Discussion thread for CoinCraft series 28nm ASIC miners

This thread is the spot for any support, questions, cheers, or complaints regarding our CoinCraft miners and ASICs. We'll drop news and updates here, so don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions! Cheers, The bitmine.ch team NEWS We've released a software update for the CoinCraft Desk Units. You can find it along with the instructions on this page: http://www.bitmine.ch/?page_id=5483 Here's what's new in the latest version: *) Addressed the OpenSSL heartbleed vulnerability *) Fixed issues with the web interface when using Apple iOS Safari *) Resolved problems related to newer One-Wire temperature sensors *) Introduced thermal shutdown and automatic recovery features *) Added capabilities for over/down voltage adjustments, both for basic and advanced settings, boosting hashing rate. *) Updated cgminer to the latest version, 4.3.0 *) Optimized cgminer driver's CPU usage, cutting down by up to 20% on Raspberry Pi systems *) Reverted to diff-1 jobs for better detection of HW errors, making the displayed hashing rate match better with the actual hashing rate. Enjoy!

Delivery schedule, please.

How about you deliver on your existing products before launching another pre-order vaporware

I cant reserve an order !!! I tried to put 2 orders it always asks me to pay !!!! I do not get it

Order number #11xx? Really? After 30 minutes? I hope your counting begins at #1000. Have a nice day!

1. Can I choose Reservation queue today and then pay in 2-3 weeks and jump into the shipment queue? 2. Are you going to sell separate hashing cards? If so when? 3. Are the hashing cards for Coincraft Rig and Coincraft Desk compatibile?

I still do not get the Reserve queue, It is not working for !!! is it working for anybody here? It is really a nice feature if they honor their promises. the better thing would be paying 10-25% of the order to show the interest and to secure both parties, then when they start mass production and have a better picture about shipping schedule they could ask for the rest of payment. it assures both your place in queue and funds for their production plan....

No, but I believe that's only a bug.

Ok it is fixed I can see my orders as reserved

Hi - can you tell us any additional info that lets us know who you are, who the asic designers are, so we can become more comfortable with you and your team etc? Have you taped-out already?  when was it?  and if you havnt, presumably it must be imminent to be able to deliver by end of november? How are you financing the NRE's etc?  are you assuming the pre-orders will cover it? You say on your web site that you have absolutely the best 28nm asic out there, yet your specs dont seem to establish those credentials so can you share how you are 'better' than your competitors? Your power consumption per GH  - while good at 0.6 w/gh, is no better than the three most recently announced 28nm entrants (hashfast, cointerra, and bfl) and it could be argued that  hashfast and cointerra are claiming theirs chips will use LESS than 0.6W/GH at nominal volt/clock, and you're not saying it will be less, but are saying it will exactly be 0.6W/GH, which makes it sound like your silicon is close but not as low power as theirs.  And then youre saying if you undervolt/underclock it then it will have lower power, but that is completely true for any chip ever made, and all the others could claim that as well. How are you cooling your chips?  if youre going to be substantially overclocking them, like you say on your web site then you must have some pretty serious cooling plans.  can you share those?

remember before you order! https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=215431.msg3026743#msg3026743

does coincraft desk and coincraft rig use the same 28nm technology, I fail to understand the deference between these two. what deffer between the two designs ? they didn't mention this on the coincraft desk!! what chips they will use on that one ?

you can reserve a place in queue without paying if you are not comfortable with trusting them, they will ask for full payment when they are ready for mass production and shippment, which seems to me really fear, at least this is what I've understood.....

Giorgio, any info regarding:

Done

Your exact shipping date is determined based on the position in the shipping queue, it is widely explained in the website please take a look there for more information!

Yes, now that we have finished running to set-up everything for the 28nm sales we will post the details of our upgrade program in the next few days!

Are you going to accept any payment methods that have consumer protections?

These are widely covered in our FAQ and in our website, please read it there you will find all the needed details. No, we are already financed, that is also explained in the news! Pretty easy, our estimations are conservative, not optimistic. We didn't put a lot of efforts in marketing, but we did put a lot of efforts in development   This is at our nominal power usage, if you need better power consumption, you can go in powersave mode and go 0.35 J/GH which is, as far as we know, industry leading. Our low power mode makes use of very low voltage transistors and is optimized for that, this is very different than just undervolting/underclocking the chip! Aircooling up to Turbo mode, no need for expensive watercooling sets like some other competitors! These are expensive, prone to mechanical failures and bulky.

You are already protected by our Customer Protection Plan and, if you don't want to pay anything upfront, you can still place an order on the reservation queue where no payment is required at all (just few days before the shipping of your order).