As i know, the chip is A1 indeed, they buy it directly from the factory who produce them. bitmine is the only company who have the right to sell A1, the factory of china who produce it also have the right to sell them, that is what happened now.
Interesting. As far as I know, the intellectual property belongs to bitmine and they have not given the Chinese packaging facility the rights to sell these chips.
From what your saying, the chips were not bought from Bitmine. Until the legality of the chips can be better ascertained, I would be very hesitant to make a purchase as being in possession of or receiving stolen goods is considered a criminal offence in most areas.
You need to know the legal status of your chips. If they are counterfeit Bitmine could get a court order to request Customs seize and destroy your miners on import, ask Trading Standard to remove and destroy them from any business premises, and ask eBay to remove all listings for sale no matter who sells them!
By that time in 9 months the chips will be outdated. Mining difficulty 100 Billion.
