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Re: 40TH/80TH new Miners??? Swiss Miner
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Norm MacDonald
on 05/01/2019, 15:44:44 UTC
It's the demo's I am becoming worried about if they know they can send say 5 units out to x5 big names in the youtube or mining game and get a good review then scam the others coming to buy the machine it seems to be the "latest" tactic I know a couple of youtube channels that were sent wallets to test out they sucked and were built of some sketchy version of android!  

I fear we will see this move into the hardware space soon.

already has...these clowns did exactly that.

https://www.asicminervalue.com/miners/asicminer/zeon-180k
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40TH/80TH new Miners??? Swiss Miner
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Norm MacDonald
on 05/01/2019, 14:20:51 UTC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2ShiLjvP4M

[Plagiarized content removed by frodocooper]

What say you???
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Re: s9j hosted, often hashrate is 0 (on nicehash)
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Norm MacDonald
on 03/01/2019, 14:10:15 UTC
This is typical of NH. You are not "mining". You are renting your hash power. The zero is when the miner switches from user to user I believe.
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Re: [WTS] FOUR (4) ANTMINER S9 13.5TH
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Norm MacDonald
on 01/01/2019, 21:07:10 UTC
Oh yes, I see now that you clearly stated that in your post. Apologies. I'm afraid I'd only be at $100.00 per miner without PSU.
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Re: [WTS] FOUR (4) ANTMINER S9 13.5TH
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Norm MacDonald
on 01/01/2019, 15:25:56 UTC
I did, you said you could get more on Ebay. I would buy them for $140.00 per set.
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Re: [WTS] FOUR (4) ANTMINER S9 13.5TH
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Norm MacDonald
on 31/12/2018, 20:26:44 UTC
Several members of this forum are regularly buying S9/PSU sets for $140.00-$150.00. You're price is out of line with current market. There are literally 10's of 1000's of S9's on the secondary market. New and used.
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Re: Will btc difficulty go sideways for rest of the year?
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Norm MacDonald
on 30/12/2018, 01:03:35 UTC
*BUZZER*

Incorrect. There are a number of reasons for them to do this.

The electricity prices they are charging are double what they pay.
They are still selling you a machine, through a very indirect and convoluted method, that you may not even want to retrieve at the end of your contract. They also can keep the asset on the books until this happens.
On the books, having GUARANTEED monthly income versus crypto income that can vary wildly from day to day is extremely important, especially for a company trying to forecast or go public.

There are other reasons as well, I just wanted to give a few to prevent the spread of misinformation. Remember, when you make a claim not based on facts (such as what I quoted), there is a chance someone else will read it and think it is a fact, when it is not. This type of misinformation is potentially dangerous and damaging to the community and industry as a whole.

All true, and let's not forget the influx of cold hard cash into a balance sheet that is choking on it's own fumes. This Bitdeer scam cash may just help keep them alive. I have serious doubts that they will execute this IPO within the time frame previously stated. No underwriter in their right mind would get involved in that given Bitmain's current travails.
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Re: Rumor that Bitmain is going belly up! can't pay its chip builder!
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Norm MacDonald
on 30/12/2018, 00:59:50 UTC
DING DING DING!! As per usual, Philipma rings the bell. I have zero doubt that this is true. No shortage of stunned morons in Crypto land...
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Re: For sale ASIC miners SHA256/Scrypt/Miners
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Norm MacDonald
on 26/12/2018, 19:35:52 UTC
Oh! REAL AND HONEST DEALER! THANKS be to HIM finally I found you in the warmth of his blessed light and song!

I need buy all you computers please make me good prices as I am poor man trying to save my family thanks to GOD and all his children in praise. You send me these happy money machines and I send you a large money orders for twice what you ask like ca$h in you blessed hands!

Prince George Wakamanga
Don't scam!
There...I fixed it for you...
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Re: Rumor that Bitmain is going belly up! can't pay its chip builder!
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Norm MacDonald
on 24/12/2018, 20:12:49 UTC
Yes right, my english is very poor. Off course i mean trash = e-waste.

Do they work? I'll buy them. Trashing perfectly good machinery doesn't seem too rational.
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Re: Will btc difficulty go sideways for rest of the year?
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Norm MacDonald
on 24/12/2018, 20:11:06 UTC
... BTW  if hash rises more the next adjustment will be 12-31-2018 not 1-1-2019

I KNOW!! I saw that! Ruined my proclamation!!  LOL.
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Re: Will btc difficulty go sideways for rest of the year?
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Norm MacDonald
on 24/12/2018, 14:06:01 UTC
Estimated Next Difficulty:   5,399,698,568,915 (+5.74%)

This will be 8-9% by the next epoch. Mark my words.
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Re: Rumor that Bitmain is going belly up! can't pay its chip builder!
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Norm MacDonald
on 22/12/2018, 18:53:02 UTC
You can still get s9's from bitmain. They're just reluctant to advertise it.

Price, Tariffs and shipping make it cost prohibitive.
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Re: Rumor that Bitmain is going belly up! can't pay its chip builder!
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Norm MacDonald
on 22/12/2018, 15:26:34 UTC
2,3,4,5 cent  should  think old s9i

I'm finding brand new S9i 14 th in the states that I can physically pick up and avoid shipping altogether. $220.00 WITH PSU in original unopened box. Then I pop the ASICBoost Frimware upgrade on them and I can't believe how reliable smooth and efficient these units are. These are my favorite of all S9's to date. I'm sub .05 per Kwh so it's an easy call. I have absolutely no reason to even think about these new units. Not to mention, they haven't been running enough to get sense of their reliability. These things could very well turn out to be an RMA fest.
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Re: Will btc difficulty go sideways for rest of the year?
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Norm MacDonald
on 20/12/2018, 23:32:06 UTC
⭐ Merited by frodocooper (1)
Well I can say one thing with absolute, utter certainty. Bitcoin difficulty will now, absolutely, without a doubt, " go sideways for the rest of the year ".

HA! Ya see what I did there.
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Re: KABOOM! [WTS] Antminer S9, Altcoin Rigs, GPUs, 60A PDUs, and more!
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Norm MacDonald
on 20/12/2018, 18:36:49 UTC
For any viewers of this thread who are unfamiliar with Robert and his business. I have done several transactions with Robert/KABOOM Racks over the last 6-8 months. Every transaction was handled very professionally and he stands behind the products above and beyond what any other other sellers that I've dealt with in the past. He has acted as "Escrow" for me as well and there were no problems whatsoever. I endorse this seller without reservation and will continue to do business with him in the future. BTW, I do not know Robert personally and this is a completely "unrewarded" endorsement.  I just appreciate an honest and reliable venue to do business in. As we all know too well, the scammers are everywhere.
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Re: Will btc difficulty go sideways for rest of the year?
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Norm MacDonald
on 18/12/2018, 01:16:09 UTC
⭐ Merited by frodocooper (1)
be interesting to see if it is 1-3%  or a bigger number.

I gotta wonder...the wild card in the deck now is, do more miners come on due to the drop or do more fall off due to overbuilt, overpriced operations finally bleeding out? Based on your recent analysis, without new lows in price, we may see a type of equilibrium on difficulty moves for the near term for those paying around .055 per KWH. I am writing calls against my BTC position today because this " revived hashing power " is basically in need of USD's to pay overhead and expenses. Once Mining Pool deposits hit tonight in the wee hours, we should see a selling of any recent miner earnings. I'm taking a stand at $3,500.00 - $3,600.00 at least for the next week or two.
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Re: Will btc difficulty go sideways for rest of the year?
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Norm MacDonald
on 17/12/2018, 23:43:35 UTC
A good example of how transient the Hashing power is today. BTC rallies $350.00 and Machines get turned back on in an instant.

Bitcoin Difficulty:   5,646,403,851,534
Estimated Next Difficulty:   5,140,615,742,481 (-8.96%)     This was -10.75% just last night.
Adjust time:   After 126 Blocks, About 22.4 hours
Hashrate(?):   39,683,393,032 GH/s
Block Generation Time(?):   
1 block: 10.7 minutes
3 blocks: 32.0 minutes
6 blocks: 1.1 hours

I'm willing to bet that without new lows in BTC the next jump will be....well... a "jump".
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Re: Will btc difficulty go sideways for rest of the year?
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Norm MacDonald
on 16/12/2018, 18:42:36 UTC
⭐ Merited by frodocooper (2) ,tmfp (1)
I have no doubt about this. I watched their order flows on my trading platform as I was constantly focusing on some Yield enhancement trades I work on. Their footprint is so obvious. They are not very clever or strategic in their order executions. First of all, most of these "Block Type" orders are on the platforms during the daylight hours in China. Second, they put very large "block sell" orders in at a price to insure that they are in "maker" order status. This allows them to execute at low to no fees. Obviously this means they must rely on a buyer to lift their resting offer. When these " on the offer orders" do not trade, they simply chase the market down and continually adjust their offer price lower. Always with the remainder of the un-executed volume of the original offer. I, and I'm sure many other experienced traders that are much larger than me, just wait and watch until these fools chase the market into resting bids well below where they started trying to sell. As soon as I see real bid side volume appear I just race in front of that and get long. 9 times out of 10 it's a free trade. Once Bitmain's large offer is executed, there is nothing but air on the offer side for $20, $50, sometimes $100 in upside price. Try it some time. You'll be amazed. I could literally retire off the terrible execution Bitmain employs, on one day of their sell orders. They waste $100's of thousands of dollars daily ( Nightly ) as a result of their amateur trading stupidity.
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Re: Will btc difficulty go sideways for rest of the year?
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Norm MacDonald
on 15/12/2018, 14:22:57 UTC
I think we are still  closer to 9% not 6%

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Thanks for the warning Phil. I think your Bitmain revenue numbers are off. They touted inflated numbers at 4 Billion last year. AMD didn't make that much since their inception. I found $4 billion highly suspect. So given the mess they've created, I strongly believe that Bitmain is extremely close to insolvency. Jihan Wu and his "fight to the death" for BCH, likely was referring to his own death. There is little question  that Bitmain was/is a LARGE holder of BTC/BCH. I'm willing to bet that they have lost 50% of their liquid assets in this. It would explain this harebrained Bitdeer illusion. Too bad there are people stupid enough to get back in bed with them. This looks like desperation to me on Bitmain's part. SO many metrics working against them now. They definitely deserve it.