iBeLink DM384 Specification and Users Manual Now Available

25 Feb
2016

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DualMiner has published a short PDF document named iBeLink DM384 Specification and Users Guide that gives a bit more details on what to expect from the X11 ASIC miner. Apparently this is the electronic version of the manual that will be shipped with the device, the document is labeled as revision 1.1 dated from February 18th with the 1.0 revision dated from January 22 2016 (updated rev 1.2 now available). The document includes some screenshots from the miner’s web interface that is apparently running on the Raspberry Pi that controls the 4 miner blades that the device has. The document reveals some interesting things such as the ability to easily overclock the miner by changing the chip PLL settings. It might however be limited in terms of maximum overclock capabilities over the stock settings judging from the screenshots in the manual. There are however not that many new details about the device revealed in the document, still you might want to check it out if you are interested in the iBeLink DM384 X11 ASIC miners. As already mentioned earlier today we have pre-ordered a unit, so we’ll be doing a detailed review once it arrives, so stay tuned for more details when we get our hands on the hardware hopefully soon.

Hashflare To Start Offering Ethereum Cloud Mining

25 Feb
2016

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The cloud mining service provider Hashflare has officially announced their plans to start offering Ethereum cloud mining hashrate with pre-orders already active and mining expected to start on March 21st. The contracts are with 1 year term with everything included in the price of the hashrate, so no extra expenses for the user. The price is set at $4.25 USD per 100 KHS (0.1 MHS) or with other words $42.25 USD per Megahash worth of Ethereum mining hashrate. There is currently a promotional offer for pre-orders that will allow you to purchase hashrate at a discounted price of $3.74 USD per 100 KHS or $37.4 USD per MHS (12% discount for the pre-orders) if you use the following promotional code when checking out HF16ETHER12.

The service is already offering Bitcoin and Litecoin cloud mining hashrate contracts, though both are being paid to users in BTC. Their new Ethereum cloud mining offer is apparently based on what Genesis Mining is already offering, though Hashflare apparently wants to attract customers with a lower price. The problem is that they have announced their plans about 1 month prior to actually starting to mine Ethereum and for that 1 month a lot can change – much higher mining difficulty or significant drop in price etc. that makes this investment riskier. There is also no information what will happen with the purchased hashrate in case Ethereum switches to PoS before the end of the 1 year term of the contract. So be careful when weighting in the pros and cons of this offer.

– To check out the new HashFlare Ethereum (ETH) cloud mining hashrate available for pre-order…

Another X11 ASIC Miner with 500 MHS at 280 Watt May Be Coming Soon

25 Feb
2016

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After the recent news about the first X11 mining ASIC iBeLink DM384M ASIC DASH miner it seems that others people working on X11 ASIC hardware are going public with information about their work. The announcement was made in the DashTalk forum and does not contain a lot of information, including more detailed photos and videos, so you should be careful and not treat that information as 100% true and accurate. According to the specs mentioned the miner using a custom developed X11 ASIC chip called Shooter will be capable of achieving 500 MHS hashrate for X11 mining for Dash or other crypto currencies using the same algorithm with just about 280 Watts of power usage.

The price of a single miner is set at 500 Dash or equivalent amount in BTC per device with shipping cost not included (roughly $2000 USD at the current price without shipping). Each buyer can only purchase one device at most. 50 devices should be available next month according to the official information. Estimated to be shipped by Mid-March via UPS, SF-Express from Mainland China. Below is a quote of the officially published specifictions.

Miner Specifications:
– Hash Rate: 500 MH/s ±10%
– Power Consumption: 280 W ±10%
– Number of Shooter chips per unit: 60
– Operating Temperature: 0 °C to 40 °C
– Power Supply: ATX 12V required
– Dimensions: 290mm(L)*130mm(W)*150mm(H)
– Weight: 4.5kg

Shooter X11 ASIC chip:
– Single Unit Performance
– Package Type: QFN64 8mm*8mm
– Interface: SPI
– Hash Rate: 8.5Mhash/s @400Mhz
– Power Consumption: 4.3W @400Mhz

We have already pre-ordered iBeLink DM384M and are waiting for a unit to be shipped, so we can confirm its existence for sure and do a detailed review of the device. Meanwhile we would advice people that are interested in purchasing the miner not to be in a hurry, especially with the additional news of another (unconfirmed) X11 ASIC promising better specifications that may also be coming soon.

– Visit the official website of the developers for more details about their X11 ASIC miner…

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