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Re: [ANN] Bminer: a fast Equihash miner for CUDA GPUs
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fortyniner
on 09/01/2018, 01:45:59 UTC
Very nice.  I'm getting 191 sol/s on a 4GB GeForce 1050ti @ 1885 core/3888 mem.
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Re: Biterial.com - Bitcoin Marketplace. Buy and Sell goods for Bitcoin.
by
fortyniner
on 19/03/2016, 03:16:01 UTC
Good news: I received the item bought on the Biterial website (with a little extra thrown in).
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Re: Biterial.com - Bitcoin Marketplace. Buy and Sell goods for Bitcoin.
by
fortyniner
on 17/03/2016, 21:43:27 UTC
OK folks, not looking good here.  I registered at Biterial and bought a digital item on 3/15/16.  So far no delivery.
Emails to support are bouncing:
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Delivery to the following recipient has been delayed:

     support@biterial.com

Message will be retried for 2 more day(s)

Technical details of temporary failure:
The recipient server did not accept our requests to connect.
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Re: [Avalon ASIC] Batch #2 pre-Sale Thread
by
fortyniner
on 02/02/2013, 15:29:47 UTC
HA! you paid 4 my order; thanks.   Maybe they just forgot the SSL thing -->  https://store.xx
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Re: [Announcement] Avalon ASIC Ships
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fortyniner
on 23/01/2013, 19:18:51 UTC
Anyone know what the lowest order number is? Does anyone have an order number below 200000100?
Yeah, way lower.  My BFL order is # 8812.  Grin
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Re: [Announcement] Butterfly Labs
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fortyniner
on 20/09/2012, 17:26:34 UTC
The BFL single under my desk works great; hashing along at 819mh/s.  I just placed another order.  Order #881X.
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Re: BFL single - temp vs throttle
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fortyniner
on 17/09/2012, 20:36:10 UTC
Autotune gave me 816 while it was still in the case. I agree, the temps at which these throttle vary widely from unit to unit.  Without a thermometer I'm unsure of my ambient temp.  With the windows open this morning, I noticed my single was running cooler so I tried the 864 firmware and learned that about 45C (or 45.5) seems to be the trigger on that one.  Here's a shot taken just before (or while) it throttled:

http://imageshack.us/a/img705/2486/cgminer.jpg

It appears n4l3hp is about right; tests on my single show throttle-trigger-temps of:
832 firmware - about 48C
864 firmware - about 45.5C
872 firmware - about 43C
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Re: BFL single - temp vs throttle
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fortyniner
on 16/09/2012, 23:23:12 UTC
I'm interested in these answers too.  My single is Rev E (shipped Aug 22) and came with 872 firmware.  Which was odd because it would throttle almost immediately.  I took the case off and got it stable with 832 firmware.  Watching the temperature in CGminer (often cycles up & down), I've not seen it go above 48.2C so I figure that must be about the throttle-temp-trigger.  However, if I load the 864 firmware and watch the temps, it appears that anything above 45C will trigger the throttle.

I should take the heatsink off and apply that Artic Cooling paste to see if that'll lower it any.
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Re: BFL ASIC Competition?
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fortyniner
on 04/09/2012, 22:30:53 UTC
I did the math:

BTCFPGA bASIC $1069.99 ÷ 27GH = $39.63/GH
1 year warranty
projected to ship in November/December of 2012

BFL Single 'SC' $1299.00 ÷ 40GH = $32.48/GH
6 month warranty
projected to ship in October of 2012

but yes, competition is good.
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Re: BFL single revision level differences
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fortyniner
on 31/08/2012, 04:35:25 UTC
I took it totally out of the case yesterday and today noticed one of the copper fins on the upper heatsink was hung up on the corner screw.  That prevented the heatsink from forming a tight, flush union with the 2 chips (may have happened during shipment).  I bent the fin out of the way (yeah I should take a pic) and now the heatsink can free-float on the chips, as designed.  It runs a degree or 2 cooler now.

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Re: BFL single revision level differences
by
fortyniner
on 28/08/2012, 23:43:42 UTC
Got my first single Friday (shipped 8/22) and it's marked "BitFORCE - 1.0   Rev: E" with big fan & copper tubed heatsink on top, and smaller fan & heatsink on bottom.  Oddly, it shipped with 872 firmware but would throttle error every minute or so.  Took half the case off, propped it up a little higher and it's fairly stable now with 832mh firmware.  

Watching the temps in Cgminer, I've not seen it go over 48.2C.  Anything higher seems to trigger throttling on mine (which stops the temp reads for 15 seconds).  Temperature appears to cycle up & down half a degree or so.  Do you suppose Cgminer is cycling back & forth reading each of the two chips?

I see there's a lot of variation in these singles - some hash high at low temps and some hash low at high temps with others in between.  It would appear the overheat/throttle trigger temp is variable and built-in to the chip.  In other words, luck of the draw.
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Re: Butterfly labs mining rig
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fortyniner
on 13/07/2012, 23:42:31 UTC
Generally, merchants must ship within 30 days according to the FTC: http://business.ftc.gov/documents/alt051-selling-internet-prompt-delivery-rules

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By law, you must have a reasonable basis for stating that a product can be shipped within a certain time. If your advertising doesn't clearly and prominently state the shipment period, you must have a reasonable basis for believing that you can ship within 30 days.

If you can't ship within the promised time (or within 30 days if you made no promise), you must notify the customer of the delay, provide a revised shipment date and explain his right to cancel and get a full and prompt refund.
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Re: Continuum Mining Pool: NO fees, client monitors via email and twitter
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fortyniner
on 28/05/2011, 13:40:50 UTC
I do not see payment from last block solve of 05-27.  That's the only issue I've seen. 
EDIT: now I see it...  5/28/11 11:00
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Re: Continuum Mining Pool: NO fees, client monitors via email and twitter
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fortyniner
on 25/05/2011, 17:24:31 UTC
DOOD! I made 5 bitcoins.  Thank you.
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Re: Continuum Mining Pool: NO fees, client monitors via email and twitter
by
fortyniner
on 24/05/2011, 16:39:49 UTC
Yep, thank you.  I get the impression there's only about 3 or 4 miners here.  Anyone for a free pool?
www.continuumpool.com
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Re: Continuum Mining Pool: Direct payouts, client monitors via email and twitter
by
fortyniner
on 24/05/2011, 01:43:08 UTC
You are, of course, correct on probability.  I look at it from the gambler's point of view, not the mathematician's.  Six days of nothing means good luck's comin'.  Is your server really in Canada?  I'd guess Texas.

And did you break the "last round" stat or me?  http://www.continuumpool.com/roundstart.php reports nothing for me.
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Re: Creating webistes for you (accept Bitcoins)
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fortyniner
on 23/05/2011, 22:29:35 UTC
i bould bery much wike a webstye   Cheesy
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Re: A message for BiddingPond sellers.
by
fortyniner
on 23/05/2011, 22:23:26 UTC
Well, here's the thing.  I put a new Dell Streak 7 tablet up starting at 0.99 BTC, no reserve, high bidder gets it.  Same thing I usually do on ebay.  Well there are so few users /bidders on BiddingPond that it sold for $20 BTC.  Great for the buyer, not so hot for me.

I'm not giving up on it yet though.  I should perhaps start with some cheaper items.
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Re: GPU, CPU, or GPU+CPU
by
fortyniner
on 23/05/2011, 21:56:35 UTC
Grike, go into your Bitcoin Settings, Options, and limit coin generation to 1 processor (core).  I have one box that will trip the overheat beeping after a short while of CPU+GPU mining unless I limit the CPU.
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Re: Continuum Mining Pool: Direct payouts, client monitors via email and twitter
by
fortyniner
on 23/05/2011, 20:15:50 UTC
I see miner stats swinging from 440 to 930 Mhash; must be a very short duration (instantaneous?) calculation.   And with a current Overall hashrate of 3.X Ghash/s and no block since 5/17 ... we're likely to be solving one soon.