Businesses that assure consumer security also stand to make A LOT OF MONEY. Of course, Acorn, Mineority, etc could include aspects of secure payment options such as PayPal to capitalize as Dwarf Miner did and then did not as an obvious bait/switch. But I'm not just talking about secure payment options.
They already tried.
It was actually GPUHoarder in the interview but otherwise I completely agree with you. Seth Estrada's interview style and 85% waste of time on nothing drives me insane. It was such a waste of GPUHoarder's time!
Also, it is time to show some results. We have to plan what to do! I am going back and force between FPGA, Acorns and just getting a couple of more ASIC miners and forgetting GPU mining for good. Decision time for me is the next couple of days. Instead of all those discussions and interviews, we should get some real information!
I don't understand why you people can't wait. You'd rather that they'd just make up numbers and tell you what you want to hear, instead of getting everything squared away, and presenting you with accurate numbers/benchmarks. I actually appreciate a company that doesn't rush out data/info without verifying the accuracy. Nobody has to accommodate your schedule. Nobody has paid any money for these accelerator's. Having no patience is the reason there is so many scams on this forum.
but he did rush to start the thread and has missed his dates.
I never said anything negative about him everything was true.
he said mid june for preorder >>>>>>>>>>> missed this date
he said late june for shipping >>>>>>>>>>>> missed this date
he mentioned showing proof with a video >>>> backed off this statement
he has done none of the above.
let us pretend he is fully 100% honest and will deliver every day of delay HERE means we get closer to gear like this
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.41248146So I was looking forward to this working right now as I type instead it has been hype.
I have to admit jumping back to this thread after spending so much time in the discord is very interesting, since most of these topics have been covered many times there as well as more granular insight into all the projects going on.
As to legitimacy of my self/company, I’ve done about all I think I can do there at this point. Regarding the Acorn, the legitimacy of that specific project is set to come soon, but I will remind you we aren’t taking anyone’s money right now either.
If I wanted to scam people I probably would be more anxious to start taking money instead of missing a few of my ambitious deadlines while striving to make sure everything was done the right way.
Production planning has been a major endevour. Interest is higher than we initially thought, and securing all those individual components up front so we can be confident on timelines is a tremendous effort. Little things happen - a oscillator chip you were promised in volume for July delivery gets updated as backordered till October and you have to find an Alt, etc. We have solved most of those problems now.
Website going up next week, pre-orders a few days after to avoid the “no time to read” problem. Our goal is to meet demand within Q3.
I don’t think I’ve dodged any questions, but people sure do like to make up their own answers. That’s why I’ve been careful to not release a bunch of partial information that gets misconstrued. Let me hit the big ones though.
1. Lift is algorithm specific (some coins have a 512bit state and some have a 256bit state). Each Acorn can provide a MAX of around 30MH of lift to algorithms with a 512bit state, and 60MH for algorithms with a 256 bit state. That is irrespective of the number of GPUs. Power consumption of Acorn at peak is 15W. The limit is PCIe bandwidth, which for this generation of Acorn is PCIe 2.0 x4 = 20Gbps nominal, which yields an effective rate of 16Gbps after accounting for overhead. That math will then get you to the 33MH @ 512bit state, less 10% for safety and underpromising.
2. The number of GPUs to Acorn is extremely GPU and algorithm dependent. X16R is good with 1:1, or even 1:2 on high end cards if your GPU is in x8. ETH is typically more GPUs per Acorn.
3. The important thing is your PCIe bandwidth has to add up. You can’t use an Acorn in an M.2 slot @ 20Gbps to effectively accelerate one GPU in a PCIe 1.0 riser at x1 (2.5Gbps).
Edit: I also want to clarify that while Tom (@senseless) and I have collaborated on the 1525 and are generally doing some work together regarding FPGAs, he and AllMine have no involvement in the Acorn project, which is entirely a SQRL (Squirrels Research Labs) project. I’ve noticed some confusion around that.
