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This all seems a bit deja vu, since the bulk of BFL critics said the current shipping single was not possible. I am curious to see if history repeats.
Yes many people said the specs they posted were not possible.
Oddly enough that was true - since they only had a simulation when they started selling BFL Singles last year
(that no one got before the end of February)
The power specs were wrong by a fact of 4 - which is a VERY big number to be wrong by.
The hash specs were an ~26% overstatement. Not a big deal - but certainly not very accurate for a company claiming something based on a simulation that turned out to be wrong.
They also said 4-6 weeks (and continued to say that) even though they knew that wasn't true.
Now, if they are again wrong about power with their ASIC simulation, then something they have stated will not work.
They have stated that it will mine from a powered USB port in your computer without the need for a power adapter to power the device directly - the power adapter is only needed for (yeah this part is so stupid IMO) the coffee warmer
Hopefully they got the simulation correct this time (again - selling something with specs based on a simulation - you think they would have learned from doing that last time how pissed off some people will be if they guessed wrong
again)
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