Bitcoin ASIC shipping

Hong Kong based ZeusMiner.com have announced pre-orders on the first generation of Scrypt ASIC miners with a confirmed shipping date: Blizzard, Thunder, Lightning and Cyclone. The new ASIC Scrypt mining rigs are available for pre-order now and will ship internationally before May 31st 2014. ZeusMiner’s commitment to cryptocurrencies means that customers paying with Bitcoin and Litecoin will receive a 5% discount.

Zeus bring to the table a ton of experience in the cryptocurrency mining space; having produced highly popular SHA-256 ASIC chips. ZeusMiner’s team has more than 15 years of SoC and ASIC chip design and development experience. For 3 years, they have been providing custom mining rig development, professional manufacturing, and mining farm deployment to their clients.

Lightning, the first pure Scrypt ASIC mining rig, achieves 72-80Mh/s for a $9, 999 investment. The rig has been designed with meticulous attention: the four blade design will keep the device cool and producing returns for years. Furthermore, the first 100 customers will receive an exclusive name-plate to mark their involvement in the new era of mining.

For beginners, ZeusMiner’s ‘Blizzard’ produces 1.2Mh/s for only a $199 investment. Alternatively, the more ambitious miner will find the 36-40Mh/s that ‘Thunder’ can provide for just $5, 500 great value.

To meet the demand of the public ‘Cyclone’, will be co-released in limited supply. With 18 – 20Mh/s ‘Cyclone’ is a great option for miners that want more fire power then ‘Blizzard’ at an affordable price of $2, 999. ‘Cyclone’ is upgradable which means that there is one slot open for another blade to make it into ‘Thunder’. Price of additional blades will be announced in the future.

By implementing the latest technology ZeusMiner is presenting a cost and time efficient truly modular PCB design, the first ever to be produced on a big scale and made available to the public. By dividing the design into two types of boards – the calculation board can be easily replaced when future technologies are available. All miners are equipped with mirror finishing which allows better heat transfer and dissipation.

There is much excitement among the Litecoin community on litecointalk.org. One miner said “This is very impressive announcement and development, very big congratulations to [Zeus]. I note with great interest you are offering to provide the engraved plaque.”