Punin - do you guys plan on selling any more chips?
With bitcoin difficulty shooting through the roof this current pricing is a fantasy and not worth even looking at.
Even if chips get delivered tomorrow and get through assembly in just two weeks (good luck with that) and start hashing on Nov/1 they'll barely make $15 in their entire life ... and that's excluding all possible expenses and having free electricity.
I'm speaking from a system integrator's point and all I can say is that the next two weeks would be the last time ever when those chips could be worth any hassle.
To put those chips to work takes on average another $5-10 per chip in components and other materials alone. And it takes precious time - around 3 weeks at best. You probably don't need me to tell you that - you know better than me the pain of manufacturing stuff. You guys are still shipping stuff that was ordered months ago.
My suggestion to everyone in the bitfury team - unless you want to use them as tiling for your bathroom please throw all remaining quantities for sale as soon as possible.
At $1-$3/chip this would be their last gasp.
Past November/15 you might as well use them as a paper weight.
Let's give the BitFury Gen-1 chips a decent final and not make it another Avalon.
Punin - I never got an answer to that question, and I'd very much like to know
what are your near-term plans for chips pricing (and are there any?)
Any answer will be fine with me - things like "chips pricing will not change before X/Y/Z date", or "after X/Y/Z chips will be $/chip" or even "we have no clue right now, we'll think about it after X/Y/Z date", etc.
Any of those is fine - I'm looking for a guidance from you so that I can also make an educated guess and a decision whether or not to attempt manufacturing some more NanoFury devices with your chips.
Ideally a 3-4 weeks advance notice would work the best... And feel free to PM me if you prefer to continue the conversation there or if anything needs clarification or if you have any other questions for me.