+1. My track record isn't that clean either...*cough*Pirate*cough*. 

I moved this to OT originally, but decided that the Custom Hardware subsection needs some educational material. I'm sick of yet-another-scam-ASIC (TM) popping up again with noobies in the tow.

Oh, and before I forget - you can get them in bulk at $260 each. 

Moved back here temporarily for educational purposes. 

The mermaid gives his fish of approval.

Unfortunately, this is the case there. 

Meanwhile, the property prices continues to rise...

Yeah, stop claiming silly claims. CGMiner has a reporting error according to kano. 2x Spartans cannot run at 1GH/s short of melting the boards or a major advancement in the bitstreams. The original seller, blackarrow here (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=187549.0) only claimed 400 HM/s because it's what the boards can do.

PS: I'm currently running 10 x4 Spartan boards at a grand total of around 8.8 GH/s .

Warning added to deter noobs falling.

No, 2x Spartans can only do 400 MH's in total. They run at around 200MHZ each, so it's impossible for them to go to 1GH/s. Stop misrepresenting (and overpricing) the Lancelots - they're being sold at $350 each without bulk order.

PS: I can read and write in Chinese, but not on this current computer as it lacks the software required to type Chinese characters.

http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=MNshacuw

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

The escrow address for Jimmy2011's Avalon Chip group buy is:

134X8uG2Lnybny44Mbmqx99uBubuomsZY4

Please state and agree to the conditions (if item is received damaged, item lost with tracking, customs fee etc) beforehand.

If possible, GPG sign your agreement to prevent any discrepancies later on and please ship with tracking to prevent problems during delivery.
GPG signing is not a requirement, and any verbal exchange in the form of private messages or posts on bitcointalk.org, or email is effective as a statement of condition.

Do note that I am only responsible for the funds up to the point it is sent to Avalon.
Any losses incurred by Avalon's or Jimmy2011's failure to ship/reship will not be borne by me, but I will release the following data to aid in litigation actions.

In addition to that, I confirm the receipt of:

1) Jimmy2011's ID
2) Self-potrait of Jimmy2011 via cellphone camera


The fine print:
This Contract is solely generated for the purpose of facilitating the transaction between the seller and the buyer, which refers to the pseudonyms used on bitcointalk.org.
The escrow holder, John, assumes and gives no liability or guarantees on the satisfaction of all parties involved, although he agrees to mediate and facilitate the deal to the fullest extent he is capable of.  On the event that any problems arises, he will release the escrow to whichever party that presents him with the most convincing proof and/or after an open discussion with others or theymos. 
The verbal acceptance by both parties (or the failure to reject) and the sending of Bitcoins to the escrow address above constitutes the acceptance of the terms and conditions stated, and the activation of this Contract.

Please understand that I am assuming the risk of holding the escrowed Bitcoins, and I am using my own time to facilitate this transaction.   
I am imposing a fixed and nonrefundable fee of 2% for this transaction, to be deducted when the funds are moved.

Thank you.

John (the escrow holder)
27 May 2013
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It is strongly recommended for people with compromised computers to stop using it and reformat it before changing all passwords.


Just to be safe, please log out/log in and change your passwords on a non compromised computer.

Do note that I am only responsible for the funds up to the point it is sent to Avalon directly by me. (like what I did for old group buys here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=195052.0 , https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=177994.0 ..)
Any losses incurred by Avalon's or Jimmy2011's failure to ship/reship will not be borne by me, but I will release the following data to aid in litigation actions.

I confirm the receipt of:

1) Jimmy2011's ID
2) Self-potrait of Jimmy2011 via cellphone camera


-----------------------------------------------------

Okay, this is news to me that c-gold is based in Malaysia.    I'm afraid that Malaysia isn't that free as you would think - the government has seized a couple of such companies in the past.

That was a phishing link.

Warning added.

Warning added.

Yeah, to buy and flip for a profit more likely. 

Just for curiosity issues, did anyone take your offer up? 

I've seen reports that the FPGA itself can do around 30MH/s, but the board might have to be redesigned.

+1 - running a group buy is headache prone as you'll need to satisfy everyone's whims. 
Arklan has handled this remarkably well!

Yep, and I was right anyway.  You didn't buy 4 directly from the source.