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Topic: Black Arrow 28nm 100Ghash Bitcoin ASIC from $0.49/GH/s - page 226. (Read 787053 times)

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I got confirmation about an hour ago that they were working on the OpenSSL bug.
Should be fixed now.
I'll be able to only test fully when I get to work tomorrow.
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Google DNS doesn't know where it is. OpenDNS has about half their servers thinking it doesn't exist and the other half think it is at the IP I referenced earlier, which is the same one you listed there.

It may be part of a larger DNS problem, but I haven't noticed any other sites experiencing this, not that I am visiting a lot of different sites right now.
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Has the IP address changed then?  It was pointed out if you go the http://91.205.173.3/store/ it comes up with a closed sign... but if your running multiple web sites off the same Apache server, than it's just serving up the default page.  www.blackarrowsoftware.com resolves to the same address.

Anyway, I do know they were fixing OpenSSL, because I told them about it, along with everyone else I could think of that hosts web sites.
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It is unlikely the SSL issue caused their DNS to fail, their MX entry to be deleted, etc.

I patched a number of Linux machines today. The outage was no slower than bouncing services to take advantage of the new libraries.
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No need to worry. Like everyone else with a Linux server, BA have been sorting out the OpenSSL bug.  I guess it didn't go too smoothly.  Search twitter for "OpenSSL" and you will see the mayhem it's caused today.  BitStamp went partially offline too.

Two of my servers were effected.  I managed to update my server with only a few seconds downtime.

There is more about it here, if your interested:
http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/07/massive-security-bug-in-openssl-could-effect-a-huge-chunk-of-the-internet/
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This is not looking good.. I have a feeling the chips came back bad and we're in for another delay.. either that or they completely disappeared.
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BTC isn't going to soar 100x its current value anymore.

 Shocked ¿this affirmation is based in some data or anything?
Im not delusional, if you think we will see 50,000$ a Bitcoin you are out of your mind. I would LOVE for you to prove me wrong as i would be rich since im a long term holder.

You have to consider the relative strength of the dollar you list as well. Few people see a future that doesn't involve a significant amount of inflation.

well, is a little bit off-topic but listen: I trade stocks, commodities, Forex,  physical gold/silver, futures... and in my portfolio BTC is in the side of the physical gold.
Exist many reasons for think in the long run the BTC goes up (at least to 1000 $ for sure  Grin) but I give to you only two. 1 Fiat money lost value in unstoppable way (you can call it inflation if you want) 2 unlike the paper Gold/Silver electronic markets for now is very difficult or almost impossible take huge short positions against BTC  
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http://www.blackarrowsoftware.com/store/index.php?dispatch=news.list

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Reseller status of XBtek has been revoked.
Black Arrow has revoked the reseller status of Xbtek.
If any customer has placed orders with this company please contact them immediately for a refund as Black Arrow will not ship any miners to them.

Who the hell is Xbtek?

hehe all I found was a eBay member and a website deleted in 2013

Hell, Xbtek was never announced on Black Arrow's site, of which is now down.

I think they were the Russian resellers . BA announced them back in Jan or Feb
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I wouldn't worry any more (yet) than we already are. It could be easily explained as a website move that just wasn't planned very well. Although, lack of planning could be seen by some as a pattern.
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BTC isn't going to soar 100x its current value anymore.

 Shocked ¿this affirmation is based in some data or anything?
Im not delusional, if you think we will see 50,000$ a Bitcoin you are out of your mind. I would LOVE for you to prove me wrong as i would be rich since im a long term holder.

You have to consider the relative strength of the dollar you list as well. Few people see a future that doesn't involve a significant amount of inflation.
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Looks like their DNS is messed up.

http://whois.domaintools.com/blackarrowsoftware.com

If you go to http://cachecheck.opendns.com/ it lists some IP addresses for them, one of which leads to their old store closed page. http://91.205.173.3/store/


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Sorry, we were unable to deliver your message to the following address.

<[email protected]>:
No MX or A records for blackarrowsoftware.com




www.BlackArrowSoftware.com works for me, ecointalk.net doesn't though.
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So.....when's the next Black Arrow production update?   Grin

I need me some renders and pictures badly!
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BTC isn't going to soar 100x its current value anymore.

 Shocked ¿this affirmation is based in some data or anything?

Religion/faith/wishful thinking. He's probably making decisions based on this belief, so to admit he might be wrong would be to acknowledge that he doesn't know everything. Which he obviously does.

Man I'm just tired of ignorance today..
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BTC isn't going to soar 100x its current value anymore.

 Shocked ¿this affirmation is based in some data or anything?
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better everyday ♥
www.BlackArrowSoftware.com works for me, ecointalk.net doesn't though.
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http://www.blackarrowsoftware.com/store/index.php?dispatch=news.list

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Reseller status of XBtek has been revoked.
Black Arrow has revoked the reseller status of Xbtek.
If any customer has placed orders with this company please contact them immediately for a refund as Black Arrow will not ship any miners to them.

Who the hell is Xbtek?

hehe all I found was a eBay member and a website deleted in 2013

Hell, Xbtek was never announced on Black Arrow's site, of which is now down.
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Heh. Getting this here:

504 Host www.blackarrowsoftware.com lookup failed: Permanent name server failure

The following error occurred while trying to access http://www.blackarrowsoftware.com/:

504 Host www.blackarrowsoftware.com lookup failed: Permanent name server failure
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Looks like http://www.blackarrowsoftware.com/ is having issues.

It works!

This is the default web page for this server.

The web server software is running but no content has been added, yet.
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+1 for this
There are too many people outside which have free electricity or just can not calculate  Roll Eyes

It's not just as simple as that. Many people are speculating that BTC will increase in value as it continues to become more popular. For .893 BTC they can get a device that should get 10% "interest" in a several months and still have intrinsic value to them or someone else (to sell). They DO NOT think in fiat. They don't have to sell BTC to pay their electric bill, nor would they, because they believe it will turn into the million dollar pizza deal again at some point. Why did you pay BTC for electricity when you could buy a car with that much BTC today (5-10 years later, for example)? At any rate, that 10% "interest" on a BTC investment even before a hardware resale is better than putting cash or even BTC in a bank at 0.4% or 0% interest, which is below the point of inflation.

By making this statement, BA demonstrates that they don't understand the mindset of speculators, which includes their customers. It doesn't matter if you or I agree with this 100% or not. The fact remains that many people mining believe it, and mining won't stop unless and until the value of Bitcoin drops back to near nothing with no hopes of ever recovering.
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