[Announcement] Avalon ASIC Development Status [Batch #1] - page 5.

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Quote from: regular on January 18, 2013, 02:37:06 PM

make it worthwhile for BFL to pay more for domestic assembly to maintain their reputation. However if Avalon just ships with no notice, BFL will not have the time to switch production lines.

Please know your subject before posting:

BFL is already doing it domistically in the US

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Quote from: MrTeal on January 18, 2013, 01:15:19 AM

Quote from: regular on January 18, 2013, 12:27:43 AM

perhaps they feel if they ship first, they can catch BFL with their pants down.

If they release a demo now, BFL might rush to ship theirs and negate the Avalon advantage. Just a thought coming from an ex-bASIC preorderer.

BFL is rushing to ship theirs as best they can. They have nothing to ship, and Avalon shipping or not won't speed up the fact that their chips aren't ready to ship.

Avalon could demo now and start taking preorders for the next batch in late Feb. Given the delays BFL has had, it wouldn't be too far fetched that customers with high preorder numbers might jump ship and join new money in buying Avalon. The could sell a ridiculous number of units in a short time with proof that they have a working, mining ASIC.

That they don't, 3 days before their countdown expires... We'll see. Maybe they'll just delay a couple days, but I'd be shocked if they had units in the mail 55 hours from now.

True but BFL may have more expensive options they don't wish to do at this time. For example Tom with the bASIC had mentioned assembly in the USA vs China which would be faster but cost more. Avalon showing off their device might make it worthwhile for BFL to pay more for domestic assembly to maintain their reputation. However if Avalon just ships with no notice, BFL will not have the time to switch production lines.

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Quote from: mjc on January 18, 2013, 02:04:45 PM

Are there any confirmed miners like cgminer that will work or has worked with them?

It's to come with it's own on-board miner host. All you need to do is plug Avalon into a DHCP-enabled LAN, configure using a browser (presumably), and you're mining.

I believe internally it's to run cgminer or bfgminer (I forget which), and is to be all open source and friendly so you can connect your own miner host if you wish instead of using the onboard one.

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Quote from: mjc on January 18, 2013, 02:04:45 PM

Are there any confirmed miners like cgminer that will work or has worked with them?

They had stated that they would be using a version of CGMiner, but Kano pointed out that they cannot use an altered version of CGMiner ~~without first releasing their code changes~~, which they have not done.

Edit: Meh I was confused. Turns out they can ship an image with a modified CGMiner without having to publicly release the source code.

What they did promise was a system image for their WRT that would include a version of CGMiner. This is what they havn't made public yet, to my knowledge. Again, I got a little confused, so apologies.

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Are there any confirmed miners like cgminer that will work or has worked with them?

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you guys noticed the title for the www.avalon-asic.com website?

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world's first consumer bitcoin mining ASIC.

sounds pretty confident.

I just saw this. what about you?

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I wish them the best ! Go team China Wink

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Quote from: crazy_rabbit on January 18, 2013, 05:53:19 AM

Why is it normal in the BTC community to demand photos of products before they are released? It's not like Apple would show us the iphone 6 just so we could cream our panties in anticipation.

That said, Apple is apple and BTC is something else.

Normally I'm with you, but they did say that they'd release a demo... Roll Eyes

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Quote from: jamesg on January 18, 2013, 11:34:09 AM

Quote from: cypherdoc on January 18, 2013, 11:28:37 AM

when is THE day?

1d ~21h to go.....

Countdown at: http://www.avalon-asics.com/

Looks like it's set for Sunday 20-Jan 12:00 PM UTC, which is Sunday 20-Jan 8:00 PM CST (China Standard Time).

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Quote from: cypherdoc on January 18, 2013, 11:28:37 AM

when is THE day?

1d ~21h to go.....

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when is THE day?

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Quote from: BitSyncom on January 12, 2013, 11:24:33 AM

It will cause delay once we start shipping, it was pretty much a heads up before the 20th. I'll get to you guys early next week. I simply haven't gotten around to double check yet due to being swarmed.

Can you give us an update about this 'order status = Processing' problem and what delay we can expect ?

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Quote from: bitmar on January 18, 2013, 06:13:56 AM

Quote from: crazy_rabbit on January 18, 2013, 05:53:19 AM

Why is it normal in the BTC community to demand photos of products before they are released? It's not like Apple would show us the iphone 6 just so we could cream our panties in anticipation.

That said, Apple is apple and BTC is something else.

This is normal in any kind of community. Usually you can see what you're buying, besides buying a lottery ticket.

Well, a pot of gold is kinda like a lottery ticket. :-)

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Quote from: crazy_rabbit on January 18, 2013, 05:53:19 AM

Why is it normal in the BTC community to demand photos of products before they are released? It's not like Apple would show us the iphone 6 just so we could cream our panties in anticipation.

That said, Apple is apple and BTC is something else.

This is normal in any kind of community. Usually you can see what you're buying, besides buying a lottery ticket.

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RUM AND CARROTS: A PIRATE LIFE FOR ME

Why is it normal in the BTC community to demand photos of products before they are released? It's not like Apple would show us the iphone 6 just so we could cream our panties in anticipation.

That said, Apple is apple and BTC is something else.

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Quote from: Vicus on January 18, 2013, 03:03:00 AM

Quote from: bitmar on January 18, 2013, 02:45:22 AM

Where can I find photos of AVALON's rig?

Nowere

No photos, no demo... this a joke? LOL
I never understood the Asian sense of humor.

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Quote from: kano on January 17, 2013, 11:47:08 PM

.. except they've skipped a big item that they said they would do ...
Demo.

Yep. I'm only holding them to their own terms.

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Quote from: bitmar on January 18, 2013, 02:45:22 AM

Where can I find photos of AVALON's rig?

Nowere

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Where can I find photos of AVALON's rig?

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Quote from: regular on January 18, 2013, 12:27:43 AM

perhaps they feel if they ship first, they can catch BFL with their pants down.

If they release a demo now, BFL might rush to ship theirs and negate the Avalon advantage. Just a thought coming from an ex-bASIC preorderer.

BFL is rushing to ship theirs as best they can. They have nothing to ship, and Avalon shipping or not won't speed up the fact that their chips aren't ready to ship.

Avalon could demo now and start taking preorders for the next batch in late Feb. Given the delays BFL has had, it wouldn't be too far fetched that customers with high preorder numbers might jump ship and join new money in buying Avalon. The could sell a ridiculous number of units in a short time with proof that they have a working, mining ASIC.

That they don't, 3 days before their countdown expires... We'll see. Maybe they'll just delay a couple days, but I'd be shocked if they had units in the mail 55 hours from now.

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