Problems Plague KnCMiner As Broken 'Super Jupiters' Arrive
Buyers of digital currency mining hardware developer KnCMiner's modified Jupiter mining product are reporting serious problems with shipments. The company originally offered the 'Super Jupiter' as a replacement for customers that didn't want to wait to receive the company's next-generation Neptune line of miners. Disgruntled customers took to the company's forum to voice their frustrations, with some reporting what appeared to be broken or incorrectly constructed components, including fans and heat sinks. Others said that some of the ASICs arrived malfunctioning or simply not working. In....
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J-J's broken KnCMiner Super Jupiter. KnCMiner has started shipping a 3 TH/s Bitcoin mining box, the largest single Bitcoin ASIC miner in existence at the moment. The unfortunate part, though, is that none of these KnCMiner Super Jupiters arrived at their destination in one piece. KnCMiner has responded promptly on their forum, promising to ship new, properly constructed, units to affected customers, free of charge. KnCMiner also emphasized that customers needing to RMA their Super Jupiter would not have to pay return shipping on the existing $10,000 “machine” that was shipped to them; they....
Original Neptune announcement image. KnCMiner has previously received a lot of attention as the first "legitimate" Bitcoin ASIC manufacturer especially after the BFL fiasco, but has this once widely-touted company lost its touch and turned to the dark side? Editor's Note: KnCMiner's CMO, Nanok Bie, has reached out to CCN to clarify that no Neptunes are being used in their datacenter. Furthermore, he clarified that KnCMiner's 5% of total network hashrateincludes the hashratethat they sell in contracts; that is to say, KnCMiner makes less than $3.6 million USD a month from mining. He also....
Sweden-based digital currency mining hardware developer KnCMiner has announced that customers waiting for their Neptune mining product to ship can opt to receive a modified Jupiter rig instead. The Neptune sports 3 TH/s of hashing speed and carries a price tag of $9,995. The 20-nm miner is based on the Jupiter design, but consumes 30% less electricity at an estimated rate of 0.7 watts per GH/s. The announcement, published on the company's website, offers KnCMiner customers an alternative to waiting for the production of the Neptune line of mining hardware. Technology swap available. The....
A legal effort to sue bitcoin mining firm KnCMiner over product refunds has been dealt a blow in Sweden, court documents reveal. The suit traces back to public furor related to the Titan, a mining product developed and released by KnCMiner in 2014 that was designed to confirm transactions for non-bitcoin cryptocurrencies like litecoin, a process known as mining. Anger among the firm’s customer base over delayed shipments and hardware problems sparked controversy and the rumblings of legal action. The situation led to accusations of fraud and misrepresentation, allegations of which formed....
Here's a short but interesting video posted by Engadget that features Alex Lawn of KnCMiner discussing their super-powerful Jupiter bitcoin miner, which is capable of 600GH/s. It's not too in-depth, but we felt it was worth the share.