Andrew is top notch!
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Reminds me of the "Malcom in the Middle" episode where Frances was in Alaska, and his roomie ordered a mail-order bride.
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Has Mosler started hoarding BTC?
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You like programming? You have lots of spare time? You've always been interested in biology, genetics, evolution and whatnot, but you never actually took any course in these fields? Then check-out http://rosalind.info. It's free, it can be fun if you like puzzles, and who knows, you might actually contribute to the progress of science. ThANKS great find. Will go through the algorithms in my spare time. I think this is a growing field and could be the next big thing thanks to DNA sequencing. |
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Looking back, it was not terribly surprising that failure and delay comes from the only thing not taken cared in-house, Shipping. Yeah except for the "my 2 avalons stopped hashing" thread. That's not a failure, no no no no ... Troll much? That issue was fixed with a Firmware update. When 5 hours of drama where Avalon's CS resolved the issue on a Saturday afternoon Chinese local time, perhaps to show we'll be there for you when issues arise--batch #3 now ready to order. IS Batch #3 Ready for Order ?? |
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Clear for take off, abide a week late.
Deadline has arrived so an update is in order, earlier this week the shipping problem is more or less solved and we are gearing up to dispatch the units, due to the week of delay from before compounded with lingering issues with the recovery from CNY the outlook for shipping time-frames are the following:
Starting from next Monday, units will be en route to their country of destination and tracking numbers will follow maybe 2~3 days after (it is at this point onward which you can expect an email from us with the tracking information), we expect this process to continue to the 10th of March until all the units have been shipped out, if all is well people will get their units in-hand in the middle of March.
Trade-In Situation
After much thought, we believe we have figured out the best system for Trade-Ins that will allow people to continue to mine with their FPGA as long as possible yet still able to get their ASIC on the second batch on time. The process will work as follows:
A week before batch #2 is ready to ship, we will make an announcement to those who wish to trade-in their last generation units to sent in their units, once we receive the units a custom order will be made for you to pay the difference depending on what you have trade-in, remember 1 trade-in discount/coupon is allowed per 1 Avalon unit. For clarification the shipping priority is as such:
Sorted from Highest to Lowest.
Developers - e.g. bitcoin core dev and other bitcoin contributor we feel deserve this treatment.
Trade-Ins/Old Customers - your unit will ship soon as we receive the FPGA and you've paid the difference.
Regular Batch #2 Customers - Unfortunately you are not special.
Other Fun News
This scheduled newsletter had failed because we surpassed the free 2000 MailChimp quota and manual action was required.
Christmas comes early this year. The present we got was the BFL March 1st bet earnings.
Looking back, it was not terribly surprising that failure and delay comes from the only thing not taken cared in-house, Shipping.
Lessons learned. Batch #2 process will have improvements, minor design adjustments and other goodies.
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Many speculators are trying to build their BTC stashes now, and what is you strategy for it?
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If you guys have looked closely at Avalon's webpage, the ship dates for Batch #2 have slipped between Feb 17 and today from
Between March 5 and Apr 5
to
Between Mar 10 and Apr 15
This is interesting, here is what I am reading under the Batch #2: " Batch Status: Not Open Unit Price: $1,499 Batch Size: 600 Units Orders Opened On: Feb 2nd, 2013 Payment Processor: WalletBit Shipping Time: March 5th – April 5th, 2013" LinkHere is the store link http://store.avalon-asics.com/?product=avalon-asic-batch-2 |
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If you guys have looked closely at Avalon's webpage, the ship dates for Batch #2 have slipped between Feb 17 and today from
Between March 5 and Apr 5
to
Between Mar 10 and Apr 15
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Vitalik Buterin: How did the shipping process go? When do you expect customers to receive the boxes?
Yifu Guo: We underestimated the shipping cost by like $80 per unit and ran into some issues with customs, so we are already in the red from shipping costs this round and later than we planned. As for when they will arrive, depends on where the customers are, but I think 2 weeks or so. http://bitcoinmagazine.com/avalon-ships-bitcoins-first-consumer-asics/
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thread for all Batch 2 order recipients.
This will be updated as and when Batch#2 customers report in.
Order # : Order Date: Info Rcvd Date Arrival Date Username Units delivered
44XX 2-2-2013 05-15-2013 YY-YY-2013
40XX 2-2-2013 05-15-2013 YY-YY-2013
40xx 2-2-2013 05-15-2013 YY-YY-2013
XXXX 2-X-2013 05-15-2013 05-17-2013 fpgaminer 3: 2 blk, 1slv
0566 2-X-2013 05-15-2013 05-17-2013 dropt 1
XXXX 2-X-2013 05-15-2013 05-17-2013 Help.org 2
XXXX 2-X-2013 05-15-2013 05-21-2013 Benturas 3: 2blk, 1slv
44XX 2-X-2013 05-15-2013 05-21-2013 Inbox 3: paid CAD250 customs
XXXX 2-X-2013 05-15-2013 05-21-2013 Bogart 1: blk
XXXX 2-X-2013 05-15-2013 05-21-2013 afterthedark 1:blk DEAD PSU, rebooting occasionally
108X 2-2-2013 05-23-2013 05-28-2013 vicus 1:
1XXX 2-X-2013 05-24-2013 05-28-2013 darkip 2:blk
1XXX 2-X-2013 05-24-2013 05-30-2013 goxed 2:blk, desoldered the F1 fuse on the controller board
1XXX 2-10-2013 05-24-2013 05-28-2013 crazyblane 1:blk
1XXX 2-2-2013 05-24-2013 05-28-2013 silverserpent 1:BLK
10XX 2-2-2013 05-24-2013 05-30-2013 caoxg 2
44XX 2-2-2013 05-24-2013 05-28-2013 coastermonger 1: sold to someone
1XXX 2-10-2013 05-29-2013 05-29-2013 mech_kobe 1
10XX 2-2-2013 05-24-2013 05-31-2013 spiccioli 2:BLK, paid customs fee in EU
10XX 2-2-2013 05-24-2013 06-03-2013 hephaist0s 1:BLK like a tank
10XX 2-2-2013 05-28-2013 06-06-2013 Keninishna 1:BLK
4073 2-2-2013 05-24-2013 06-07-2013 mog 1:BLK, in Iceland
16XX 2-2-2013 06-18-2013 06-12-2013 farproc 1:BLK, in China
16XX 2-2-2013 06-10-2013 06-16-2013 Big Time Coin 1:BLK
16XX 2-2-2013 06-10-2013 06-16-2013 ridrigorc2 3:BLK
XXXX 2-X-2013 05-23-2013 05-23-2013 senseless 1:BLK overheated hub chip
12xx 2-18-2013 06-04-2013 05-23-2013 kslaughter 3:BLK
1XXX 2-10-2013 05-29-2013 05-29-2013 el_rlee 1:BLK
1XXX 2-17-2013 06-XX-2013 06-18-2013 ebereon 2: Paid, Customs fee ~25 - 30% in EU
15XX 2-18-2013 05-29-2013 06-19-2013 invictus1 3:BLK, just under $200 of GST/PST for declared value of $1500
XXXX 2-2-2013 05-15-2013 06-18-2013 creativex 1:BLK
107XX 2-03-2013 06-18-2013 06-21-2013 md01 6:BLK
1XXX 2-17-2013 06-18-2013 YY-YY-2013 Xeno-genesis 5:
1XXX 2-17-2013 05-29-2013 YY-YY-2013 wknight 3:BLK
1XXX 2-17-2013 05-29-2013 YY-YY-2013 batteryfire 2:BLK: sold one in auction
1XXX 2-17-2013 05-29-2013 YY-YY-2013 01BTC10 1:BLK: selling on bitmit
1XXX 2-17-2013 06-18-2013 YY-YY-2013 FarmerGreene
1XXX 2-17-2013 06-18-2013 YY-YY-2013 iammagicmike
Total 64 units delivered
blk:black unit
slv:silver unit
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Nice synopsis OP. Thanks!
Glad that Avalons are already being delivered! This is an excellent sign. Just hoping customers outside China would also be shown some love.
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