Topic: First commercial ASIC miner specifications and pre-launch - page 4. (Read 29366 times)
You should go full disclosure on us right now. Let people copy this, big deal. I would rather pay $2700 right now versus paying $1400 for some clone a month from now.
Again, it's pretty simple. Prove to a respected member of the community that you have something, then you will sell as many as you make in hours. Don't and you won't sell anything.
^^this.
as attracted as we all are to what will happen with ASICs, asicminer, you are walking and quacking like a duck...
I'll buy one if you reply to fpgaminer's post.
See here http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/ixqrw/asic_miner_a_dedicated_bitcoin_mining_device/
We're online now. This tablet is assembled here in shenzhen, the cpu you are looking at is the VIA8505 and we used a similar raw pcb platform available cheaply here.
We're online now. This tablet is assembled here in shenzhen, the cpu you are looking at is the VIA8505 and we used a similar raw pcb platform available cheaply here.
Just some generic card
i would agree with comment from http://asicminer.net/?p=78
"Good call Yotta, in conjunction with this, the fact that prototypes don’t use surface mount ICs is a dead giveaway"
anybody else having worked with pcb design give this a mention and save people some disappointment
"Good call Yotta, in conjunction with this, the fact that prototypes don’t use surface mount ICs is a dead giveaway"
anybody else having worked with pcb design give this a mention and save people some disappointment
ROFL good luck to all those that pre-order. Very little information and a crappy picture that claims to be the asic board and now someone else proves that picture to be a component from a tablet.
The blog post in question: http://asicminer.net/?p=78 (screenshot in case of later tampering: http://i.imgur.com/mv5fU.png )
Here is a full-scale version of the claimed "prototype ASIC board":
http://i.imgur.com/ViX4b.jpg
From asicminers comment section I find this comment (screenshot in case the comment will be deleted):
http://i.imgur.com/0SWWG.png
According to that comment the following linked image shows the insides of a generic mass-produced tablet, with its SODIMM CPU module visible in the middle:
http://i.imgur.com/zYnue.jpg
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So the "prototype ASIC board" asicminer tries to show off, is in every non-obscured area identical to a common CPU module.
IMO, scam.
Here is a full-scale version of the claimed "prototype ASIC board":
http://i.imgur.com/ViX4b.jpg
From asicminers comment section I find this comment (screenshot in case the comment will be deleted):
http://i.imgur.com/0SWWG.png
According to that comment the following linked image shows the insides of a generic mass-produced tablet, with its SODIMM CPU module visible in the middle:
http://i.imgur.com/zYnue.jpg
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So the "prototype ASIC board" asicminer tries to show off, is in every non-obscured area identical to a common CPU module.
IMO, scam.
You can't pirate hardware, noob.
You'd be surprised at just how well the Chinese can pirate (read: clone) hardware:
http://www.popsci.com/iclone
To be honest i sended 5 btc to this guy, but i never got any answer!!!
I waited now 3 days no replay
AWARE THIS IS A FRAUD !!!
I waited now 3 days no replay
AWARE THIS IS A FRAUD !!!
We are trying since the very moment we noticed your transfer to email you. This is what we're getting back :
This is the mail system at host pop-pri-02.datacomm.ch.
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Sorry everybody for not having replied before.Blog updated at http://asicminer.net/?p=78 with some details and a picture. We will be back in a few hours for extended discussion.
Again, it's pretty simple. Prove to a respected member of the community that you have something, then you will sell as many as you make in hours. Don't and you won't sell anything.
Since this is being made in China, I'll wait for the manufacturer to release their own pirated versions which cost 10x less. The first wave of buyers take on the scam risk, as well as pay an early adopter tax.
You can't pirate hardware, noob.
Since this is being made in China, I'll wait for the manufacturer to release their own pirated versions which cost 10x less. The first wave of buyers take on the scam risk, as well as pay an early adopter tax.
At least more information is released but still not enough to justify the risk. Wish u posted a video or some more evidence which proves that you actually have a working prototype to the community.
Yes, and I wish that instead of interpreting the reaction of this board as "harsh" (as you state on your web site), you would realize that we are requesting more information so that we can do business with you based on something other than blind trust. Given your insistence on near absolute secrecy so far, you are essentially placing almost no trust in us, yet expecting blind trust in return. I don't see how this venture of yours is going to get off the ground without at least meeting your potential customers half-way on the trust issue.
Also, while your were busy, a serious question was raised in this thread about how you can possibly do what you claim with only 45k gates, and this will need to be addressed in some fashion.
At least more information is released but still not enough to justify the risk. Wish u posted a video or some more evidence which proves that you actually have a working prototype to the community.
To be honest i sended 5 btc to this guy, but i never got any answer!!!
I waited now 3 days no replay
AWARE THIS IS A FRAUD !!!
I waited now 3 days no replay
AWARE THIS IS A FRAUD !!!
We are trying since the very moment we noticed your transfer to email you. This is what we're getting back :
This is the mail system at host pop-pri-02.datacomm.ch.
I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not
be delivered to one or more recipients. It's attached below.
For further assistance, please send mail to postmaster.
If you do so, please include this problem report. You can
delete your own text from the attached returned message.
The mail system
mailbox is full, try again later.
Do you have another mailbox or do you mind to clear-up your inbox ?
Sorry everybody for not having replied before.Blog updated at http://asicminer.net/?p=78 with some details and a picture. We will be back in a few hours for extended discussion.
To be honest i sended 5 btc to this guy, but i never got any answer!!!
I waited now 3 days no replay
AWARE THIS IS A FRAUD !!!
I waited now 3 days no replay
AWARE THIS IS A FRAUD !!!
Man, sorry to hear that. Is it about time to blacklist asicminer and contact BBB?
Funny,
This guy doesn't sound chinese at all, the site is hosted from the uk and yet the website is talking about "here in Shenzhen".
I don't trust it .. at all.
This guy doesn't sound chinese at all, the site is hosted from the uk and yet the website is talking about "here in Shenzhen".
I don't trust it .. at all.
To be honest i sended 5 btc to this guy, and today i got an answer.
Same dollars for a bit more Mh/s, on way less watts. It's the way less watts that sounds funny to me.
The only fishy thing about the power consumption figures I've seen for asicminer.net is that they're a bit high, if anything; you can get that kind of MHash/W with FPGAs in theory. It's all the other details of asicminer.net that scream scam. Why is there no actual name associated with your domain name registration?
That is a sure way to get your domain name revoked.
That is a sure way to get your domain name revoked.
Thanks for pointing this out. We'll correct this with the domain registration.
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