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    The first one FTC USB block erupters be born, about 240Khash

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      svennand Regular Member last edited by

      if i remember correctly it was around 2w pr unit. meaning those 240khashes only use 8w… have gpu’s beaten on that part ;D

      Great work lizhi for keeping us up to date!

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        Kevlar Spammer last edited by

        [quote name=“jordanjkj” post=“46176” timestamp=“1387466057”]
        very cool! but $240 for 240 khs is kinda high,but i bet the power savings are great.
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        These aren’t for mass consumption. They’re engineering samples for enthusiasts. The next step is taping out an ASIC from this design, from which you can expect to get anywhere from 2x to 10x the performace at 1/2 to 1/4 the power consumption. I imagine they’re selling these in order to raise the money to do this. Then we’ll see savings.

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          DARKANGEL6415 Regular Member last edited by

          sweet

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            jordanjkj last edited by

            [quote name=“Kevlar” post=“46219” timestamp=“1387477599”]
            [quote author=jordanjkj link=topic=6202.msg46176#msg46176 date=1387466057]
            very cool! but $240 for 240 khs is kinda high,but i bet the power savings are great.
            [/quote]

            These aren’t for mass consumption. They’re engineering samples for enthusiasts. The next step is taping out an ASIC from this design, from which you can expect to get anywhere from 2x to 10x the performace at 1/2 to 1/4 the power consumption. I imagine they’re selling these in order to raise the money to do this. Then we’ll see savings.
            [/quote]
            As long as the final price isnt astronomical then ill probably grab a few. idk what im going to do next summer,mining in texas during that time will make my apartment a sauna.

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              corather Regular Member last edited by

              Sell them exclusively on the FTC Marketplace. I’ll buy a few. :)

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                roman1234 last edited by

                I’d love to buy one! This would be great for mining on my laptop.

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                  sheepson Regular Member last edited by

                  Nice Development :o

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                    ChekaZ last edited by

                    Would love to buy one :)

                    BTC: 1Ges1taJ69W7eEMbQLcmNGnUZenBkCnn45
                    FTC: 6sxjM96KMZ7t4AmDTUKDZdq82Nj931VQvY

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                      vikingalex last edited by

                      im going to buy one and see if it is good as it says. and if im happy i be probably buying 1 new unit each months

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                        flcph Regular Member last edited by

                        would like to get one of those…

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                          corather Regular Member last edited by

                          Give this man some rep.

                          Bump for pure awesomeness. Staying top of the list.

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                            surfguy72 Regular Member last edited by

                            Wow!

                            You gotta message the forum when these things start going up for presale.

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                              corather Regular Member last edited by

                              [quote name=“justgeig” post=“46175” timestamp=“1387465848”]
                              for now at least, $240 is better spent on a GPU that can get more than 240Khash. It’s good to know what’s coming though. I imagine the technology will evolve pretty quickly and could leave GPU mining in the dust.
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                              If you break down the price, that’s very reasonable. I spent $2000 on a 1.8~2.0 MH/s rig for scrypt with conventional GPU tech that eats 750 watts of power.

                              His Scrypt Erupters cost exactly the same per KH/s, minus the electricity expenses so his technology is actually the same price in the short term and less expensive in the long term. Sign me up for 10. :)

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                                new2crypto Regular Member last edited by

                                Would also like to be contacted if you do a pre-sale on some of these.

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                                  Matl Regular Member last edited by

                                  This fellow here has been mining LTC for a while with custom boards:
                                  [url=http://ltcgear.com/]http://ltcgear.com/[/url]
                                  He also has a farmshare option.

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                                    RIPPEDDRAGON Regular Member last edited by

                                    [quote name=“Matl” post=“47091” timestamp=“1387811834”]
                                    This fellow here has been mining LTC for a while with custom boards:
                                    [url=http://ltcgear.com/]http://ltcgear.com/[/url]
                                    He also has a farmshare option.
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                                    Too bad these are not even that much better than an optimized gpu. I have pushed upwards of 4KHs/watt and I am sure if I took a high end card and really worked with it I could get within 20% of that FPGAs KH/watt ratio.

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                                      lizhi last edited by

                                      The latest official version, It have five chip,about 300Khash. Price undetermined.

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                                        vikingalex last edited by

                                        [quote name=“lizhi” post=“47100” timestamp=“1387813798”]
                                        The latest official version, It have five chip,about 300Khash. Price undetermined.
                                        [/quote] okey so 1.75G x5 BTC mode 60k x5 scrypt mode. if its above 300$ is way to overpriced.

                                        you could go whit 2x 7970 used around 175$ each and make around same profit.

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                                          HopeStillFlies Regular Member last edited by

                                          [quote name=“lizhi” post=“47100” timestamp=“1387813798”]
                                          The latest official version, It have five chip,about 300Khash. Price undetermined.
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                                          Thanks for keeping us up on this. Is there any talk of volume orders? Is there a chance with your locality you might get hand on units quicker than the rest of us and be able to resell?

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                                            Ruthie last edited by

                                            Oo lizhi, exciting :D

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