Black arrow prospero x-3 odds of delivering in time?

[takagari]

My answer... 0.1%

But then again, I haven't been following BA very closely.  I do know that they have delivered FPGAs in the past.  But so did bASIC & BFL.  And we all remember how that turned out, right?

And their promised specs and price are just so far out of line with the rest of their legitimate competitors.  The big 3 of the second tier, HashFast, Cointerra and BlackArrow, got into a pissing match for preorder dollars and I think they all over-promised.  And I have a strong feeling that they will all under-deliver (specs and time) if they deliver at all.  Between the 2nd tier and 3rd tier (BitMine.ch, VMC, AMT) I think we'll have at least one or two "bASIC" situations.

Btw, this should have been a poll.

I think their odds are better than 0.1%, IMHO. But then again: I've been following them much closer than the average miner and our co-op is the exclusive GB sales outlet for x-3 Prosperos having previously helped them do a 3.3TH/s Bullet Run of Prospero prototypes based on Bitfury chips (instead of Minions) in Rounds 9-12.

(x-posted from the CH forum) Updates straight from bobsag3 in Hong Kong visiting Black Arrow:

Can you say miner pr0n?    

These are Bitfury ASICs:

https://i.imgur.com/PZsSdoo.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/X69NCBP.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/fw5qBvl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/pSkWGPL.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/dO4kzm8.jpg

FPGA simulating the Minion ASIC hashing away: https://i.imgur.com/2pq0Fz7.jpg

Full album here: http://goo.gl/s9U6IX

Buying one And if they pull it off, I'll be in line to drop the X-3 profits on two of what ever they have for the next machine

[xstr8guy]

And yes I know the KNC sig is a bit much, lol.

Let me know when you take the horrible colors out of it. Until then, /ignore.

As soon as I do it, I'll let you know. 

[shiunsai]

My answer... 0.1%

But then again, I haven't been following BA very closely.  I do know that they have delivered FPGAs in the past.  But so did bASIC & BFL.  And we all remember how that turned out, right?

And their promised specs and price are just so far out of line with the rest of their legitimate competitors.  The big 3 of the second tier, HashFast, Cointerra and BlackArrow, got into a pissing match for preorder dollars and I think they all over-promised.  And I have a strong feeling that they will all under-deliver (specs and time) if they deliver at all.  Between the 2nd tier and 3rd tier (BitMine.ch, VMC, AMT) I think we'll have at least one or two "bASIC" situations.

Btw, this should have been a poll.

I think their odds are better than 0.1%, IMHO. But then again: I've been following them much closer than the average miner and our co-op is the exclusive GB sales outlet for x-3 Prosperos having previously helped them do a 3.3TH/s Bullet Run of Prospero prototypes based on Bitfury chips (instead of Minions) in Rounds 9-12.

(x-posted from the CH forum) Updates straight from bobsag3 in Hong Kong visiting Black Arrow:

Can you say miner pr0n?    

These are Bitfury ASICs:

https://i.imgur.com/PZsSdoo.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/X69NCBP.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/fw5qBvl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/pSkWGPL.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/dO4kzm8.jpg

FPGA simulating the Minion ASIC hashing away: https://i.imgur.com/2pq0Fz7.jpg

Full album here: http://goo.gl/s9U6IX

Who went to go take all those pictures?? and are each of those chips on the rack a minion? asic or fpga?? i have an x-3 order too, wish i made it a few weeks ago when it was 4500ish

[bobsag3]

My answer... 0.1%

But then again, I haven't been following BA very closely.  I do know that they have delivered FPGAs in the past.  But so did bASIC & BFL.  And we all remember how that turned out, right?

And their promised specs and price are just so far out of line with the rest of their legitimate competitors.  The big 3 of the second tier, HashFast, Cointerra and BlackArrow, got into a pissing match for preorder dollars and I think they all over-promised.  And I have a strong feeling that they will all under-deliver (specs and time) if they deliver at all.  Between the 2nd tier and 3rd tier (BitMine.ch, VMC, AMT) I think we'll have at least one or two "bASIC" situations.

Btw, this should have been a poll.

I think their odds are better than 0.1%, IMHO. But then again: I've been following them much closer than the average miner and our co-op is the exclusive GB sales outlet for x-3 Prosperos having previously helped them do a 3.3TH/s Bullet Run of Prospero prototypes based on Bitfury chips (instead of Minions) in Rounds 9-12.

(x-posted from the CH forum) Updates straight from bobsag3 in Hong Kong visiting Black Arrow:

Can you say miner pr0n?    

These are Bitfury ASICs:

https://i.imgur.com/PZsSdoo.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/X69NCBP.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/fw5qBvl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/pSkWGPL.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/dO4kzm8.jpg

FPGA simulating the Minion ASIC hashing away: https://i.imgur.com/2pq0Fz7.jpg

Full album here: http://goo.gl/s9U6IX

Who went to go take all those pictures?? and are each of those chips on the rack a minion? asic or fpga?? i have an x-3 order too, wish i made it a few weeks ago when it was 4500ish

That would be me.
Those are Bitfurry Chips.

[Raw-H]

Is minersource.net legit??

They're not listed as official reseller and in their menu they spell "Terms and Conidtions".

[FlappySocks]

Is minersource.net legit??

They're not listed as official reseller and in their menu they spell "Terms and Conidtions".

Yes they are.  I'm dyslexic too. 

[Septimus]

Yes they are.  I'm dyslexic too. 

Probably very excited too. Have to get the site up before the competition sells out after all. Not very professional, and doesn't inspire confidence though. Bob seems to be the only one running MS at times.

[ninjaboon]

My answer... 0.1%

But then again, I haven't been following BA very closely.  I do know that they have delivered FPGAs in the past.  But so did bASIC & BFL.  And we all remember how that turned out, right?

And their promised specs and price are just so far out of line with the rest of their legitimate competitors.  The big 3 of the second tier, HashFast, Cointerra and BlackArrow, got into a pissing match for preorder dollars and I think they all over-promised.  And I have a strong feeling that they will all under-deliver (specs and time) if they deliver at all.  Between the 2nd tier and 3rd tier (BitMine.ch, VMC, AMT) I think we'll have at least one or two "bASIC" situations.

Btw, this should have been a poll.

I think their odds are better than 0.1%, IMHO. But then again: I've been following them much closer than the average miner and our co-op is the exclusive GB sales outlet for x-3 Prosperos having previously helped them do a 3.3TH/s Bullet Run of Prospero prototypes based on Bitfury chips (instead of Minions) in Rounds 9-12.

(x-posted from the CH forum) Updates straight from bobsag3 in Hong Kong visiting Black Arrow:

Can you say miner pr0n?    

These are Bitfury ASICs:

https://i.imgur.com/PZsSdoo.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/X69NCBP.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/fw5qBvl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/pSkWGPL.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/dO4kzm8.jpg

FPGA simulating the Minion ASIC hashing away: https://i.imgur.com/2pq0Fz7.jpg

Full album here: http://goo.gl/s9U6IX

awesome pics. thanks. I just bought a Prospero X-3.

[testerx]

Is minersource.net still down?

[EricKennedy]

Just bought 5 Prospero X-3
Crossing fingers about future difficulty and delivery time

Took the 5 days free hosting, I hope there'll be option to renew in case time will be critical.

[BitcoinBaller]

Is minersource.net legit??

They're not listed as official reseller and in their menu they spell "Terms and Conidtions".

For what it's worth, they just ripped me off. Here's a link to a reddit thread where I posted the whole saga (jlh2112) http://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinMining/comments/1rmkaw/minersourcenet_legit/

Basically I ordered three things from them (2 pre-order, 1 in-stock) and then heard nothing. After a bunch of follow-up attempts they claimed they shipped my AntMiner, but never gave me a tracking number or anything. After about two weeks and a bunch of unanswered emails later, I hadn't received the AntMiner and noticed that my account had been deleted from their website. I posted the whole thing on reddit and finally got a response (all responses I've received have been one line emails that didn't answer my questions in full). They ended up cancelling my order and refunding about half of my Bitcoins. Now my emails are going unanswered again. Unfortunately it seems that with Bitcoin I don't have much recourse here; at least if I had paid with my credit card (not an option) I could just let my bank know that I never received the goods. I really want an X3, but I just can't risk losing more money.