Well I couldn't get into my account and for a while it looked like the password recovery wasn't working.

Thankfully I don't reuse passwords, but it's always a good wake up call to just go through and refresh your passwords on anything vaguely important once in a while..

Apologies if this has already been posted, but shows how much is being thrown at these large farms, 25 days to build from scratch and get each one up and running!

http://www.thecoinsman.com/2014/08/bitcoin/inside-one-worlds-largest-bitcoin-mines/

What power supply did you get with the hubs? Depending on there output you will be limited to how many u2's you can run.

Are the hubs being connected to a PC or a Raspberry Pi? 

The mining software whether cgminer or bfg miner, should pick up the u2's on both hubs and will group them to whatever pool you have to the mining software to use.

If I can get my hands on some extra s1 blades to play with, I'm happy to contribute.

It a shame the s1 upgrades aren't already out, as there should be at least a few peeps looking to offload redundant blades.

The Raspberry PI version 2 wont be out till 2017, the foundation are working on optimising OS and software till then.

New RasPi with 4 USB ports, better power consumption and the annoying SD card holder is gone!

Shouldn't be long till these find there way into rigs.

http://www.raspberrypi.org/introducing-raspberry-pi-model-b-plus/

Disappointed that minimum order quantity is 2, my S1 has just scraped enough btc to get a single S3 to keep me tinkering.

But not willing to invest in 2 and have to get another PSU as well.  

One or two, but only when they drop to a sensible price and my S1 is only any use for alts.

This is better than owt on TV atm, I must admit I've never seen so much drama on any other forum.

Almost makes BTC mining worth it  

Are we there yet? I'm getting bored already.  

The S3 is worth whatever people will pay for it, unfortunately there are always people that are willing to pay over the odds for new shiny things.

Realistically I'd pay around 0.75 BTC, any more and it just wouldn't be worth it for me.

There is the new S3 coming out in a few days but all depends what price they decide on, I've had my S1 since the end of march and still have a way to go to break even.

Just as well I mine for fun  

The US has a trade agreement with China, so they don't get shafted by import taxes like we do in Europe.

No thanks, it's OK for a holiday though. 

Putting those s2's to good use 

Well at least you have a better chance of a decent ROI than a lot us us then.  

Even at 0.9 BTC I wouldn't be jumping at it, due to the extra charges just to get it into the UK.

That would be way too much for the hash rate, 0.9 - 1 BTC shipped at most, any more and there will be no chance of ROI, with the snowballing difficulty increases and pricey customs charges.

I'll undervolt mine and use it to help heat the conservatory in winter.

I cant see there being a great price difference between the S3 upgrade kit and just buying a complete S3

Yeah it's been moving toward DC based rigs for a while, it's a shame as it will end up alienating a lot of the mining community, ah well all good things come to an end.

It's a shame, regardless of whether peeps thought this was all above board or not, most of what I've read has just  been bitching.

At least this project included something for the hobby miners, not the usual elitist BS. Most asic units out there are just plain overpriced for what they are, especially when import tax's are involved.

There isn't really anything out there for the BTC hobby miner anymore, a single S1 just wont have enough grunt to make it entertaining soon and current range of 1th units apart from being pricey, are just too damn big n noisy for home use.

Hopefully one of the other manufacturers might take heed, but I'm not holding my breath.

Just my 0.2p  

The one thing I like about this campaign is that I can take a gamble as a hobby miner without risking too much.

I can do my liver a favour and stay in a few weekends and that will of paid for a Nova 1, the alternative is I give the money to the missus and she spends it on flippin online shopping.

Yes the site could be more polished and a bit more clarity on the information, but at the end of the day their delivery date isn't that far away, damn handy since it will be cold and a bit extra heat in the house wont hurt.

If this is a new company sorting VAT can be a bit of a faff on and probably delayed them (I've been there!), so they have obviously decided to go live with what the have and polish the edges along the way.

I really hope they succeed as you have to admit that asic stick does look cool and as a gadget freak I really want one, one of the Nova 1's would do as a nice replacement for my S1 as well.