"Cultural differences" leads to another reason they might not want to do business with us - I don't exactly keep opinions to myself. As far as hardware goes, they're about the best manufacturer and have done a lot of good. However - I don't get the S4+, I'd really like to have seen them make good on their S2 Upgrade they had "in testing" four months ago, and the price gouging on the S5 is pretty crappy. I have a lot to say about a lot of manufacturers, but Bitmain might be upset that I publicly don't like some of the things they do, even if I publicly do like Bitmain in general. I don't really know who actually pays attention to anything I say though.
I'd like to keep working with Bitmain chips, because they're good chips. If they shift to 50-100W BGA in the future, you can count me out because that just makes everything in the design process suck, but as long as they keep the size/power trend they've been using, and continue to steadily improve performance like they've been doing, I'm in.
Investing is not a necessary evil. It's an evil people agree to when they don't really care who owns them as long as they keep getting paid. I'd prefer to be broke over being owned, so I'll have none with investors. Every depression and/or "economic downturn" America has seen in the last century has been the work of malignant investors and I refuse to have a hand in that culture of greed.
I understand you as greed can kill off the 'Golden Goose' that BTC may be.
Digital coin Asic manufacturers are in an unusual spot. They are building machines that 'print' money.
Bitmaintech could build tons and tons and tons and tons of gear sell it really cheap and let the market sort out that move.
They are building slowly , selling slowly as it has proved to earn money so far.
Do I think they are correct to do this. Well I argued for asic builders to do this last summer and last fall. Builders have kind of done this since October 2014.
Is it good for BTC maybe. We are still here. I rather the network not grow to 10,000 ph from the current 380 ph.
I look at this entire Digital coin movement and I still rate bitmaintech well. I do think they will offer more chips to you.
BTW
I will always have some funds for you without strings as I am more of a nice guy investor.
As I like the freedom BTC can offer people in our world.