Butterfly Labs – Jalapeno 7 gH/s – Hands on
Well, here is the answer! We just had the product delivered to us. To be more precise, a friend of ours ordered one and gave it a try back on 4.5.2013. Costs: 5 GH/s Bitcoin Miner – $274.00. Shipping & Handling – 88$ (all the way to Budapest, Hungary). Upgrade to 7 GH/S – 100$. He was aware of the bad reviews and forum threads, which all suggested that BFL ships late or actually never does, but he wanted to try and get into mining anyways. More than a month after the purchase on 14.6.2013, he received ”great” news from BFL. : “All customers who ordered 5GH/s (OR 4.5GH/s) products now have....
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