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Topic: 253 BTC Bet that Butterfly Labs will Not Deliver an ASIC Prior to March 1st (Read 9982 times)

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The website is down for Butterflylabs....hmmmm.

They're hosting from behind CloudFlare (http://www.cloudflare.com/) - either they were being DDoS'd or they think they will be.
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Across The Universe
Whoever bet that is a fool.. I suspect it's Mircea Popescu... good luck winning your bet against when you lose, though.  I'm sure he'll force close the bet and negate all bets after we ship so he doesn't lose the 250 BTC.
So whats your ship date again ??
never.
+1
https://forums.butterflylabs.com/announcements/692-bfl-asic-status.html#post10249

Just what all you trolls have been asking for: A solid date: 2nd week of February.

Cheesy Seems Legit
sr. member
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Never spend your money before you have it.
The website is down for Butterflylabs....hmmmm.
Is it too much work for people to use full links when they refer to stuff?
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The website is down for Butterflylabs....hmmmm.
legendary
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LEALANA Bitcoin Grim Reaper
Whoever bet that is a fool.. I suspect it's Mircea Popescu... good luck winning your bet against when you lose, though.  I'm sure he'll force close the bet and negate all bets after we ship so he doesn't lose the 250 BTC.
So whats your ship date again ??
never.
+1
https://forums.butterflylabs.com/announcements/692-bfl-asic-status.html#post10249

Just what all you trolls have been asking for: A solid date: 2nd week of February.

@CRAZYATES,

Hows that "solid" date working out for ya? Does that Kool-aid come with magic mushrooms that make you think unrealistic things?
legendary
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Whoever bet that is a fool.. I suspect it's Mircea Popescu... good luck winning your bet against when you lose, though.  I'm sure he'll force close the bet and negate all bets after we ship so he doesn't lose the 250 BTC.


Pirateat40 had this same type of confidence that he would win that bet with Vandroiy (whatever his name).

You sound no different. Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy

Just red eyes and shit covered quarters that you hand out at CES.

Looks like I was right. Inaba over confident and couldn't back it up. More hot air please.  Grin
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Whoever bet that is a fool.. I suspect it's Mircea Popescu... good luck winning your bet against when you lose, though.  I'm sure he'll force close the bet and negate all bets after we ship so he doesn't lose the 250 BTC.


LOL!
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Whoever bet that is a fool.. I suspect it's Mircea Popescu... good luck winning your bet against when you lose, though.  I'm sure he'll force close the bet and negate all bets after we ship so he doesn't lose the 250 BTC.


Someone should document your life and send it to comedy central..


Just watched it on AFV, but as a customer, I wasn't laughing like everyone else  Undecided
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Whoever bet that is a fool.. I suspect it's Mircea Popescu... good luck winning your bet against when you lose, though.  I'm sure he'll force close the bet and negate all bets after we ship so he doesn't lose the 250 BTC.


Someone should document your life and send it to comedy central..
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http://www.thebitcointrader.com/2013/01/253-btc-3577-usd-bet-that-butterfly.html

I wonder if this bettor has inside information.  That's a lot of money to put on the line without some sort of information to back it up.

Yes: 0.88
No: 253.69

Come on, Josh/Inaba - put your money where your mouth is! If you are so convinced that you ship in February it will be easy money for you.

Dear Josh, thank you for your Bitcoins. They are very much appreciated Grin Grin Grin
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Whoever bet that is a fool.. I suspect it's Mircea Popescu... good luck winning your bet against when you lose, though.  I'm sure he'll force close the bet and negate all bets after we ship so he doesn't lose the 250 BTC.


I LOLed.
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Josh made a fool of himself once more with that quote and yet another proof that he doesn't put his money where his mouth is. Thank you Josh for the endless laugh i get from your actions!

hey so who won?

can we do this bitch again

april first 250 coins?

that duche bag josh and his masters sure aint deliver sheat before that?

hero member
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I bet all ASICs are scam! None of they will NEVER deliver anything at all! And Avalon too. They said they deliver first wave of ASICs. Where are they? Why no youtube videos of unpacking and working from lucky miners? Why no difficulty increase? Because there are no spoon, Neo.  Roll Eyes Matrix (scammers) has you.

legendary
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Josh made a fool of himself once more with that quote and yet another proof that he doesn't put his money where his mouth is. Thank you Josh for the endless laugh i get from your actions!
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Whoever bet that is a fool.. I suspect it's Mircea Popescu... good luck winning your bet against when you lose, though.  I'm sure he'll force close the bet and negate all bets after we ship so he doesn't lose the 250 BTC.

As the COO of said company it's wholly inappropriate for you to comment on this. Your comments carry weight and could have caused some to lose money by either betting or purchasing equipment from BFL thinking they'd ship soon. It's unprofessional crap like this that makes BFL the target of so much ridicule. Roll Eyes

Grow up Josh.
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http://www.thebitcointrader.com/2013/01/253-btc-3577-usd-bet-that-butterfly.html

I wonder if this bettor has inside information.  That's a lot of money to put on the line without some sort of information to back it up.

so i won? or what?


i predicred that since  december last year?

wtf sombody is rippng me off
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Dream become broken often
The bet is now up to 784 BTC for : 752 BTC against!

I got my bet for NO in lmao i think it's a safe bet
sr. member
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Digital money you say?
I don't know which side yet, but I am going to put down 2btc XD
sr. member
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The bet is now up to 784 BTC for : 752 BTC against!
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Psi laju, karavani prolaze.
So the real question is, does anyone think that the rigs will be within the +/-10% specs of the bet?  Grin

It's pretty easy to overshoot the power usage by 10%...that bet allows them to ship best-in-class ASICs and still lose!


Ya, its not like we are making this shit up. (source)

As your signature says, money talks, and bitbet seems to be telling.
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So the real question is, does anyone think that the rigs will be within the +/-10% specs of the bet?  Grin

It's pretty easy to overshoot the power usage by 10%...that bet allows them to ship best-in-class ASICs and still lose!
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So the real question is, does anyone think that the rigs will be within the +/-10% specs of the bet?  Grin

Given the number of things  to go wrong in their latest delivery post, the chance they make that date and are within +/-10% of the advertised value rather than +/-10% of an FPGA's performance is probably slim.

I'll probably be in the market for some gently used FPGAs in the window between UPS tracking numbers going out and people firing up their butterfly boxes. If the BFL chips do outperform the FPGAs by the margin advertised, in the worst case I'll have an impressive collection of paperweights featuring Blinkenlights.
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Digital money you say?
So the real question is, does anyone think that the rigs will be within the +/-10% specs of the bet?  Grin
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Whoever bet that is a fool.. I suspect it's Mircea Popescu... good luck winning your bet against when you lose, though.  I'm sure he'll force close the bet and negate all bets after we ship so he doesn't lose the 250 BTC.
So whats your ship date again ??
never.
+1
https://forums.butterflylabs.com/announcements/692-bfl-asic-status.html#post10249

Just what all you trolls have been asking for: A solid date: 2nd week of February.
Maybe we should all date you, if you last an entire week.
If you want a date, I'm game. Just be warned, honey, I don't come cheap.   Kiss

If there is dinner & dancing i will expect a delivery date out of u as well

...lol
legendary
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Whoever bet that is a fool.. I suspect it's Mircea Popescu... good luck winning your bet against when you lose, though.  I'm sure he'll force close the bet and negate all bets after we ship so he doesn't lose the 250 BTC.
So whats your ship date again ??
never.
+1
https://forums.butterflylabs.com/announcements/692-bfl-asic-status.html#post10249

Just what all you trolls have been asking for: A solid date: 2nd week of February.
Maybe we should all date you, if you last an entire week.
If you want a date, I'm game. Just be warned, honey, I don't come cheap.   Kiss
hero member
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Whoever bet that is a fool.. I suspect it's Mircea Popescu... good luck winning your bet against when you lose, though.  I'm sure he'll force close the bet and negate all bets after we ship so he doesn't lose the 250 BTC.
So whats your ship date again ??
never.
+1
https://forums.butterflylabs.com/announcements/692-bfl-asic-status.html#post10249

Just what all you trolls have been asking for: A solid date: 2nd week of February.

Maybe we should all date you, if you last an entire week.
hero member
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Whoever bet that is a fool.. I suspect it's Mircea Popescu... good luck winning your bet against when you lose, though.  I'm sure he'll force close the bet and negate all bets after we ship so he doesn't lose the 250 BTC.


so put your BTC where your mouth is if you are so confident in BFL/your employer's competence.
hero member
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Whoever bet that is a fool.. I suspect it's Mircea Popescu... good luck winning your bet against when you lose, though.  I'm sure he'll force close the bet and negate all bets after we ship so he doesn't lose the 250 BTC.
So whats your ship date again ??
never.
+1
https://forums.butterflylabs.com/announcements/692-bfl-asic-status.html#post10249

Just what all you trolls have been asking for: A solid date: 2nd week of February.

 2014

2nd week of Febuary (in a leap year ) 2016
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Whoever bet that is a fool.. I suspect it's Mircea Popescu... good luck winning your bet against when you lose, though.  I'm sure he'll force close the bet and negate all bets after we ship so he doesn't lose the 250 BTC.
So whats your ship date again ??
never.
+1
https://forums.butterflylabs.com/announcements/692-bfl-asic-status.html#post10249

Just what all you trolls have been asking for: A solid date: 2nd week of February.

 2014
hero member
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Just what all you trolls have been asking for: A solid date: 2nd week of February.

Is it "honest abe"? Like the October 2012 shipping date?
legendary
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Whoever bet that is a fool.. I suspect it's Mircea Popescu... good luck winning your bet against when you lose, though.  I'm sure he'll force close the bet and negate all bets after we ship so he doesn't lose the 250 BTC.
So whats your ship date again ??
never.
+1
https://forums.butterflylabs.com/announcements/692-bfl-asic-status.html#post10249

Just what all you trolls have been asking for: A solid date: 2nd week of February.
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http://www.thebitcointrader.com/2013/01/253-btc-3577-usd-bet-that-butterfly.html

I wonder if this bettor has inside information.  That's a lot of money to put on the line without some sort of information to back it up.

Considering that there are still 14561.94104029 BTC on source address, 250btc is a small number for this person.

Edit:
I thought maybe it could be a shared web wallet, mtgox type, but I would say no.
curiosity:https://blockchain.info/related_tags?active=1Fx3N5iFPDQxUKhhmDJqCMmi3U8Y7gSncx

That is the MPEx public inbound address. Any customer that ever withdraws anything from MPEx will likely have at least some coins that can be traced to that address (and in that sense it works as a mixer).


 I'm sure he'll force close the bet and negate all bets after we ship so he doesn't lose the 250 BTC.


Wanna bet?

Good one.
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Psi laju, karavani prolaze.

 I'm sure he'll force close the bet and negate all bets after we ship so he doesn't lose the 250 BTC.


Wanna bet?
sr. member
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Well its 275 to 256 now.

A new record?
legendary
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LEALANA Bitcoin Grim Reaper
Whoever bet that is a fool.. I suspect it's Mircea Popescu... good luck winning your bet against when you lose, though.  I'm sure he'll force close the bet and negate all bets after we ship so he doesn't lose the 250 BTC.


So whats your ship date again ??

never.



+1
legendary
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Whoever bet that is a fool.. I suspect it's Mircea Popescu... good luck winning your bet against when you lose, though.  I'm sure he'll force close the bet and negate all bets after we ship so he doesn't lose the 250 BTC.


So whats your ship date again ??

never.



They ship 2 days after a Cleveland franchise wins a championship.
legendary
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Whoever bet that is a fool.. I suspect it's Mircea Popescu... good luck winning your bet against when you lose, though.  I'm sure he'll force close the bet and negate all bets after we ship so he doesn't lose the 250 BTC.


So whats your ship date again ??

never.

legendary
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But you have to admit that was a really good long con. Selling expensive FPGAs for a low price to create confidence, collect tons of pre-order money and then brake down when people loose confidence is a clever strategy. You catch the people pirate never catched - very clever!
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Whoever bet that is a fool.. I suspect it's Mircea Popescu... good luck winning your bet against when you lose, though.  I'm sure he'll force close the bet and negate all bets after we ship so he doesn't lose the 250 BTC.


So whats your ship date again ??

i did not hear it the first time
legendary
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LEALANA Bitcoin Grim Reaper
Whoever bet that is a fool.. I suspect it's Mircea Popescu... good luck winning your bet against when you lose, though.  I'm sure he'll force close the bet and negate all bets after we ship so he doesn't lose the 250 BTC.


Pirateat40 had this same type of confidence that he would win that bet with Vandroiy (whatever his name).

You sound no different. Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy

Just red eyes and shit covered quarters that you hand out at CES.
legendary
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Whoever bet that is a fool.. I suspect it's Mircea Popescu... good luck winning your bet against when you lose, though.  I'm sure he'll force close the bet and negate all bets after we ship so he doesn't lose the 250 BTC.
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http://www.thebitcointrader.com/2013/01/253-btc-3577-usd-bet-that-butterfly.html

I wonder if this bettor has inside information.  That's a lot of money to put on the line without some sort of information to back it up.

Considering that there are still 14561.94104029 BTC on source address, 250btc is a small number for this person.

Edit:
I thought maybe it could be a shared web wallet, mtgox type, but I would say no.
curiosity:https://blockchain.info/related_tags?active=1Fx3N5iFPDQxUKhhmDJqCMmi3U8Y7gSncx


This is the MPEx Exchange address (1Fx3N5iFPDQxUKhhmDJqCMmi3U8Y7gSncx). So is this betting with customers exchange funds, or the bookkeeper betting against his own customers (Mircea Popescu partially owns BitBet)?
legendary
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http://www.thebitcointrader.com/2013/01/253-btc-3577-usd-bet-that-butterfly.html

I wonder if this bettor has inside information.  That's a lot of money to put on the line without some sort of information to back it up.

Considering that there are still 14561.94104029 BTC on source address, 250btc is a small number for this person.

Edit:
I thought maybe it could be a shared web wallet, mtgox type, but I would say no.
curiosity:https://blockchain.info/related_tags?active=1Fx3N5iFPDQxUKhhmDJqCMmi3U8Y7gSncx
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Hello!
Probably bASIC guys that bet the 250 btc.  Smiley
legendary
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12-01-13 00:02    No    85`688    250.00000000

wow someones confident
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betwithbtc.com
http://www.thebitcointrader.com/2013/01/253-btc-3577-usd-bet-that-butterfly.html

I wonder if this bettor has inside information.  That's a lot of money to put on the line without some sort of information to back it up.

Yes: 0.88
No: 253.69

Come on, Josh/Inaba - put your money where your mouth is! If you are so convinced that you ship in February it will be easy money for you.

That's a good point!  We'll have to wait and see if the bet gets countered.
hero member
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http://www.thebitcointrader.com/2013/01/253-btc-3577-usd-bet-that-butterfly.html

I wonder if this bettor has inside information.  That's a lot of money to put on the line without some sort of information to back it up.

Yes: 0.88
No: 253.69

Come on, Josh/Inaba - put your money where your mouth is! If you are so convinced that you ship in February it will be easy money for you.
hero member
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betwithbtc.com
http://www.thebitcointrader.com/2013/01/253-btc-3577-usd-bet-that-butterfly.html

I wonder if this bettor has inside information.  That's a lot of money to put on the line without some sort of information to back it up.
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