To your question @nodenomad, you certainly could just buy the Aethir outright and stake it; I wouldnt say that is a bad idea. Purchasing the Edge is more for the long term investment, and the payoff on the device itself will increase based on how much you stake. Once the tokenomics 2.0 kicks in, and you are anywhere in the earning 200/day range due to your staking, I think will you will be glad you made the purchase.

I’ll check back in when the tokenomics 2.0 truly comes.

Sorry to say we are still waiting for Tokenomics 2.0 which is when staking would be needed to earn more than the paltry 20 ATH tokens currently being received daily. It was supposed to go live this quarter. No news when. In the meantime they announced a 60% bonus on top of the 20 for two months starting Sept. 1st. So I guess that´s 32 ATH instead of 20. We´ll see. As for installing and operating, everything is as advertised, very smooth and easy. No issues there. Still love the project and its future.