The First Crypto Mining Board Game Coming Soon Thanks to Crypto Crowdfunding

31 Aug
2017

The Cryptum ICO looks different than most crowdsales of tokens we’ve seen lately and if you are following us closely you know that we are not big fans of ICOs. It is not a single project, but a network of projects funding board games publishing with an interesting concept of providing supporters with returns of investment. More importantly the first game being released is called Blockchain: The Cryptocurrency Board Game. In it the players will compete for obtaining most Bitcoins and Ethereums by mining 85+ coins using 25 different crypto algorithms (with crypto coins taken from the real world). The Cryptum tokens issues by the project will be used for free access to all board games Cryptum is publishing (not only the Blockchain game) and there are already plans for 4 games and 5 expansions.

Cryptum will use the funding acquired from the crowdsale of tokens for three main projects – board game development, crypto mining and the release of a new cryptocurrency, plus maybe some small extra crypto currency related projects like an ICO listing website:
– Board games with 20% to 40% “shared profit” paid after each of the games Kickstarter campaigns, including the Blockchain: The Cryptocurrency Board Game.
– Mining project starting with 50% shared profit and lowered gradually to 30% by the end of a 2 year period after which the mining profit will be used only to fund further development of board games.
– Cryptumcoin should be launched later this year and will be used in some of the services, like for paying for advertisement in icodbase.com, and all token owners can receive some initial amount depending on how many tokens they own. Or they can mine it, as the developers promise good value and ASIC-proof algorithm.

Cryptum will pay back between 20% and 50% of the profits through optional claims (to avoid regulation and listing prohibitions in some exchanges and regions). Еvery feature is accessible by optional claim and if you don’t want to claim your profits based on current token ownership then they will be distributed to other token holders. The number of tokens issued will be limited and they will also be available for trading on crypto exchanges, though actually holding them might end up being more profitable on the long run.

When we initially heard about the idea for the Cryptum project we were quite interested and wanted to take part in it, especially the part about the Blockchain: The Cryptocurrency Board Game. As a result we are not only supporting the project, but our team actually got involved in the project development.

– For more information about the upcoming Cryptum ICO visit the official website…

FutureBit Moonlander 2, An Upcoming Scrypt USB ASIC Miner

30 Aug
2017

Last year we have tested and reviewed the FutureBit MoonLander USB Scrypt ASIC Miner and have found it to be a well-designed and working miner. Unfortunately with hashrate maxing at just about 1 MHS at that time it was not very up to date for practical use with mining profitability in mind. The good news is that there is a new version of the miner in the works – FutureBit Moonlander 2 and the new device will be more interesting specifications wise.

The FutureBit Moonlander 2 USB Scrypt ASIC miner is supposedly offering an efficiency of about 1.3 Watts per MHS and the device should be capable of delivering between 3 and 5 megahashes for Scrypt mining (depending on settings). With the recent peak of the interest in Litecoin we could be seeing increased interest in these devices as well. The new version of the USB Scrypt ASIC should most likely be available for orders in October with deliveries starting at the end of October or early November. The price is not yet fixed, but it will most likely be in the range of $40-$60 USD per miner.

Preliminary specifications of the miner:
– Hashrate: 3-5 MHS Scrypt performance per miner
– Power usage: about 1.5W per MHS for most of that range
– Operating frequency: core clock from 500 MHz to nearly 1 GHz!
– Operating voltage: fully customizable core voltage range from 0.6V – 1V
– Fully redesigned 5v->core voltage stage with about 95% efficiency
– Heavy duty/over speced parts were used to ensure wide range of operation (stick can be pushed to nearly 6mh if you can cool it)
– Status LEDs for power, TX and RX transmission
– Uses latest bfgminer 5.4 for control
– Will work with all Mac OS, Linux, and Windows based PCs, as well as RPi’s etc (and I will be offering easy to use pre-compiled binaries)

– For more information about the FutureBit Moonlander 2 USB Scrypt ASIC miner…

550 MHS BW-L21 Litecoin (Scrypt) ASIC Miner

28 Aug
2017

The recent return of interest in Litecoin (LTC) and the growing price has apparently also sparked interest for more up to date ASIC miners and there is one more contender now available apparently. Here comes the BW-L21 Litecoin (Scrypt) ASIC Miner from BW.com promising to deliver up to 550 MHs with 950W of power usage. The ordering process for these devices however is not that easy apparently, there is a minimum order quantity of 100 units and the price is about 2500 USD. You need to contact BW by email in order to arange an order and make the purchase, though with 100 units MOQ this is hardly interesting for small home miners. Bitmain’s AntMiner L3+ Scrypt ASIC miner is still much more attractive to small miners that want to get just one or a couple of units, that is if you manage to buy one when new batches are being released.

BW.com BW-L21 Specifications:
– Hash rate: 550 MHS +/- 10%
– Power consumption: 950 W +/- 10%
– Power efficiency: 1.727 J / MHS
– DC voltage input: 12 VDC +/- 5%
– ASIC chip type: 28nm LTC ASIC chip by BW.com
– ASIC chip quantity per unit (miner): 144 chips
– Number of hash boards per unit: 4 hash boards
– Cooling: 2x 120mm x 38mm fan, 3000rpm (front and back, in a push-pull configuration).
– Weight: 4.8 kg
– Dimensions: 329mm (L) x 127mm (W) x 159mm (H)

– You can read a review of the miner on Bitcointalk here for more details…

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