Topic: Avalon update [15/04/13] - page 2. (Read 4528 times)
I think we need more awareness and publicity about bitcoin. Definitely more business using bitcoin will help.
When are the 'you are not special' batch 2 units expected to be shipped?
April?
May?
AUGUST - 2nd Week!!
Cunts!
April?
May?
AUGUST - 2nd Week!!
Cunts!
The only thing I care about is when I can receive my batch #2 machine. 
BitSyncom,
For the chip order you mention everything from FPGA to PCB will be open source. Does this include the chips and their VHDL/Verilog code?
For the chip order you mention everything from FPGA to PCB will be open source. Does this include the chips and their VHDL/Verilog code?
I find it very interesting that, like batch 3, they again chose to price the bulk chips in BTC. While I consider myself a true believer and part of me loves this, the hard truth is that their manufacturing costs are not in BTC so the exchange rate is a huge factor and USD is much more stable and predictable at this time. While this made sense with batch 3, which was sure to sell out quickly, I can't imagine how they are addressing this unless they also expect these bulk chips to "sell out" quickly as well. For example when I first got their e-mail update, BTC was at 85USD and it has since dropped as low as 55. That means my price for 10,000 chips has fluxuated between $66,000 and $43,000 in just 8 hours or so. Surely if the rate dropped to $20 tonight, they wouldn't be able to sell me 200,000 chips for $312k...
Very surprised they are already taking orders for bulk chips when there's still so little information out and still no sales staff to address any questions/concerns and of course zero technical support. I guess I will have to abandon my dreams of bulk chips as I don't have the courage to proceed with the current level of fog surrounding them. Good luck to those who do!
Very surprised they are already taking orders for bulk chips when there's still so little information out and still no sales staff to address any questions/concerns and of course zero technical support. I guess I will have to abandon my dreams of bulk chips as I don't have the courage to proceed with the current level of fog surrounding them. Good luck to those who do!
why does it matter if it drops to $20, or $200?
Avalon will rise and fall with bitcoin, we only provide the option, the choice is yours.
I find it very interesting that, like batch 3, they again chose to price the bulk chips in BTC. While I consider myself a true believer and part of me loves this, the hard truth is that their manufacturing costs are not in BTC so the exchange rate is a huge factor and USD is much more stable and predictable at this time. While this made sense with batch 3, which was sure to sell out quickly, I can't imagine how they are addressing this unless they also expect these bulk chips to "sell out" quickly as well. For example when I first got their e-mail update, BTC was at 85USD and it has since dropped as low as 55. That means my price for 10,000 chips has fluxuated between $66,000 and $43,000 in just 8 hours or so. Surely if the rate dropped to $20 tonight, they wouldn't be able to sell me 200,000 chips for $312k...
Very surprised they are already taking orders for bulk chips when there's still so little information out and still no sales staff to address any questions/concerns and of course zero technical support. I guess I will have to abandon my dreams of bulk chips as I don't have the courage to proceed with the current level of fog surrounding them. Good luck to those who do!
Very surprised they are already taking orders for bulk chips when there's still so little information out and still no sales staff to address any questions/concerns and of course zero technical support. I guess I will have to abandon my dreams of bulk chips as I don't have the courage to proceed with the current level of fog surrounding them. Good luck to those who do!
i hope i am in the beginning of batch 2 but at least if i am late i will get a cool black case 
as for a two module unit, i am not interested but could see some people may want to add less totheir pockets the security of the network for a smaller investment
as for a two module unit, i am not interested but could see some people may want to add less to
Things moving along nice i see
one more thing..
I didnt even have my shipping details entered in store account (which i created at a later time and entered shipping info just now). WalletBit support told me you have all my info when i contacted them about this, because ordering on 2. Feb didnt require account.. I hope this wont create a problem
one more thing..
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.. if your order still does not show up in the store by Friday of the 19th please open another ticket.
I didnt even have my shipping details entered in store account (which i created at a later time and entered shipping info just now). WalletBit support told me you have all my info when i contacted them about this, because ordering on 2. Feb didnt require account.. I hope this wont create a problem
Good news and good job from Avalon.
I waiting to see my order in the store of Avalon.
I waiting to see my order in the store of Avalon.
Good to see Avalon is getting ready to ship Batch 2. Judging by their previous update, that means they will start shipping batch 2 in a week.
Also, with all the uncertainty in the ASIC arena (who will ship when), as a batch 3 customer, it's nice to hear this "we expect this situation to improve in a week or so once the equipment finish installing and the new, additional crew get use to the process."
Good work Avalon!
Also, with all the uncertainty in the ASIC arena (who will ship when), as a batch 3 customer, it's nice to hear this "we expect this situation to improve in a week or so once the equipment finish installing and the new, additional crew get use to the process."
Good work Avalon!
Thanks for the Update. Also reposted on btcmu.info
What do you do with the FPGAs that come back as trade ins?
let the DHL spam begin 
It's probably too much to hope for a tracking number isn't it... 
great.
let the DHL spam begin
let the DHL spam begin
will trade in customer given preferential treatment?
if you mean how it has low fault tolerances on data loss due to packets either via USB or the internet then no not really, however we are changing the internal structure on the FPGA to better cope with this.
That sounds great! Thanks for the quick reply. every batch is going through small adjustments, some internal design is different, and late batch 2 and early batch 3 will look like that.
Any word on whether the issue with the FPGA on the control board will be remedied in Batch #2?what's wrong with the FPGAs on the controller board? if you mean how it has low fault tolerances on data loss due to packets either via USB or the internet then no not really, however we are changing the internal structure on the FPGA to better cope with this.
every batch is going through small adjustments, some internal design is different, and late batch 2 and early batch 3 will look like that.
Any word on whether the issue with the FPGA on the control board will be remedied in Batch #2? good to hear some news =) .. is that case picture all the batch 2 cases? looks cool! any internal improvements? or just diff paintjob?
every batch is going through small adjustments, some internal design is different, and late batch 2 and early batch 3 will look like that.
good to hear some news =) .. is that case picture all the batch 2 cases? looks cool! any internal improvements? or just diff paintjob?
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