Dont believe everything you read
BFL is not your friend.
BFL cares nothing for Bitcoin.
BFL has had a strategy since day 1 to milk as much cash as possible from this community.
BFL's current claims on ASIC is complete Bull SHIT, these are numbers they pulled out of their ass to make themselves look good, the reality is they have no freakin clue what the speed will be, in fact as eddy terrel pointed out their jalepeno USB efficiency claims are NOT POSSIBLE.
Just remember October is a long ways a way. They are just hoping they have it figured out by then, well guess what they arent the only one.
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But really, if these ASICs come out even close to the time frame BFL boast they wouldn't have competition anyway. The FPGA space would dry up overnight. If they have real VC funding they wouldn't need to play any games, just produce and win.
The point is that this effectively kills all other FPGA right now. No one is going to want to buy another FPGA if it doesn't have a path to ASIC.
also who would buy a gpu based system ?? unless you have free power and want to play games ---
This does not affect GPU quite as hard as FPGA. GPUs can mine right now and hold a decent resale value in and out of bitcoin.
But really, if these ASICs come out even close to the time frame BFL boast they wouldn't have competition anyway. The FPGA space would dry up overnight. If they have real VC funding they wouldn't need to play any games, just produce and win.
The point is that this effectively kills all other FPGA right now. No one is going to want to buy another FPGA if it doesn't have a path to ASIC.
also who would buy a gpu based system ?? unless you have free power and want to play games ---
But really, if these ASICs come out even close to the time frame BFL boast they wouldn't have competition anyway. The FPGA space would dry up overnight. If they have real VC funding they wouldn't need to play any games, just produce and win.
The point is that this effectively kills all other FPGA right now. No one is going to want to buy another FPGA if it doesn't have a path to ASIC.
Then why announce it at all until they were ready to ship? Then it really wouldn't matter to them. They do have VC funding right? 
So they could kill competition.
But really, if these ASICs come out even close to the time frame BFL boast they wouldn't have competition anyway. The FPGA space would dry up overnight. If they have real VC funding they wouldn't need to play any games, just produce and win.
Then why announce it at all until they were ready to ship? Then it really wouldn't matter to them. They do have VC funding right?
So they could kill competition.
-- Smoov
Then why announce it at all until they were ready to ship? Then it really wouldn't matter to them. They do have VC funding right?
So they could kill competition.
Then why announce it at all until they were ready to ship? Then it really wouldn't matter to them. They do have VC funding right?
Simple, to kick the competition in the balls. Seems to have worked.
Then why announce it at all until they were ready to ship? Then it really wouldn't matter to them. They do have VC funding right?
Gotta give BFL credit for one thing. It has built one of the greatest and most complex mousetraps of all time.
Complex mousetrap? No.Bitcoin is full of people who have very little economics sense ...
It's more like a sign next to to a dark hole saying: "Jump down here please" with "$" signs written all around the words.
... and I'm not trolling or being sarcastic with that comment (for once?) - I am quite serious ...
I fail to see where Butterfly Labs became the devil for offering full value trade ins on previous-gen products. I mean, they could have just not done that at all...
No rebate would have chilled current sales. ASIC will most likely have a long horizon till the first unit ships. The rebate will keep current sales alive
Gotta give BFL credit for one thing. It has built one of the greatest and most complex mousetraps of all time.
Complex mousetrap? No.Bitcoin is full of people who have very little economics sense ...
It's more like a sign next to to a dark hole saying: "Jump down here please" with "$" signs written all around the words.
... and I'm not trolling or being sarcastic with that comment (for once?) - I am quite serious ...
I fail to see where Butterfly Labs became the devil for offering full value trade ins on previous-gen products. I mean, they could have just not done that at all...
Going that route would have been poison for business. It was a foregone conclusion that they would have to make that offer.
I mean, what other FPGA creators are offering trade in for anything near the capabilities of an ASIC???
Those ppl that swore by the "never dealing with BFL blah blah this FPGA company >>>" failed to say the least
Those ppl that swore by the "never dealing with BFL blah blah this FPGA company >>>" failed to say the least
Gotta give BFL credit for one thing. It has built one of the greatest and most complex mousetraps of all time.
Complex mousetrap? No.Bitcoin is full of people who have very little economics sense ...
It's more like a sign next to to a dark hole saying: "Jump down here please" with "$" signs written all around the words.
... and I'm not trolling or being sarcastic with that comment (for once?) - I am quite serious ...
I fail to see where Butterfly Labs became the devil for offering full value trade ins on previous-gen products. I mean, they could have just not done that at all...
Gotta give BFL credit for one thing. It has built one of the greatest and most complex mousetraps of all time.
Complex mousetrap? No.Bitcoin is full of people who have very little economics sense ...
It's more like a sign next to to a dark hole saying: "Jump down here please" with "$" signs written all around the words.
... and I'm not trolling or being sarcastic with that comment (for once?) - I am quite serious ...
I fail to see where Butterfly Labs became the devil for offering full value trade ins on previous-gen products. I mean, they could have just not done that at all...
Gotta give BFL credit for one thing. It has built one of the greatest and most complex mousetraps of all time.
Complex mousetrap? No.Bitcoin is full of people who have very little economics sense ...
It's more like a sign next to to a dark hole saying: "Jump down here please" with "$" signs written all around the words.
... and I'm not trolling or being sarcastic with that comment (for once?) - I am quite serious ...
Gotta give BFL credit for one thing. It has built one of the greatest and most complex mousetraps of all time.
*in DMX voice* THIS IS NOT A GAME!
yeah, even more for those out of the US... i'd never in my life purchase a single from a reseller at this point in the US, and even more so if I was located outside the US...
It's often a much better deal for those outside the US. All but one of the few singles I've sold have gone abroad because the actual shipping is lower than bfl's charge and there is no VAT.
Hahaha Double SHA(256)posting
Try writing a post on a Samsung Tab 10.1 and you will know what I have to endure !
Try writing a post on a Samsung Tab 10.1 and you will know what I have to endure !
LMAO
another side note is, people who are buying singles from Re-Sellers Lose money from paying S&H From reseller, S&H back to BFL for trade-in, plus S&H for the ASIC trade-in sent from them to you...
rather then just paying for S&H for the asic directly from them to you.
that does add up really quick depending on the amount of singles you are purchasing from resellers.
Also what country.
yeah, even more for those out of the US... i'd never in my life purchase a single from a reseller at this point in the US, and even more so if I was located outside the US...
Also think about customs for people outside the US ...
At least they should have EU distributor I think.
Hahaha Double SHA(256)posting
Try writing a post on a Samsung Tab 10.1 and you will know what I have to endure !
Try writing a post on a Samsung Tab 10.1 and you will know what I have to endure !
LMAO
another side note is, people who are buying singles from Re-Sellers Lose money from paying S&H From reseller, S&H back to BFL for trade-in, plus S&H for the ASIC trade-in sent from them to you...
rather then just paying for S&H for the asic directly from them to you.
that does add up really quick depending on the amount of singles you are purchasing from resellers.
Also what country.
yeah, even more for those out of the US... i'd never in my life purchase a single from a reseller at this point in the US, and even more so if I was located outside the US...
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