I have previously hosted 2 separate group buys for KNC and Bitfury miners that both closed successfully (fully subscribed) within 24 hours of opening. I am considering a new group buy of the just announced BFL 65 NM, 4 GH chips. They sell in minimum quantities of 100 chips @ $75 per chip (See. info: https://products.butterflylabs.com/65nm-asic-bitcoin-mining-chip.html )
The group buy would likely be set up as a 5 chip minimum @ around 0.8-0.9 BTC per chip. I would 'charge' around 10% for administration of the buy (In BTC or Chips), and shipping/handling of chips and most likely the management of turning purchased chips into functional miners once PCB designs/specs are available and DYI projects or build services are available. I would also update the group buy with possible DYI or professional building of miners when available. Chip delivery is in 100 days according to website (Delivery directly from Foundry, which makes delays less likely. After all we are dealing with Butterfly labs here and anything that removes delay factors is a positive).
If you are interested, post here and I will likely launch the group buy within the hour so we can be the absolute first to receive chips.
NOTE: THIS IS BRAND NEW PRICING and the first group buy at this price (25% lower then initial pricing). There is no 'pre order' process. 50% of purchase price is down-payment and 50% is paid on delivery. The group buy DOES require 100% payment up-front though as I will need to secure BTC/$USD price and the fact that non-payment on delivery date would cause the entire order to fail and we can't take that risk.
US Shipment ONLY!
Edit: According to available forum information "burnin and Chris (Klondike) - considering BFL chip board" so it seems building miners will likely not be a problem once chips are delivery ready or before.
Topic: [BFL 4GHs chips Group buy] Interest check @ 100 chips x $75, 5 chip min US ONLY! - page 3. (Read 3120 times)
June 11, 2013, 09:10:00 AM
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