FAQ:MiniRig SC & Single SC Hosting

When ordering equipment from Butterfly Labs, you have the option of hosting your equipment locally with one of our affiliate data centers. While BFL does not host equipment directly, we do work with local providers to place your equipment.

Currently, we work with a company called J. Morgan and Associates, which will host your equipment at their facilities. The current cost structure for hosting is:

• MiniRig SC: $625 per month, per rig
  
• 50 GH/s, 60 GH/s $100 per month, per unit
  

Your hosted units will be added to a mining farm and you will be paid out regularly based on their collective output. Currently, the payout is approximately every two days, depending on luck. As difficulty increases, payout times may get longer or the payout threshold may be reduced to bring it back to every 2 days or so.

If you wish to have direct control over your units, you may provide a laptop or netbook computer (or one can be sourced locally at cost). Additionally, if you have more units than the provided computer has USB ports, you will need to provide enough USB hubs to support your equipment. That netbook or laptop, if provided by you, will need to be configured for remote access of your choice. Linux is the preferred loaded OS, but you may use Windows or OSX. Under any circumstance, however, if you choose to control your units yourself, you will be responsible for the network security, patching, updating and maintenance of the netbook or laptop. Remote hands will be provided to reboot the machine should it lock up, but configuration or maintenance assistance can not be provided, although it can be negotiated for an extra fee. Response times for remote hands requests are typically within an hour, but can be up to 12 hours depending on the time of day the request is made in GMT -6 (CST) timezone.

Your equipment will be housed in one of three data centers in the Kansas City area (With a 4th coming online in the next 6 months). Each center is guarded by multiple security procedures, including biometric identification, key card access, elevator lock outs and human verification. Fire suppression and notification are present in all datacenters. Redundant power is provided by a generator and for an additional fee can be provided by battery as a UPS.

Hosted units will be maintained by a BFL representative should a failure occur and replacement/repair is usually conducted the same day. There is no cost for repair/replacement of failed units that are under warranty.

If you wish to have your unit hosted locally, please contact Butterfly Labs customers service to be sure they also know the units will be hosted locally. Once your units are ready to be shipped (This is not way to jump the shipping queue, your units will be released in the order they would normally be released to the shipping department), they will be released to the local data center and installed the same or next day. Any shipping fees that you've already paid can be applied towards your monthly hosting charges. There is no taxes charged if you host locally, as the delivery will be to Missouri (from Kansas) and thus not subject to local sales tax. Once the hosting company takes possession of the machine(s), they will contact you regarding payment methods and wallet addresses for payouts.