Many small chips require many more components, raising the total device cost and chance of failure.
Again you're completely wrong. Let's look at the number of components on a HF board.  That's a hell of a lot of components (many of them very expensive). Compared to something like an Antminer:  Very few components (all inexpensive). |
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Let's hope HF's market-leading GH per wafer IP fetches a great price at the auction
I hope you have facts to back up that claim. |
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Yes small cooler chips are more efficient for sure, but bigger chips that get alot more power per chip are cheaper.
You're confusing size with density. "GH per chip" is size. "GH per mm^2" is density. Density means you get more hashrate per wafer. Size of the chip is meaningless. |
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I wouldnt say worthless. Hashfast still has the biggest hashrate per chip out there. The closest competitors come is Butterflylabs or cointerra at 400-600gh
"hashrate per chip" is a useless metric. In fact, it's worse than useless. The "big" chips are the least successful chips. The "small" chips are what has been successful, for good reason. I'll let you figure out why small is better. |
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It doesn't make sense that they'd be silent about receiving a refund. Once the refund is sent, if you speak about it, it's not like black arrow can reverse the payment they sent you.
Unless the customer agrees to an NDA as a requirement to receiving the refund. |
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Puppet, you've made your case. I do not believe you correct, but you've cast sufficient doubt that I'll remove the link.
pbmining, I will restore it if you do reveal your operation sufficiently for someone like him to deem it legit.
What is he wrong about? Rather than prove they are legitimate, which costs them nothing, they spend on advertising, referrals, promotions, etc. It's so obviously a Ponzi! |
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Minersource and Blackarrow are working together right?
Not really. MS is simply a reseller of BA hardware. BA screwed up, which put MS in a bad position, but MS has chosen to make things worse by denying refunds, uncommunicative, etc. |
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Define "shortly"? Dear AMT fans and foes,
We will lay out our 3 month compensation and business plan shortly.
+1 I'd like to know this too. Name: AMT_miners Last Active: October 30, 2014, 08:47:02 PM |
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there is no oficial bm1384 yet
bm1382 is on 28nm
next chip, maybe called bm1384 should be lower
22nm? 14nm?
BM1382 isn't a very efficient 28nm chip. If they do come out with a new chip so quickly, it'll probably just be a more optimized 28nm version. Tick Tock. |
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http://ecointalk.net/topic/392-black-arrow-weekly-production-update/page-520blackarrow #10385 Posted Today, 10:39 AM In the last few days there have been increasing reports of X3 units that have failed during hashing. We have now located this issue: It has been introduced by a part that we have used in our latest shipped batch (shipped between 20 Oct to 13 Nov). All miners affected by this problem have a barcode sticker (picture will be posted here: http://www.blackarro...y_hashboard.jpg. We are currently sending individual emails to all customers that we believe that are affected. If you have not received an email but are concerned that your miner is affected, please open it and check if your hashboard has such sticker. If your miner is affected, please stop using it immediately. If you do not stop using your miner there is a very high possibility that one or more hashboards will burn. We are now testing new hashboards in which we believe that we have solved the problem. We will send new hashboards to all customers as soon as tests are conclusive. Alternatively we can make arrangements to host your miner in our partner's datacenter in China that charges an all-inclusive fee. We are deeply sorry for the inconvenience. Technical details: On the latest batch of miners we started to use a different mosfet because of higher efficiency and better sourcing availability. However, to achieve this efficiency this mosfet lacks a diode that protects it from short circuiting the 12V with GND in case there's a wrong message received from the controller. A wrong message can only be caused by the noise in the circuit or by a faulty controller. We have encountered this issue back in May but we have been working with Vishay (the manufacturer) to fix it. Initially, when we found the issue, we wanted to return the chips but Vishay declined to take them back claiming that they are considered safe to be used in consumer electronics and Sony is using them in PS4. Upon applying the changes in our design based on their advice and after testing more than 20 miners we believed that the problem has been solved and started manufacturing miners with these chips. However, it turns out that the problem is still there and in some unknown cases it happens and the mosfet burns, causing a short circuit which heats up the board and sometimes melts the PCIE connector. So you're saying a bug in your shitty software causes your shitty hardware design to burst into flames. Why not send customers the same solution you use in your mining farm? You know the one where all the used Bitfury boards (minus PSU) you have for sale in-hand on your website come from. Let me guess you're still too busy mining with the original batch of customer X3 hashboards you produced in May? Wow, I didn't think anyone would surpass BFL's incompetence. Congrats BA, you've finally bested BFL! |
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tell me, if all the refunds were paid off, and they actually got working boards before all the lawsuits, would you consider that positive? i just want to make sure our definitions of the word positive match up.
Be serious. We know they had no capacity to ship all batches including all the MPPs. A few people might have gotten some hardware or refunds, but plenty more would have ended up with nothing. Now everyone has a chance to get something. |
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All i do know is there was a large chance of a positive outcome
In your dreams. |
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Which one requires extra components not mentioned in the price?
Neither. C1 Batch2 opens sale now, Cooling Kits are included  |
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for the last time, you cant factor in future bitcoin value in the calculation.
You need to consider future bitcoin value if you have to pay for hosting(and/or electricity) with fiat. Unless of course you pay for lifetime hosting up front, or have free hosting. If you pay for hosting with the bitcoins mined, then it becomes really easy to calculate ROI. |
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Should be nicer than a porsche, maybe a Mclaren lol
That is unless he ordered a 918. |
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Well.. maybe if Bitcoin had patented the blockchain we wouln't have all these scammy coins you are talking about. lol
Quite true. If Bitcoin had been patented it would have been a total flop, and thus no alt-coins would have been created. |
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I am also exploring ways that the pool could make a transition to coinbase payments to further reduce the amount of funds at risk at any given time. This probably won't happen for a few months, if it happens at all.
+1. I much prefer direct payouts, and it eliminates a lot of your risk. |
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But there would be repercussions if caught. Not so much with bitcoins, even if someone could be "caught"
The IRS has ruled that bitcoin is property, and thus theft of bitcoins is illegal. my cash in a safe in my house is a lot safer than bitcoins stored on an exchange or 3rd party site.
Invalid comparison. Your bitcoins stored in a paper wallet in your safe are just as safe as your cash. |
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Actually, that's about the price he is currently paying due to credit card fees, it's just hidden so he doesn't know he's paying it.
Most of my BTC spendings do receive discounts. |
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