Great insight everyone! Thank you! I am really not in the market for any more 'traditional' asics so I don't see any added value personally in having the ability to mine both simultaneously (if that even works...). I am really looking for a strictly scrypt asic miner, but those seem to be a mystery in terms of when they might hit the market. Plus no matter how I swing the math, I dont see how any of the current hardware (on the market or available for pre-order) being profitable unless LTC spikes in a large way. Plus with all the bs surrounding Mt. Gox I am worried that it could take longer than this current gen of scrypt asics to restore consumer confidence in cryptos and bounce the price back up to pre chinese new year levels.

I'm itching to join in but until the hardware costs drop or something else happens that magically restores crytpos to their previous highs, i will stick with my BTC asics and mediocre video cards for scrypt.

I can't seem to figure out (definitively at least) why all the scrypt mining asics brought to market are "dual" miners. Is this because the scrypt tech is so new that hardware engineers are trying to compensate by adding in btc asic mining as well in an effor to provide value to the consumer? I'm interested in everyone's thoughts!

I'm in!

Screwed for 2.2 BTC here. Yep I am at fault. I should have been more diligent in researching the Batch #1 "recipients". Sucks balls for sure, but there is not a lot I can do. It wont happen again i can be sure of that. I have made several group buy purchases before with not a single bump in the road, I should not have transferred that trust to the forum or mods.

My hope is that this tool will make a purchase at a large retailer that accepts bitcoin with one of the wallets that now contain our coin. Once his username with them is known I have a feeling his house of cards will crumble.

My scammed TX ID:b2fee9d6094bcce0f1ab2a10415276bfcfd528750bd79b78c70fc80d99a43491

I'll put up half of my losses (once retrieved) for info directly pointing to the culprit. I'm sure he/they slipped up somewhere along the way and I will continue digging as will others I'm sure...

Anything seem fishy here?

Yesterday this was posted: https://max.poolers.org/

Today everyone's pointing to: http://max.minecrypto.net/

Does anyone actually have their bot running atm? If so how's it doing? Mine sold at $859 and i turned it off once the tumble began. I'm scared to turn it back on. Anyone care to share some wisdom? settings? i'm living vicariously through bitcoinwisdom with my bot's EMA settings: 7/15 so far it seems like it would've been ok.

Update: sold out!

Complete autocheck reports. If this post is up I still have reports for sale. Send me your desired VIN# and 0.05 BTC with a signed message containing your email address to send the report to. Payable to: 16mNT4LXQ4hLWURbixAigBz2ZPy2XPWQYX

Features:

Full Report Summary
Title and ProblemCheck
OdometerCheck
Use and EventCheck
Full History

See a sample: http://www.autocheck.com/consumers/sample-reports/clean-sample.do

Hi Canary! Have PM's been sent for Group 4, or 5? I'm really hoping i didnt miss the boat!

Has anyone had any success in getting Asteroid to mine FTC? It seems to connect but its hashing is slow and fluctuates drastically. No shares accepted to this point.

That's great news! My Anker USB Hub arrived today and is itching for those little guys 

Yes! It also helps to further build their resilience to heat meaning no heat sinks needed! *jk*

would love to get started with XRP  

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+1 to you sir

Canary: Understandable about the costs/qty increases for Canada. I'm hoping that i can combine my group 4 purchase with another 5 units in group 5. That would cut down on one customs form and some shipping costs likely.

This must be a full-time job atm! You're time is appreciated!!

HorusFTW; 5; 10.5118;  1LZ7NEMANZ1J1HxEMLVeC6EHs7rQa2UKAU

blockchain info: https://blockchain.info/tx/a4af97fa81fc5d82c67b06bdf679dfd23ca4cbba4ff6ed3d8c7df1efcb52cf74

+.3 for ND shipping

Thank you sir

Thanks for the insight guys! So many people banging down the doors to get in on the eruptor group sales, I felt like i was missing out on something. So if the ROI is just about the same which would be better to have 10 usb erupters or 1 of the 3.4Ghs units? Is there an advantage to resale on the usbs?

Why not set up a "group buy" situation and maybe everyone saves $$

Looks like someone is making my day

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Butterfly Labs reported Saturday that they shipped orders with a pay date of Jun 25, 2012 That puts them about a year behind. Its a gamble to see if they get their production ramped up to start putting a bigger dent in the delays. They are still the best value though.... for what its worth.

Seems silly to sell them. They seem to be pretty stable imo.