"Avalon" ASIC, announcement & pre-order. pre-order over. project started.

[Frequency]

Hello,
I had done an order of Avalon-ASIC last week, I choosed Bitcoin paid method and I have paid this week but the status of the order is "Pending Bitcoin".
Can you clear the situation of my order?
(The order number is #200000528)

 #200000528 .... hmm more then 300 pre-orders? i don't know, maybe there are 300 pre-orders, just strange order number , and it is not a big problem if it are a few more sold, would be interesting to know how much exactly , to know the amount of ghash added to the network, but that is all just speculation anyhow..  

Hello,
I had done an order of Avalon-ASIC last week, I choosed Bitcoin paid method and I have paid this week but the status of the order is "Pending Bitcoin".
Can you clear the situation of my order?
(The order number is #200000528)

 would be interesting to know how much exactly , to know the amount of ghash added to the network,  

no, the order # is random, and there are many canceliations in the queue.

we maybe accept new order in the future (with another delivery time), but this batch is only 300.

how many conformations for this dec. batch sofar, thx

[irritant]

ngzhang: will it be possible to connect other mining hardware to the avalon via usb? The ones that need an usb host?  Maybe it is easy to do, i don't know.. maybe is against company policy,  I thought it was a cool idea tho 

[PuertoLibre]

A new update from Avalon.

[kaerf]

where did you see this at?

[Carlton Banks]

Hmmm, so Avalon is now promising 64 Gh minimum and 400 W power consumption maximum. And all while not discounting potential further improvements further on in the development process.

Interesting...

[Kuma]

where did you see this at?

From the Avalon ASIC Update #4 newsletter sent to subscribers.

[luffy]

the shipping has been changed to 2012?
is this also applicable for the pre-orders?!

[Tinua]

Does that mean now, that the regular Avalon price is $ 1299
Where is it now the preorder advantage of $ 700 
What's with the "Leading ASIC rig in its field, outperform dollar for dollar, the leading competitor by 20Gh/s" 

[Carlton Banks]

It's also interesting to note that Avalon released these updated specifications after they stopped taking pre-orders. And there does seem to be a hint that the pre-order price will stick once the second production run starts.

[Energizer]

If you are interested in buying Icarus boards to mine today, then upgrade it to ASIC whenever avalon ASIC is available, check my Icarus sale thread here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=115154.0

[bitmar]

Better performance, more energy efficient, it must be a completely different project. It's all two months before shipment. What will be next? What if   BFL  increase  performance their Single "SC" to 120Ghash? Avalon  beats them with 240Ghash? and BFL  beats Avalon  with 480Ghash? In a few months they probably will offer several Thash/s chips but in this way they not finish any project still starting new ones  I hope not

[Tinua]

What I want to say is:
It's not fair to promote the first batch with: "Order now for $ 1299 instead of $ 1999" and 2 days after people have paid, to reduce the normal price at $ 1299!
That's bullshit!
I feel misled!

If this would have done BFL, we would have 10 new threads!!!!

[abracadabra]

What I want to say is:
It's not fair to promote the first batch with: "Order now for $ 1299 instead of $ 1999" and 2 days after people have paid, to reduce the normal price at $ 1299!
That's bullshit!
I feel misled!

If this would have done BFL, we would have 10 new threads!!!!

I don't understand... You ordered because you thought the price would be higher later?

When you ordered you knew the price going in.  You ordered.  Will you order more now if I tell you that ASICs will be worth $1 in 10 years?

[Tinua]

What I want to say is:
It's not fair to promote the first batch with: "Order now for $ 1299 instead of $ 1999" and 2 days after people have paid, to reduce the normal price at $ 1299!
That's bullshit!
I feel misled!

If this would have done BFL, we would have 10 new threads!!!!

I don't understand... You ordered because you thought the price would be higher later?

When you ordered you knew the price going in.  You ordered.  Will you order more now if I tell you that ASICs will be worth $1 in 10 years?

why thought? So it has said ngzhang and stood on the Order Page!
The initial batch of 300 for $ 1299, thereafter $ 1999!

[bitmar]

What I want to say is:
It's not fair to promote the first batch with: "Order now for $ 1299 instead of $ 1999" and 2 days after people have paid, to reduce the normal price at $ 1299!
That's bullshit!
I feel misled!

If this would have done BFL, we would have 10 new threads!!!!

I don't understand... You ordered because you thought the price would be higher later?

When you ordered you knew the price going in.  You ordered.  Will you order more now if I tell you that ASICs will be worth $1 in 10 years?

why thought? So it has said ngzhang and stood on the Order Page!
The first batch of 300 for $ 1299, thereafter $ 1999!

Rule number 1 in the BTC world:
1. Never believe anyone

[Tinua]

What I want to say is:
It's not fair to promote the first batch with: "Order now for $ 1299 instead of $ 1999" and 2 days after people have paid, to reduce the normal price at $ 1299!
That's bullshit!
I feel misled!

If this would have done BFL, we would have 10 new threads!!!!

I don't understand... You ordered because you thought the price would be higher later?

When you ordered you knew the price going in.  You ordered.  Will you order more now if I tell you that ASICs will be worth $1 in 10 years?

why thought? So it has said ngzhang and stood on the Order Page!
The first batch of 300 for $ 1299, thereafter $ 1999!

Rule number 1 in the BTC world:
1. Never believe anyone

+100
for this comment, I think you're right

[bitmar]

BFL, AVALON, bASIC ... they do not care about your happiness, they make money and will do anything to gather as much as possible. The business world is brutal No Holds Barred

[irritant]

ngzhang: will it be possible to connect other mining hardware to the avalon via usb? The ones that need an usb host?  Maybe it is easy to do, i don't know.. maybe is against company policy,  I thought it was a cool idea tho 

[gmaxwell]

Uh oh: http://www.btcman.com/bbs/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=353&extra=page%3D1

[Carlton Banks]

Uh oh: http://www.btcman.com/bbs/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=353&extra=page%3D1

1 TH/s at $1500? Surely not?

Edit: $2235 once the x1000 units pre-orders are satisfied. Yikes.

All current ASIC vendors got served by these guys (who are these guys?)