ANTMINER S3+ Discussion and Support Thread

[PlanetCrypto]

I predict the next difficulty increase will be 20%

I predict it to be 11%

I predict 11.11%

jokes aside, it will be less than 20%, but higher than 11%, I choose 14-15%

I'm going with 13%-15% averaged out over time.

[dsheaffer]

Does anyone have an idea why one S3 miner would have 10X + the number of duplicates as my four other other S3 miners?  All are Batch 5, all are configured identically.

[kp5995]

Does anyone have an idea why one S3 miner would have 10X + the number of duplicates as my four other other S3 miners?  All are Batch 5, all are configured identically.

One of mine did the same thing. Reboot seems to clear it up. Happened on the same pool, wonder if it's something on their end?

[Fahlcor]

I predict the next difficulty increase will be 20%

I predict it to be 11%

I predict 11.11%

jokes aside, it will be less than 20%, but higher than 11%, I choose 14-15%

I'm gonna cry. I bet it is all those spondoolies machines being "tested " before they ship. It seems I may have joined the BTC game too late. Hope this hashrate falls like last time.

[philipma1957]

batch 6 is shipping I got an email from bitmaintech.  nice

[MoreBloodWine]

batch 6 is shipping I got an email from bitmaintech.  nice

How many you buyin man, lol.

[tom99]

batch 6 is shipping I got an email from bitmaintech.  nice

   nothing for me yet.

[dentro]

batch 6 is shipping I got an email from bitmaintech.  nice

ordered some hours after batch 6 opened for orders, still waiting for confirmation... 

[xstr8guy]

Is anyone else running S3s in an extremely hot environment? I'm talking hot, Vegas summer in the garage hot!

I've had 3 running in my garage since Friday at a frequency of 212.5. And they seem to be doing just fine. I have them under clocked because of electrical usage, not temps. They don't seem to get any hotter than 50c.

[tom99]

batch 6 is shipping I got an email from bitmaintech.  nice

ordered some hours after batch 6 opened for orders, still waiting for confirmation... 

   Didn't you get 2nd mail for order paid?

[lestak]

Hey

Anyone run their s3 on their sides and stacked?

Any issues?

[oskuro]

Guys, is this normal?? you know each S3 has a tracking number. I bought another 2 units from batch 4, and one is supposed to be delivered today, but the other, the status appears as still on customs, is that possible?? they should come as a pair, not 1 by 1, right? maybe they just changed the status of 1st one and both are coming? argggg

[dentro]

batch 6 is shipping I got an email from bitmaintech.  nice

ordered some hours after batch 6 opened for orders, still waiting for confirmation...  

   Didn't you get 2nd mail for order paid?

I get the 2. mail which confirmed that my order is payed.. wait for shipping (confirmation) mail..

[sepehr]

Is anyone else running S3s in an extremely hot environment? I'm talking hot, Vegas summer in the garage hot!

I've had 3 running in my garage since Friday at a frequency of 212.5. And they seem to be doing just fine. I have them under clocked because of electrical usage, not temps. They don't seem to get any hotter than 50c.

I have 20 of them running at 55 to 60 C in Tehran.
Have no problem with them yet! 

[hellracer2011]

Planning to buy 2 antminers s3. Is this profitable enough to start mining?

[topcat888]

Hey

Anyone run their s3 on their sides and stacked?

Any issues?

Yep...

None, all 39-40 C...

[MoreBloodWine]

Planning to buy 2 antminers s3. Is this profitable enough to start mining?

If you get them now you go a good shot.

[hellracer2011]

Planning to buy 2 antminers s3. Is this profitable enough to start mining?

If you get them now you go a good shot.

Thanks.

Do you guys mine only bitcoin or also some sha256 coins?

How is other SHA- 256 coins doing in terms of profitability?

[reactor77]

I've put in an email on my bookmarked Bitmain link. I asked if they would sell me some miners for USD bank transfer. I'll let you know what they say. Also, those emails you have sound like them, those are the questions they always ask me.

Ok,thanks.

Ive redacted your name and email address - here are the header details - can't really see anything wrong - anyone?

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Hi,
1. besides bitcoins, we also accept USD wires.please feedback to us for
remittance info when you decide to place order.
2. ATX PSU is OK, there are 4 PCI-e connectors for +12V DC input, but it
only needs to connect two of them(total 30.5A) if without overclocking. FYI
http://www.enermaxusa.com/psu_revolution87+.php
3. Have you ever bought S3 from us before? do you have any coupon?
4. how many S3 do you plan to buy? we may request some discount if quantity
is large.


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BITMAIN

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I double checked the email and there is zero inconsistencies.

Well,thats nice.I suppose,I just have to wait some more.maybe they dont answer in the weekends...Thanks for the help,everybody.

What concerns me:
  1) The email headers at the start of the chain are nothing like the headers I have from confirmed email from bitmaintech when they send the shipment notice, which includes the order number, the address where btc payment had been sent, etc. In other words a scammer wouldn't know the details the email contains, and the tracking number matches the package I actually received when the S3's / S1's were delivered, so there's no doubt the email headers I used as a reference were legitimate. The starting header information in confirmed emails does not match the starting information cited above.
  2) The abv.bg domain is in Bulgaria.
  3) This: "[email protected]" and "Received: by 10.194.170.8 with HTTP" lead me to believe the email was actually sent from a spoofed address in a java script run by an html based client (web mail) and picked up by google mail then sent on through the rest of the email delivery systems at google and to the final destination.
  4) This matches the confirmed email but could be due to the email already being in google's mail servers: "X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820;"
  5) Your email header is missing the initial contact with an email server on the Internet: "Received: from bitmain01 ([119.9.72.212]) by mx.google.com...".

I hope you've not been scammed like I was. I have repeatedly reported to facebook the following is a scam, yet facebook still allows their page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bitmaintechcom/1445280845724880  ... and from some of the comments there I see they are still scamming people. Facebook should be held liable as they keep allowing and in effect supporting the fraud.

Yes,the abv.bg is bulgarian.I am from Bulgaria,but I dont live there now.I have been using this email for over 15 years.Do you guys know any safe email,that I can write to bitmain?Thanks

[MoreBloodWine]

Planning to buy 2 antminers s3. Is this profitable enough to start mining?

If you get them now you go a good shot.

Thanks.

Do you guys mine only bitcoin or also some sha256 coins?

How is other SHA- 256 coins doing in terms of profitability?

I mine on BTC Guild which merge mines namecoin.