He has OP's home address and proof of identity.

Ragingazn, glad to hear you're still here and on board.


As far as I can tell, simply posting the link to your transaction on blockchain.info is sufficient.

The problem with your comparison is that the Avalon is a standalone unit, whereas the BFL needs to be plugged into a computer. If you've got a Raspberry Pi controlling it, then that doesn't add much where power consumption is concerned. But I feel like most people won't be using a Raspberry Pi or anything of that sort...

I will step in if that happens and handle distribution. Messaging JohnK right now to see about verifying my identity with him. If raginazn pulls through, great. But I'm not about to let this all fall apart.

We *might* be able to "sail" without him. The problem is one of fairness. We established several pages back that we were moving to a "first paid, first served" basis, and that anyone who pledged and did not get their BTC in on time was simply SOL. There will be people bumped because they never got their BTC sent.

It's not fair that Ataxx should get special treatment. raginazn, despite being the one taking receipt of the orders, doesn't get to decide that. We're the ones putting our BTC on the line and making this group order *happen,* and we're the ones that decided to move to a "payers only" basis earlier.


I would be happy to take over distribution if enough people feel the same as shibaji. I want this group buy to happen as soon as possible, and I'm more than willing to supply JohnK with the same identity credentials raginazn has supplied and handle shipping everything if enough people have lost faith in raginazn. I've got the time: I pay the bills with about 20 hours of freelance web development a week.

At any rate, it's not like Ataxx is SOL if they miss this buy. They've got 200 BTC to sink into any group buy of their choice.

I just want to get my chips and get mining ASAP. This whole process should have been much more straightforward than its been so far.

Nobody's put in their shipping details. My assumption is that they won't be requested of us until the order is actually in and the list of recipients is final.

Spreadsheet says 12.82 chips per BTC, with 0.035 BTC added on for shipping.

EDIT: Until the counter on the first page says 801 / 801, there's still room. We are now on a "first paid, first served" basis.

Understood. I'm working with bkkcoins, who knows this stuff, and sharing the 5% markup with them. The PCB design will be hosted on Github at http://github.com/bkkcoins, thus making it available for anyone to critique. I also have some EE friends from college that I could potentially tap, and once I get some sort of PCB design from bkkcoins I plan on getting quotes from some of the PCB printers and assemblers in the area.

At any rate, phaeonix is right: it's all conjecture at this point. My bottom line is getting the group buy full and ordered as soon as possible, and then getting those chips onto circuit boards and mining. I don't particularly care if ragingazn does it or if I do it.

And ragingazn handling manufacturing does make more sense, honestly, since they'll be taking initial receipt of the chips, and I'll only be receiving them once they've had a chance to ship them to the other side of the country. And, if we give all the chips to a single plant, it may mean bumping us up into another bulk-order discount bracket. On the other hand, that would give us a bottleneck, with ragingazn's plant handling all the orders, which might end up causing delays for some.

I'm not about to close down my effort, though I might yield to ragingazn if they come up with an open-source PCB design that works for the quantity of chips I'll be taking and the community at large deems it viable.

Do you have any specs available yet for your ASICs? I'm curious to at least know how many chips your boards will take.

Ah, sorry. Connecticut. Got it.

What state are you in, by the way?

Please send your payment to the escrow address: 1At75rKd6e8b7S7AAPzZ5V3kAzhkGYhnpU

Thanks!

That guy is not me and I did not know that was in the works. I'll talk to ragingazn.


bkkcoins' design is supposed to allow for daisy-chaining multiple boards together with only one board actually needing to be hooked up via USB to a computer that acts as a controller.

I'm trying to get more people in on the group buy: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=187836.0

The offer in that post also extends to everyone in this thread. I'll get your chips mounted along with mine for just a 5% markup from my out-of-pocket cost, plus shipping. (And if you're in Oregon, you can always swing by Portland for in-person pickup to save on shipping costs.)

Hi all,

I'm going to be getting 480 chips as part of ragingazn/JohnK's group buy, assuming it gets funded in time. Since I'm already planning on having the PCBs for mounting the chips printed and assembled in my home state, Oregon, I was wondering if anyone else would be interested in a US-based assembly option.

I have no background in EE myself and am planning on simply passing the PCB design bkkcoins is working on to a plant nearby. Bkkcoins' design will accommodate 16 chips per board. (More info here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=161715.msg1928839#msg1928839)

To take advantage of this offer, you must be part of raginazn's group buy (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=177994.0). I don't want to have to deal with chips trickling in from other sources and potentially holding everyone up. Have raginazn ship your chips directly to me and I'll ship them on to you after assembly. Or you can come by and pick up the assembled unit directly, if you're willing to make the trek out to Portland.

I don't know how much this will cost, all told, but I will only be marking up the parts, printing, and assembly cost by 5% at the most.

Also, if there are enough parties interested in the single-chip USB miner the DIY group is designing, then I'd be happy to have that printed, assembled, and shipped as well.

Yeah, I'm definitely in it for the USA delivery too.

Also, I'm going to be trying to use one of the local plants here in Oregon to print and assemble the circuit bkkcoins is working on. PM me if you're interested in maybe pooling our chips and getting a group rate.

+1 for the deadline.

Also, where is OP going to be shipping from? If they're in the USA, I might be interested in making a face-to-face pickup.

So are there some people who aren't paying via the escrow address? I only see ~547 BTC received there.

Much thanks. I'll definitely keep an eye on your Github account. :-)

Are there any plans to make a larger miner PCB design? I have about 480 chips on the way, but no knowledge of EE. I'm hoping for something I can take to a local plant for printing and assembly, but the aim as stated in the amended OP would result in too small of a board. I don't have 480 USB ports available...