Topic: I no longer work for Butterfly Labs (BFL) - page 11. (Read 21146 times)

One, bcp19, whose first name is Bruce, DOES work for BFL. Ask him and I'm sure he'll say yes, but if he doesn't, I have no problem with linking to pictures of him while employed at the plant. He's been there since last fall. I seriously don't know what game he's playing on this forum and what he's trying to accomplished, but I'm pretty sure it ain't good. To be fair, he is a nice guy.

And that's why you're just a BFL shill. All the other threads are full of the same thing. Bitmine, AMC, HF, CT, BA, KnC. Yet you always come back to only BFL threads. Bro, it's not healthy to be so obsessed with BFL.

A shill, also called a plant or a stooge, is a person who publicly helps a person or organization without disclosing that they have a close relationship with the person or organization.

The FPGA Singles were the product they delivered late.  I, and other FPGA Mini-Rig customers, actually received the rigs close to on-schedule.  Mine were 11 days later than their initial estimate.  That is why I had confidence in them to deliver the 65nm ASICs roughly on time.  When they failed, I lost faith and did not order a 3rd time.

However, your analogy and assessment is humorous, apt, and insightful.  At best, what I said was taken by most as pointing my finger and laughing at those who feel screwed by BFL.  I apologize to anybody I may have offended and and am going to keep such thoughts to myself in the future.

You were in a train wreck and managed to escape without injury. That is not a good experience, that is a bad experience that could have turned out much worse.
Then you got on the next train and got in another wreck, again escaping without serious injury.

I don't know of anyone who would call their experience good under those circumstances, even if they managed to escape death and dismemberment.
Standing among the bodies of those less fortunate and declaring that the train ride was the best they ever had would strike many as strange. Then again, there are many strange folk on these boards.

I'm just commenting with my thoughts, and, in case it wasn't apparent, I feel for those who have had a less satisfactory experience with BFL.  Just saying that mine was mostly good.  Other than being slightly annoyed, it makes little difference to me whether you believe me, as I have no stake in BFL.  Pretty soon I'll be shutting off the 65nm gear I bought from them and moving on to KnC Titans.

This is better than owt on TV atm, I must admit I've never seen so much drama on any other forum.

Almost makes BTC mining worth it  

Typical, you have 1 piece of information that is correct, yet you still get it wrong.  Yes, I do work there, no, I am not paid to post.

While the OP does seem to know me, there are inconsistencies in what they say...

1) The group picture with Sonny, Josh, PG and I... the person they are identifying is Goat.  Goat has never been to the BFL assembly 'plant'.
2) While the employes did get miners for Christmas, they were unsellable Jalapenos, not Monarchs (they ran at 3-4GH and were stamped Warranty Void).

As xrobau mentioned, this person is dropping an awful lot of information for someone trying to remain anonymous.  Too bad they can't do a simple copy and paste... their wallet address is invalid.

That was a metaphor, to indicate you have very few *accurate* pieces of information, yet you have come to this wildly inaccurate conclusion that you are sure is right. 

This is what I am talking about, the only part of your statement that is factual is the fact I am a part of the company.  The rest of your statement is your distorted view of the information you and others have pieced together.  What I find funny is that I have told the truth, yet you and others believe the colossal BS that is spewed daily on here by people like Bickfail.  This is why I refer to tin-foil hats when I talk to you... you see conspiracies behind every bush and discard the truth, even when you're hit over the head with it.  Even now you are discounting everything I say "because I am paid to say it".

I have no idea what the OP's intent was for posting here, but it's far from 'getting the truth out' and 'remaining anonymous'.  Maybe he/she is clueless enough to think that an underspeed Jalapeno *IS* a Monarch.

Second. BFL received chips months ago that were intended for what you guys consider the Monarch. Thousands of miners have already made at BFL's plant using those new chips. Ask Bruce that also. He knows. Since you're now curious as to where all them miners went and are continuing to go, here... http://www.coinware.io/. Moreover, HashTrade, NimbusMining, LiquidBits, and Netsolus. The lead guy for CoinWare is named James (I'm not stating his last name because I don't want to get in trouble, but I'm sure you smart guys can figure it out). James visits the plant a lot, walking around assembling unescorted then heads to the offices of management to discuss whatever.

the only part of your statement that is factual is the fact I am a part of the company.  The rest of your statement is your distorted view of the information you and others have pieced together.  What I find funny is that I have told the truth, yet you and others believe the colossal BS that is spewed daily on here by people like Bickfail.  This is why I refer to tin-foil hats when I talk to you... you see conspiracies behind every bush and discard the truth, even when you're hit over the head with it.  Even now you are discounting everything I say "because I am paid to say it".
I have no idea what the OP's intent was for posting here, but it's far from 'getting the truth out' and 'remaining anonymous'.  Maybe he/she is clueless enough to think that an underspeed Jalapeno *IS* a Monarch.

Having visited their facilities in September last year and having had lengthy conversations with Sonny, I find this hard to believe.  They may be incompetent, but I don't believe for a second that they have intentionally screwed over their customers.  Also, if there were any Mexican employees, they sure didn't stand out to me amidst the many people working hard in their assembly rooms.

Just in case anybody's interested in some E-Mail dialogue I had with Sonny at BFL:

Quote from: My E-Mail to BFL on Jan. 24th
Hello,

I'm writing to inquire about two things.

First, can you give me a rough guesstimate of when the Rig Box might be available for shipping?  Even something as vague as "at least 12 more months" or "in 1 to 6 months" would be helpful.  More specific would be even better.  I would like to know so I can have a better idea of when I might need to make funds available to purchase one.

Second, I would just like to have a clue as to whether there's any hope that I'd be able to afford a SuperComputer when it becomes available, depending on its capabilities, of course.  Can you tell me whether it's likely to be closer to the $100,000 mark or the $1,000,000 mark?


Quote from: BFL's Response on Jan 30th
We are awaiting the completion of our first production run of Singles before we focus on the Rig Box product.  Until then, I can't give you an accurate time estimate.  Once we're through our current tasks, we will make public announcement with timing expectations and accept orders for the Rig Box.

With regards to the SuperComputer product, that is too far away to even speculate on.

Kind regards,
Sonny K
BF Labs Inc.

I'm surprised that they can't even give me a guesstimate on the rig box when all I asked for was a vague answer.  I'd have to see strong evidence that the rig box performs as well as they claim before risking that amount of money on equipment for BTC mining, not that I even have it other than through a line of credit.

Likewise, not that I have $100k or $1 million, but I was hoping to get something out of them about the Super Computer since their website says, "If you would like more information about this institutional grade system, please contact us with your inquiry."  I didn't think an answer on whether it's closer to $100k or $1 million would require speculation.

They've given me more cause for doubt, but I'm also still hopeful that they're just slow at production and reluctant to answer questions.  Time will tell.