how much did bfl pay you for your signature space??? lol

full diclosure: no one is paying me to call out BFL bullshit.

1. Phinnaeus Gage (Bruno) (100+) (Honored 1 BTC + Matched 13 BTC + Proxied 4 BTC + 10.8989898 BTC + .58584966 BTC)
2. Coinabul (2) (Honored 1 BTC, to date)
3. MemoryDealers (Roger Ver) (10 Per Charitable Organization ~ Initial Max at 1,000 with Proviso) (Honored 10 BTC + 90 BTC, to date)
4. amincd (1) (Honored)
5. CIYAM Pty. Ltd. (Ian Knowles) (5+) (Honored 5 BTC + 5 BTC) (+BTC5 12/5/12)
6. damnek (1)
7. BTCurious (30+) (Scraped Together & Honored 1 BTC + .15757575 BTC + 1.01010101, to date)
8. Shuai (1)
9. Technomage (At Least 1 BTC Per Charitable Organization ~ Currently Maxed at 100) (Honored 1 BTC, to date)
10. MaxSan (2) (Honored ~ 2 BTC)
11. Steve (1)
12. meanig (1) (Honored)
13. Littleshop (5)
14. zhoutong (500) (10 BTC Per Charitable Organization ~ Initial Max at 500) (100 BTC Honored, to date)
15. DeathAndTaxes (1)
16. Yankee (10 BTC Per Charitable Organization ~ No Max on Initial Pledge)
17. dancupid (150) (1 BTC Per Charitable Organization ~ Currently Maxed at 150) (Honored 1 BTC, to date) (+BTC1 toward Bund)
18. Meni Rosenfeld (1 BTC Per Charitable Organization ~ With a Min/Max proviso) (Honored 1 BTC + 2 BTC, to date)
19. evoorhees (1) (Honored)
20. Bit-pay Merchant Solutions (2 BTC Per Charitable Organization)
21. fizzisist (10+) (Honored 1 BTC, to date)
22. gigasvps (1)
23. ALPHA (1) (I've, Bruno, honored his 1 BTC pledge via proxy--RIP)
24. paraipan (1+) (Honored 1 BTC, to date)
25. Isosceles (1) (Honored)
26. gsan (50) (1 BTC Per Charitable Organization ~ Currently Maxed at 50) (Honored 1 BTC, to date) (+9 BTC currently in separate wallet)
27. Vince Torres (1)
28. chunglam (10+) (Honored 1 BTC + 5 BTC, to date)
29. lamec (1+)
30. Jan (1) (Honored)
31. hashman (50+)
32. BitcoinBug (1) (Honored)
33. Clark Moody Design (Clark) (25) (1 BTC Per Charitable Organization ~ Maxed at 25) (Honored 1 BTC, to date)
34. freequant (100) (1 BTC Per C.O. ~ Intinial Max at 100 /\/\ An additional 100 BTC pledge to the Red Cross & Unicef if/when they get on-board)
35. beckspace (1+) (Honored 1 BTC, to date)
36. amazingrando (20) (1 BTC Per Charitable Organization ~ For First 20)
37. Burt Wagner (100) (Honored 1 BTC + 1.839 BTC, to date)
38. k (1) (Honored)
39. teukon (100) (1 BTC Per Charitable & Non-Charitable Organizations ~ Maxed at 100) (Honored 1 BTC, to date)
40. Peter Lambert (5+)
41. MrGaSp (1 BTC ~ By Proxy via Me, Bruno) (I've Honored)
42. tetra4c (1) Really 2, for I'm matching his pledge because of comments I've made on this BBS (I've Honored my 1 BTC Pledge Commitment)
43. Cory (2)
44. jake262144 (2 No Max!!!) (Honored 1 BTC + 1 BTC + 1.01132729 BTC, to date)
45. jjiimm_64 (jimbit) (1 Per Charitable Organization ~ For First 20) (Honored 1 BTC, to date)
46. coblee (1 Per Charitable Organization ~ Maxed at 50) (Honored 1 BTC, to date)
47. Nicolai Larsen (1) (Honored)
48. GoWest (1 Per Charitable Organization ~ Maxed at 100) (Honored 1 BTC, to date)
49. CoinLab (1 Per Charitable Organization ~ For First 100, with reservations of which all pledgers are entitled to exercise)
50. wareen (1 Per Charitable Organization ~ Maxed at 100) (Honored 1 BTC, to date)
51. Transisto (3 ~ 1 Per Charitable Organization) (Honored 1.1010102 BTC, to date)
52. Rassah (5 ~ For the Time Being) (Honored 1 BTC + 1 BTC, to date)
53. TradeHill (Adam S) (10)
54. Ente (10) (Honored BTC2 with BTC1 going toward Bund)
55. StrongCoin (dogisland) (1 BTC Per CO ~ No Max!!! + Re-donating all transfer fees incurred on the Bitcoin100 StrongCoin account)
56. finway (1) (Honored)
57. legolouman (1 ~ By Proxy via Bruno) (Honored)
58. gnar1ta$ (1) (Pledged & Honored at Same Time) (+1 BTC more) (+BTC5 w/majority going to Bund)
59. sethsethseth (1) (Pledged & Honored at Same Time)
60. minorman (20 ~ 1 Per Charitable Organization) (Honored 1 BTC, to date)
61. clouds (5 ~ At Least) (Honored 1 BTC, to date)
62. apetersson (100 ~ 1  Per Charitable Organization) (Honored 1 BTC, to date)
63. Boussac (1) (Pledged & Honored at Same Time)
64. On Site Oil & Lube (1 ~ Per Charitable Organization) (Honored 1 BTC, to date)
65. qxzn (100 ~ 1  Per Charitable Organization)
66. bitcoinX.com (phelix) (6 ~ Subject to Vicissitude) (Honored 1 BTC, to date)
67. thomkaufmann (1) (Pledged & Honored at Same Time)
68. edd (1+) (See 70, 71, 72 & 103) (Honored 5 BTC toward kenija2012.net)
69. BitcoinPorn (3 ~ adjustable to current market rates: And Matched by Me--Bruno) (I've Honored 1 BTC--2 BTC yet to be Honored)
70. BitBrew (1 BTC Per Charitable Organization ~ No Max!!!) (Honored 1 BTC, to date)
71. The Bitcoin List (1 BTC Per Charitable Organization ~ No Max!!!) (Honored 1 BTC, to date)
72. Unofficial BTC (1 BTC Per Charitable Organization ~ No Max!!!) (Honored 1 BTC, to date)
73. RaggedMonk (1 BTC Per Charitable Organization) (Honored 1 BTC)
74. blobbie (1)
75. Goat (10+) (1 Per Charitable Organization) (Honored 1 BTC + 1 BTC, to date)
76. sadpandatech (Derek) (1+) (Honored 1 BTC, to date)
77. johnb210 (1) (Pledged and Honored at the Same Time) (And Matched by Me--Bruno, because #77 was a mystery pledge number)
78. Herodes (5) (Honored one at a time after each charitable organization embeds a Bitcoin donation option onto their respective websites) (Contributed directly to Group B Strep International)
79. bitcoinbear (1+) (1 Per Charitable Organization: until he runs out of Bitcoin;   <--he made me add the grin) (Honored 1 BTC, to date)
80. DiThi (40) (1 Per Charitable Organization, currently maxed at 40) (Honored 1 BTC, to date)
81. CornedBeefHash (1+) (1 Per Charitable Organization) (Honored 1 BTC + 1 BTC, to date)
82. epetroel (10) (1 Per Charitable Organization) (Honored 1 BTC, to date + 1 BTC)
83. julz (2+) (With Provisos) (Honored 1 BTC, +1 BTC to date)
84. RandyFolds (5+)
85. Matthew N. Wright (1 Per Charitable Organization ~ No Max at This Time)
86. SimpleCoin (Darin Stanchfield) (100+) (10 BTC Per Charitable Organization) (10 BTC Matched by Me--Bruno)
87. brandondayton (10) (1 BTC Per Charitable Organization--at current conversion rate & after being notified first)
88. mcorlett (1) (Honored)
89. stick_theman (1 BTC Per Charitable Organization ~ No Maximum!!!) (Honored 1 BTC, to date)
90. Jeremy West spendbitcoins.com (1+) (Honored 2.012 BTC + 1 BTC, to date) {2.012 BTC for Ron Paul 2012}
91. mintymark (1+) (Honored 1 BTC, to date)
92. istar (1)
93. BTC_Bear (1) (Pledged & Honored at Same Time)
94. StewartJ (1 BTC Per Charitable Organization ~ No Max Stipulated at Time of Pledging)
95. Red Emerald (1 BTC ~ By Proxy via Me, Bruno) (I've Honored) (Honored)
96. osmosis (1)
97. AniceInovation (Donated 4 BTC)
98. fpgamining.com (10+)
99. FreddyFender (Gretzky, but I somehow doubt it) (1+) (1 BTC Per Charitable Organization--adjustable to current market rates)
100. the joint (1) (but only if he were the 100th pledger) (Honored 1 BTC)
101. CoinBus.com (Tuxavant) (100) (1 per charity for the first 100 charities with Proviso) (Honored 1 BTC + 1 BTC, to date)
102. organofcorti (.2 BTC per Charitable Organization ~ For the First 100) (Honored 1 BTC, to date)
103. satoshisuperstars.com (1+) (Honored 1.00000001 BTC)
104. Crypto X Change (1+) (Honored 50 BTC, to date)
105. neuronics (2 BTC per Non-Profit up to 20 BTC) (Honored 6 BTC + 4 BTC toward the kenija2012.net, to date)
106. P4man (1)
107. Searching For Satoshi (1 BTC Per Charitable Organization) (Honored 1 BTC, to date)
108. (by an anonymous donator) (184.1995 BTC) Thank you, whoever you are!!!
109. guruvan (1 Per Charitable Organization ~ No Max) (Honored 1 BTC, to date)
110. psy (1) (Honored 1 BTC toward kenija2012.net, to date)
111. Bitbird (6)
112. mahingupta (1)
113. wogaut (1) (Honored)
114. deego (100) (1 BTC Per Charitable Organization--adjustable to exchange rates) (Honored 2 BTC, to date)
115. LightRider (1 BTC) (Pledge 1 BTC worth of my SealsWithClubs gambling winnings.) (Honored 1 BTC, to date)
116. vuce (Donated 5 BTC toward kenija2012.net)
117. Bees Brothers (Donated 2 BTC toward kenija2012.net)
118. oldschool (Donated BTC1.411 with BTC1 going toward Bund)
119. coderrr (Donated BTC10 with BTC1 going toward Bund)
120. Akka (Donated BTC1 toward Bund) (+BTC3 toward Bund)
121. giszmo (Donated BTC1 toward Bund)
122. jsmithers (Donated BTC1 directly to Bund and BTC1 to general pool for the next charity)
123. Garr255 (5) (Honored BTC5)
124. BTC.pt (BTC1 toward Bund)

125. NexT? See your name here!

200: Banco De Kluge (5 BTC + .24 BTC + 1% of all monthly profits after shareholder dividends & personal expenditure) (Honored .5 BTC + .0903 BTC + 2.5 BTC + 6.2497 BTC + 1.5 BTC)

Phinnaeus Gage
Coinabul
MemoryDealers
amincd
CIYAM Pty. Ltd.
damnek
BTCurious
Shuai
Technomage
MaxSan
Steve
meanig
Littleshop
zhoutong
DeathAndTaxes
Yankee
dancupid
Meni Rosenfeld
evoorhees
Bit-pay Merchant Solutions
fizzisist
gigasvps
ALPHA
paraipan
Isosceles
gsan
Vince Torres
chunglam
lamec
Jan
hashman
BitcoinBug
Clark Moody Design
freequant
beckspace
amazingrando
Burt Wagner
k
teukon
Peter Lambert
MrGaSp
tetra4c
Cory
jake262144
jjiimm_64
coblee
Nicolai Larsen
GoWest
CoinLab
wareen
Transisto
Rassah
TradeHill
Ente
StrongCoin
finway
legolouman
gnar1ta$
sethsethseth
minorman
clouds
apetersson
Boussac
On Site Oil & Lube
qxzn
bitcoinX.com
thomkaufmann
edd
BitcoinPorn
BitBrew
The Bitcoin List
Unofficial BTC
RaggedMonk
blobbie
Goat
sadpandatech
johnb210
Herodes
bitcoinbear
DiThi
CornedBeefHash
epetroel
julz
RandyFolds
Matthew N. Wright
SimpleCoin
brandondayton
mcorlett
stick_theman
spendbitcoins.com
mintymark
istar
BTC_Bear
StewartJ
Red Emerald
osmosis
AniceInovation
fpgamining.com
FreddyFender
the joint
CoinBus.com (Tuxavant)
organofcorti
Satoshi Superstars
Crypto X Change
neuronics
P4man
Searching For Satoshi
(a generous anonymous donor)
guruvan
psy
Bitbird
mahingupta
wogaut
deego
LightRider
vuce
Bees Brothers
oldschool
coderrr
Akka
giszmo
jsmithers
Garr255
BTC.pt
Banco De Kluge

As the butterfly, so will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. (1 Corinthians 15:42-44)

For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed like the butterfly. (1 Corinthians 15:52b)

You're a non-working dummy!    (in the current spirit of BFL interactions)

That would be why I advised Josh to restart the indexer on that machine.

Unfortunately he saw it as a perfect opportunity for a "brilliant" comeback instead. And thus the situation is still not resolved 24 hours later. Would only take a minute too. Oh well.

I'm eating an apple. Are fruits obsolete?


In which direction?

Contrary to the opinion of various ... individuals ... around here, I give you the information and dates as we currently believe them to be... but that's what openness gets us, more hate for missing dates.  We keep quiet and we get beat up for not being open, if we are open, we get beat up for not being accurate.  It's a no win situation, maybe I should follow W.H.O.P.R.s advice.

Meh

Hey, where'd you hear that?  Why wasn't I informed of this?  Argh!

PS - My job is not PR or investor relations, which is why I don't coddle idiots like Frizz and PuertoLibre when they display their stupidity over and over.  If I were the PR guy, I'd have to tell them warm fuzzies and make them feel good about themselves.  Thankfully, my job is much different and it involves firing "customers" like Frizz et al because they cost far more than they generate in revenue and we do not want them as customers.  Ever.

First, let me start off by saying I apologize for the length of this post.  I wanted to get all the information out there at once.  Normally, I would not make a post of this nature, but given the current circumstances, I think it is warranted.

Many of you on bitcointalk.org forums know me as “Inaba,” the operator of the Eclipse Mining Consortium bitcoin pool.  In approximately two weeks I will also be wearing a different hat.  As you may be able to guess from my new forum name, I will be working with and for BFL.  Effective August 13, 2012 I have accepted the position of Chief Operating Officer of BF Labs INC. (Butterfly Labs)

BFL is the clear technical leader in the FPGA and upcoming ASIC mining space.  As a direct result, the company has grown very quickly over the past year.  Unfortunately, its customer service, which was initially very good, did not scale fast enough, which caused customer relations and transparency to suffer. BFL is eager to improve and one of my top responsibilities in this new position is to focus on that specific issue.  I am, have always been and will always be committed to good customer service and transparency when it comes to bitcoin in general and the daily operations of related activities.  This is where I will be focusing much of my initial attention, specifically to take the pressure off of everyone involved so that they can focus on the other important factors, such as getting the hardware delivered on time!

While I may not be universally liked by everyone in this community, I believe I at least have the respect of many people. I have always stood behind my integrity and commitment to what I promise and I take ownership of my mistakes.  This will not change going forward and I will give my best level of effort to deliver on the promises I make to this community as a representative of BFL, as I always have.  If for some reason I am unable to deliver on those promises, I will provide an explanation as to why.

While there may come a day when bitcoin does not need the Bitcointalk community, that day is still far in the future.  As I have cultivated a relationship with this community through EMC, I also plan on cultivating a rewarding relationship with the community through BFL.  There is some history and baggage to overcome, but I do not believe it is insurmountable.  I also will not be part of or lend my credibility to an organization I do not believe in or one that I believe is working to undermine bitcoin at the expense of the community just to make a quick buck.

To forestall some of the most likely questions, I’m going to answer them here:

Q. Have you been working for BFL all along?
A. No. I have had no business relations with BFL beyond being a customer and also providing some technical assistance getting their equipment to properly talk to pools.

Q. Seriously.  You’ve been working with BFL from the start, you can admit it, haven’t you?
A. Seriously, no!  I first discovered BFL at the same time as everyone else, back around November of 2011.  It was purely coincidental that I happened to work, literally, across the street from their registered address of operations.  I was just as skeptical as everyone else, especially when I discovered the registered address appeared to be a Lebanese restaurant that I frequent (but never really paid attention to the address).  I learned more about BFL along with everyone else and since I was local and close by, I reached out on behalf of the Bitcointalk community to BFL, specifically Sonny, to see if I could gather more information.  I had been running the EMC pool since May/June of 2011 and had no knowledge of, or association with BFL or any of the parties involved in BFL up until it was first noticed on these forums.

Q. Are you going to stop being such a jerk on the forums to some people?
A. Maybe.  It depends. Actually, yes.  As a pool operator and an independent individual I have far more latitude and freedom to express my displeasure with some of the more intense stupidity that can be encountered on the internet.  As a representative of a company, I am, unfortunately, a bit more constrained from explaining to various people exactly why they are idiots.  As such, I will likely be ignoring a lot of the more of the ludicrous posts than I have before. To those of you who enjoyed reading my rants, I am sorry that they will be far fewer and betweener.

Q. What are your qualifications in the endeavor?  What do you bring to the table?
A. I’m glad you asked.  From a customer service perspective, and more specifically, from an online community perspective, I have extensive experience on both sides of the fence.  I have run online forums since the Fidonet days, and have extensive experience in the often caustic, emotionally driven environment that an online forum can produce.  This allows me to effectively communicate with the population, since I am one of the populous myself.  Unlike many customer facing people in many industries, I also have a strong technical background; I am able to communicate effectively with you about your problems, wishes and desires from a technical perspective.  I will not make empty promises from a marketing standpoint if I know it’s technically unreasonable or impossible.  I am also able to effectively manage a project from end to end, which will be critical in getting our manufacturing and production lines going in the most efficient manner possible.  I have also run a number of startups, and I understand the unique challenges required of a startup to function properly and successfully.

Q. Come on, for real, you’ve been with BFL all along, right?
A.  No!  Really!  I have been working for an unrelated company that has nothing to do with bitcoin long before BFL was founded or I knew of any of the people involved, and I am still working for that company, until the day I start working for BFL.

Q. What will happen to EMC?
A. Right now, there are no plans to change anything with regards to EMC, other than more improvements as usual.  I will continue to operate EMC as I have since the start.

Q. You are going to have an unfair advantage when it comes to mining equipment, you’ll be able to get as much as you want before anyone else!
 A. I will not be expanding my mining footprint as it would be a conflict of interest.  I will continue with my current obligations and already acquired/paid for equipment but will not be purchasing or utilizing additional equipment as part of my mining operations.  This is one of the hardest changes I will be making, as I firmly believe there are plenty of opportunities in this space that I am going to be missing out on, but I believe I can do more good for the bitcoin community as a whole working to provide that equipment to people as opposed to using it myself.

Q. Why now?  Why not before?
A. The topic never really came up.  BFL as a corporate entity is a startup and has been running very lean and mean.  With wild success and absolutely spectacular outlook for products, it’s time to move to the next stage of business.  With my diverse skill set, I can replace both a technical lead and a PR/community lead, thereby eliminating the need for an additional person, which means we can move that much quicker in the market as well as have that much less overhead that can go towards development instead of human resources.

Q. Are you going to become just another mouthpiece for the BFL party line?
A. First of all, there is no “party line” coming out of BFL.  They have been up front and honest with their dealings in the community from day one.  There are a number of people on the forums that feel that BFL has been dishonest and some of those feelings are justified if viewed through the lens of “Every business should be perfect, always.”  However, both Sonny and the engineers, contrary to some statements you may have seen from others on the forum, have been honest in their assessments of capabilities and timelines.  They have been mistaken, yes, but they have not been willfully or intentionally dishonest.  Some can say they should have known better, and whether or not that is true is, at this point, academic.  I am looking at the future, not the past, and I will be doing my level best to provide accurate information from day one.  If there is some information that I believe to be inaccurate, a lie, or just plain wrong, I will not pass it off as fact.  I will not tow any “party line.”  I will give you the honest facts as I know them.  There may be times that there are trade secrets that I cannot reveal, but I do not believe this constitutes falsehood or anything nefarious, as there are times where revealing certain bits of information would put BFL at a competitive disadvantage.  That will harm not only BFL, but also its current and future customers.  If there are still people that, going forward, feel that this is somehow dishonest, then I apologize in advance and I also give advance notice that there will, in fact, be times where 100% of information cannot be disclosed, either immediately or possibly ever.

Q. Help me!  Order Status?  Why is the sky blue?
A. I will not be able to answer your questions with regards to order status, etc… via PMs.  The PM system does not allow me to track or correlate information to provide accurate answers.  I will, however, be able to do that via email and our new support system that I will be facilitating in the near future.  PMs requesting information that should be directed to the support system will be ignored.  I apologize for this, but it’s just not feasible to handle the volume of requests that it would generate.

Q. Are there cookies?
A. Yes, there will be cookies.  The cake, however, is still a lie.

Ponies are magic.

Internet as a formal name for the unit... terrible idea.

Internet as an insider casual name for the unit... no problem.

.01 btc should be called bitcents.  And 0.001 btc should be millibit, which is already widely used.

Inter-, intra-
The prefix inter- means between or among. The prefix intra- means within. So, for example, an interstate highway is a highway that goes between or among states, while an intrastate highway is one that exists only within a single state.

Please, leave to humor to Phinnaeus Gage. Even if I would hate bfl like Frizz23 does I couldn't find any humor in that.

https://forums.butterflylabs.com/article-comments/535-article-bfl-asic-delays-depth-explanation-3.html#post8259

For those concerned about what our 22 employees are during while we await the chips from the foundry, Ninja Lady is overseeing a team of artisans, producing our unique one-of-a-kind fully custom line of Christmas ornaments never before seen, let alone envisioned by are competition which, I might add, are also behind in producing ornaments for Christmas 2012.

For the sake of Equestria, I'm going to necro-pony-mance this thread because I miss the the times I would lurk these forums daily.

Drinking delicious coffee and eating Lipton's soup.