This guy and the newbies....  Substance in terms of development, structure and information are what will move this project up the list, people asking about these is a GOOD thing because when the answers come there will be people to notice IF you havn't frightened them all away.  I'm sorry to break this to you but your feverish hopes / dreams / faith are counterproductive and do nothing but create more friction going forward, just take a step back, gather some patience and be polite to would be investors.  The fact is you have little to show at this time, but as more trickles in you want people to be around to see it, NOBODY is interested in buying just because you want to make a million dollars from their money on ten of yours.

Considering you personally guaranteed XBY would be top 20 by summer I don't see how a question about plans for scaling, building a team and obtaining backing would seem stupid?

Not him but am interested in an answer to that excellent question.  You kiddo need to settle down.

OK I understand that but after the 50k ticks over should statics be running immediately? 

Do static nodes need to be open and running at 50k?

Thanks - what are they for?  remote access to the static node?

Very helpful thanks

this bit here

rpcuser=very-long-your-secret-username- NOT!!! the REGISTERED STATIC NAME
rpcpassword=extreme-long-supersecret-password

what is this and where do these details come from?

guys can someone give me an explanation on registering a STaTiC node, i found a couple guides but there's discrepancies between them and I'm not getting a clear idea of what needs to be done

What do you mean ?

Thanks for those, I'll rig em up again in the morning and post a picture, but it was seeing both boards and giving temp data etc..  I'm using the bitmain PSU.  Firmware is good, but if I run any higher than 200 I see a decrease in hashing, temps don't suggest this is a heatsink / thermal compound issue, seeing about 40c and it's bloody hot ambient today

Got at least 1 s5 and possibly 2 giving me a headache.  These 2 units dropped in speed before eventually just going offline.  I brought them home for testing, one seems to run fine but the other I can't get above 600GH/s.  To get the speed up I had to downclock.  They both appear to be operating but I suspect I'll be able to narrow it down to one board.  PSU is confirmed to operate normally.  Am I just going to have to ditch malfunctioning boards?  Anything else I can do besides checking cables and PSU?

i swapped mine out for quieter operation to 3000rpm noctua fans, ive always used lower rpm noctuas in my pc builds with excellent results, anyway turns out bad idea, operating temps significantly higher than the stockers so I've changed them back. I've considered running the noctuas as pull, but the stock fans blast a fair bit of air through and i'm not sure if itll overspeed the noctuas

Well like I said let's not get caught up on the economics right now, few potential ways to toy with the kw/h price but difficult / not worth the effort without some results at the very least, and scale makes a big difference as well. That all really comes down to margins though and that isn't my focus at this time.  I'm after first hand operating experience and actual data of my own to work with, I've done web searches / calculators etc.. which have been a good guide, but it's not the same.  Of course, I don't really want to operate at a loss, so cost of kW is still a factor to some extent, as are the delays in getting up and running with the expected s7 release.  Unloading would definitely not be a terrible idea $ wise, but the s5s should get me much of the info I need, hopefully in time to make a decision come s7.


Yeah chopped the PWM wire first thing, I'd seen some stuff about the s5 cutting the fan on network loss and boards getting fried, and had no real reason not to run them max anyway.   I've got a box load of 120mm collected up from PC builds over the years, they vary in quality but might chuck em on in pull for that little bit extra, not sure if the designs all that well geared towards push/pull, but can't hurt, I think.

Thanks guys!  I do have use of relatively large amounts of space out of town where there's some good potential for power and cooling (none of it currently in place).  The general idea was to run these guys at home where I can keep a close eye on everything, and in the event of scale up move it all out there. 

It's winter now and ambients are 0 - 15c, noise becomes a non issue, for the minute I'm planning to move the 12 I have out there now. I'd be trading heat / noise issues for less reliable power (for the minute), and potential network issues, plus an hour drive if anything needed to be checked.  Come summer I'd be looking at ambients of 30 - 45c, large space and lack of insulation would bring new heat challenges to the table, but I've got a few ideas if I were to put em on water.  I expect much will have changed by then anyway, so probably best to cross that bridge when the time comes.

Hopefully will have everything online soon, will let you guys know what I come up with!

Hey guys, new to mining (aside for some investigation I did using my GPU).  I picked up 12 S5s to continue my preliminary investigations into BTC.  Before we get caught up on the economics, the game here is to collect first hand data and go from there down the track.  12 miners because that's the dollar amount I was willing to risk on this exercise, and will hopefully give me sufficient data.  If it's of any interest my current kw/h goes for about US$0.10.  I'd like to keep them on site at this stage, which basically means I have what should really be a comms cabinet to work with.

I calculated and vented for 10 air changes per minute (unobstructed).  This is nowhere near enough, I can run 6 PSUs and 2 miners mining staying within acceptable temps (30c inside w/24c ambients).  Setup is 2 miners and 1 PSU per rack, the chimney effect kicks the goolies out of the top 6 if I power them all up.  I'm interested in solutions but some info on the heat I'm trying to remove would be useful.

I can relatively easily jack up the airflow, but I'm not convinced anything short of a wall of fans is going to do job.  I'm familiar with water cooling and could potentially run a loop through the neighboring room and from there vent to outside, but I'm not sure how much rad I'm looking at.  I could run through a water chiller, but I suspect they PC types although overkill for overclocking may be too small for this job.  Finally there's the aircon route, but I don't know the BTU's I'm looking for, and I suspect it'll kill the margins anyway.

My current intake is passive, I'd have a crack at firing air in from that and possibly something else firing upwards, just don't think it's gonna cut it.  So what do we do here guys?? Got 10 S5s sitting on the floor looking very sorry for themselves