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Quote from: pembo210 on April 24, 2013, 11:18:56 PM

Quote from: Mr.Pink on April 24, 2013, 11:10:40 PM

Quote from: MoogleMuffins on April 24, 2013, 10:59:58 PM

Hopefully BFL will get their act together at some point and will actually fulfill all the orders.

I am waiting on confirmations on BFL before I buy anything.

I ordered a 5GH a couple weeks ago. i'm hoping they pull thru

Hey, what state does your order show? Mine's been in "processing" for a while, and I think that's different from the state where they're still waiting for payment, but I'm not sure.

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Quote from: Mr.Pink on April 24, 2013, 11:10:40 PM

Quote from: MoogleMuffins on April 24, 2013, 10:59:58 PM

Hopefully BFL will get their act together at some point and will actually fulfill all the orders.

I am waiting on confirmations on BFL before I buy anything.

I ordered a 5GH a couple weeks ago. i'm hoping they pull thru

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Quote from: Mr.Pink on April 24, 2013, 11:10:40 PM

Quote from: MoogleMuffins on April 24, 2013, 10:59:58 PM

Hopefully BFL will get their act together at some point and will actually fulfill all the orders.

I am waiting on confirmations on BFL before I buy anything.

Yeah, I've seen enough to make me think it's not *entirely* vaporware, but they're clearly a company that doesn't have their act together (either have never done hardware manufacturing before, and hence underestimated every step of their supply chain, or deceived customers to get early funding).

That said, I bought a single, mostly because I had some bitcoins in my wallet from a couple of years ago that were suddenly worth a lot more.

I'm hoping ASICMINER comes through at some point, they seem more on the ball.

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Quote from: MoogleMuffins on April 24, 2013, 10:59:58 PM

Hopefully BFL will get their act together at some point and will actually fulfill all the orders.

At last! But not quite yet ...

http://bitcoineuphoria.com/butterfly-labs-ships-first-finished-asic-for-review/ and
http://mineforeman.com/2013/04/23/butterfly-labs-ship-jalapenos-asic-bitcoin-miners-to-customers/

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Quote from: MoogleMuffins on April 24, 2013, 10:59:58 PM

Hopefully BFL will get their act together at some point and will actually fulfill all the orders.

I am waiting on confirmations on BFL before I buy anything.

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Hopefully BFL will get their act together at some point and will actually fulfill all the orders.

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Quote from: salviel on April 24, 2013, 03:48:03 PM

1) You can buy ASIC chips, I have found a few links on the forums that Avalon is selling chips. If you have access to a chip foundry and the funds, you can have the chips themselves manufactured for you (read: Not Cheap, and only in bulk).

Additionally, you would have to etch and assemble the circuit boards yourself. There are also board users capable of doing this for a fee.

2) Google Avalon and Butterfly Labs, check out their webpages, though the wait is quite long. The best thing you could do is check the forum for the above arrangement I mentioned and get in line to buy one of those.

3) As far as I can tell, ASICs that can mine bitcoins can mine any SHA-256 based cryptocoin such as Terracoin, PPC, and Devcoin.

Thank you, This has been quite informative. Though I heard some rumors about butterfly labs, and buying the bulk amount of asic boards would be insanely expensive I am still yearning to invest in at least four machines.

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Quote from: gork68 on April 24, 2013, 03:49:01 PM

3. no the name ASIC stands for application specific integrated circuit and as the name implies it is designed for bitcoin mining only.

I think they could also be used for the altcoins derived from bitcoin (PPCoin and Terracoin come to mind) since they use the same algorithm to do the hash...

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So it comes down to who you know.

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1. u cant
2. good luck as they are all sold out or pre-order and the line is effing long

3. no the name ASIC stands for application specific integrated circuit and as the name implies it is designed for bitcoin mining only.

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1) You can buy ASIC chips, I have found a few links on the forums that Avalon is selling chips. If you have access to a chip foundry and the funds, you can have the chips themselves manufactured for you (read: Not Cheap, and only in bulk).

Additionally, you would have to etch and assemble the circuit boards yourself. There are also board users capable of doing this for a fee.

2) Google Avalon and Butterfly Labs, check out their webpages, though the wait is quite long. The best thing you could do is check the forum for the above arrangement I mentioned and get in line to buy one of those.

3) As far as I can tell, ASICs that can mine bitcoins can mine any SHA-256 based cryptocoin such as Terracoin, PPC, and Devcoin.

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Hello This Is Mr.Pink

I have a few questions for the board.

1) How can I make my own?
2) If I can't make my own ASIC miner then what is the average price and who is a trusted seller?
3) Can I mine other coins with the ASIC miner or is it only for BTC?

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