
which, imo, is optimistic, given we still haven't seen pics or specs - Manufacturers are in a sticky spot at the moment, with the price still sliding... Nobody in their right minds would spend fiat on Hardware, when its more economical to just buy BTC...
And unless the cost to manufacture and ship is less then the hardware will generate before diff makes it obsolete, why continue...
Particularly as the manufacturers are competing against their customers by deploying huge farms?!?!?!
Interesting times ahead (as ever)

Some interesting numbers here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=518111.msg8633549#msg8633549 on BurtW's thread

https://twitter.com/Nuseii/status/513009950919245824/photo/1


Critical Moment.... (again) 

Site still down
http://www.isitdownrightnow.com/bitmaintech.com.html.html
- update soon?

What do you suggest as an alternative?

Cheers Biodom
Do you know is it possible to add the higher settings to the drop down?

Hey just a quick one - I feel I am missing something here. Maybe someone can enlighten me.

I have an S3 B1, running the following...
antMiner_S320140826.bin
cgminer 4.6

Load is nice and low - but the hash rate seemed to be below what I am seeing on other S3's  - so I was trying to push it a bit beyond to see if I could 'encourage' a few extra GH/s from it.

So SSH'd in and added the following -

option  'freq_value'    '1406'     #256.25M
option  'chip_freq'     '256.25'
option  'timeout'       '15

:wq -> reboot - but it is still showing as 250 in the gui - can anyone confirm if the new 'Advanced Settings' tab under 'Miner configuration' will over ride the manual entries I made in the asic-freq file?

Also - while I am at it...

I have such wide variance in the hashrate of the S3's anyone any suggestions on coaxing the slower ones towards 500. 2 of them are consistently at 505+ but some just seem determined to go slower - like sub 440 and even down as far as 400. Have tried playing around with freq's and FW and different PSU's etc. Has anybody had any solid results with checking/re-applying the thermal paste or even just re-seating the heat sinks, as I have not gone down this road yet?
Thanks

  Ah - fair enough! Thanks for the quick response

  we just hit 12 hours for this block *sigh* been over a week since we had one that long...

Oh well  - suck it up buttercup - that's the way the cookie crumbles. 

Wizkid: any news on NMC payouts?
Thanks

Oh - I do feel foolish now  -  thanks for highlighting my error. My inability to read, notwithstanding... I still would be wary of an unproven seller, at least until there is some evidence of their boxes hashing and them actually shipping. Anyone had any dealing with X-hash?

here is a handy comparison table - easily see the price per GH at a glance!
http://www.ecoinmining.eu/asic-scrypt-mining-hardware-overview/bitcoin-mining-hardware/

Aside from the solid advice given here...


What you failed to notice is the extra zero on the end of the price -
" Price: 6090.00USD"

they are charging Six Dollars and nine cent per GH.... WALK AWAY

Bitmain miners are solid and reliable. They ship when they say they will.
SpoondooliesTech if you want to preorder.
or if you are happy with self assembly -  AM tubes shipping now-ish.  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=735728.msg8310763#msg8310763.
Also Look at BTCGarden or KNC or Lighteningasic or Bitcrane or or or....
Or maybe even consider MegaBigPower Franchisee
To see what you are up against - here is 5% of the worlds hashing power in one place - www.thecoinsman.com/2014/08/bitcoin/inside-one-worlds-largest-bitcoin-mines/
Best of luck what ever you decide ;-)

*BUMP*
Happening this Thursday - Should be a good one -

Block Chain Analysis Meetup

This talk will outline the tools and techniques of block chain analysis. We will present a number of case studies, including:

* an analysis of the profitability of a popular gambling service;

* an investigation into the movement of suspected Mt. Gox bitcoins before and after their declaration of bankruptcy; and

* an attempt at identifying exactly which bitcoins may have been mined by Satoshi Nakamoto.

This talk will be given by Martin Harrigan. He is the founder of QuantaBytes, an Irish startup developing a suite of tools for analyzing and visualizing Bitcoin's block chain. He is also a co-author of one of the earliest academic papers to study the network properties of the block chain and its implications for anonymity.

Yeah, good call - was about to post same...

Legend Great Tip - Tnx

Order time 2014-06-30 14:19:12.0

BM site still shows as unshipped - But UPS track by reference shows it as
Scheduled Delivery Updated To:     Friday, 07/18/2014, By End of Day

Woot woot

Yep I tried that too - 1Th Sha256 for 21 hours on the 27th/28th - totalled 33 VRC so far

nowhere near as profitable - BTC mining woulda generated 0.0318 but I only got 33 VRC = 0.01425 @ 43k
even at 55k its still only 0.01815

However there are still payments trickling in 3 days later - so results - not conclusive - but id be surprised if I get another 20+vrc