Topic: 1GH/s, 20w, $700 (was $500) — Butterflylabs, is it for real? (Part 2) - page 81. (Read 146936 times)

Actually, moving this to the Hardware sub-section seems like a good idea.

Here is a suggestion: Let BFL create their own thread here in mining, in products or where ever.
Stop discussing this here.

Also it is $700 now.

It does ask the question, is it a scam, in the title. Maybe a technical discussion thread?

Go read or something.

So when are these devices (tentatively) scheduled to be sent out to everyone (pre-orders)?

OMG, Time to lock this thread again.

Maybe start a new one with a different title, some people are still stuck at defining the word "SC**" in their head.

I would look for revelent post right after BFL posts, (https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/bfl-44366)

Facts and evidences are already given in the last thread. BFL refuse to give us anything else.

I think its a scam in a sense of deceiving. Just as i said, all the "as seen on TV" crap has the same sales tactic.

Apparently Inaba is their "Shamwow" guy.

If anyone has read Quarantine by Greg Bear ... thats what the box reminds me of.

Can people suggest (via PM) the most informative posts from the first thread to add to the top post here? I'm going to go find some now.
 

Reminds me of HAL9000

from their website reminds me of The IT Crowd - Series 3 - Episode 4: The Internet 

This is about http://butterflylabs.com/products/  a company claiming to offer some very high performance dedicated mining hardware.

Initially pre-orders were offered for $500 but the price has since been raised to $699.  No units have shipped. They also clam to be taking preorders for a 50GH/s unit for $24,980.

There is a lot of justified skepticism about the realness of the advertised products.  I created the original thread because I thought, on the basis of the available data, that it was obviously a scam and I was worried that other bitcoiners were getting ripped off. At that point in time there was only a flashy website and a lot of tall promises. The subsequent disclosures have made me reconsider my initial quick judgement— today there is good evidence that some kind of actual hardware exists.

The other thread was becoming a bit large: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/1ghs-20w-500-butterflylabs-is-it-a-scam-48863

Of course, speculation is going to be contentious, we're not going to all agree on the relative merits of the various bits of data available — but it would be best if people stuck to the facts and evidence.  If you have an irreconcilable difference in conclusions with someone, don't flame— take comfort in the fact that your superior knowledge will allow you to place profitable bets on the outcome.

(Fair warning: Unproductive back and forth flame-wars will get deleted here)

Useful links

• Betting page: http://betsofbitco.in/item?id=141 (Now closed awaiting results, with 410.5 BTC bet)
• Posts by Butterfly labs: https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/bfl-44366
• Photographs from Inaba's first meeting with Butterfly labs: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.631063