-= Galaxy 1 - ASIC Announcement =-

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Seriously, all the similarly spelled names are linked and I can prove it. To date, I've uncovered five.

My next step is to make phone calls to see who is who, and if those I call on the other end have a clue as to what is going on.

[kernelpanic]

P.S. We will not accept payments in BTC from consumers before there is a product.

Please clarify:

Are you accepting payments in dollars from consumers before there is a product?

Are you accepting payments in BTC and/or dollars from investors before there is a product?

Since you only selling the secret ASIC to investors, does that mean investors are actually consumers?

And does that also mean investments are actually pre-orders?

http://ak6.picdn.net/shutterstock/videos/351602/preview/stock-footage-goat-looking-behind-a-barn-door.jpg

My partner, obfuscated above (I'll refer to him as Wilson Wilson), have secretly been developing ASIC-based Bitcoin encryption devices for over two years. The product is now ready for ordering.

Unlike the other manufacturers, we didn't do the pre-order game, opting to only take bitcoins from bitcoiners via ordering only. Once ordered, you're more than welcome to come to our barn and pick up your equipment, but please PM us first, but not via a PM service that has captchas, for WW and I can't stand them.

SCAM ALERT!!!  

~TaraBit Farms~ is a scam

I have been researching the identity of one Wilson Wilson, listed as cofounder of this organization.  Although I currently lack conclusive proof, I have reason to believe he is unwilling to take a Captcha test to prove that he's human because he is not a human.  I have the Bitcoin police hunting around WW's pen and as soon as they can capture a dung sample, we'll rush it off for DNA analysis.

Now granted, I will agree with the ASIC pre-order/investor crowd here and admit up front that I can't prove you must be human to operate an ASIC manufacturing operation, but still, it's something to consider when deciding how many TaraBit Farms ASIC Bitcoin Milking Machines to pre-order/invest in.

[GalaxyASIC]

@Phinnaeus Gage
That was funny. Thanks.

[Cablez]

  =   !!!!!!!!!!!

Wilson = Wilson           Uh-Oh could be a scam.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

This is the Wilson Wilson that my goat pic was in reference to, though I'm aware of the volley ball Wilson referenced with Tom Hanks.

@Phinnaeus Gage
That was funny. Thanks.

You're not goin' to make this easy, are you? BTW, excellent reply.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

I guess this terabit company is not what it's set out to be: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/comp.dcom.xdsl/h0ZcysWBMRA

superf...@my-deja.com    
9/12/99


In article <7r60tr$kmo$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>,

  jm...@my-deja.com wrote:
> In article <rt5hm2...@corp.supernews.com>,
>   justin <justin-at-NOSPAMmail.com> wrote:
> > I immediately distrust the boardwatch list if they put 1terabit.net
> there.
> > Buying "contracts" does not qualify you as a tier 1 backbone,
> > last time I showed up there they had about 4 employees.
> > If thats the kind of checking boardwatch does for such a key page,
> > how accurate is the rest of it?
> > -Justin
>
How do they have 4 employees? Are you sure? Maybe you
saw 1 food delivery people, one tech from Bell Atlantic
doing some work, and one worker.

> It's far worse than you think. Boardwatch bases the information on
that
> page from what the companies tell them they have. This means that in
> many of the cases, the information is old because Boardwatch simply
> hasn't gotten the latest marketing tripe.
>
> In the case of 1Terabit.net, let me identify a few pointers:
>
> (1) 'Founder' and 'Senior Network Engineer' Mr. Max Avroutski is
> perhaps the only employee at Terabit to stay more than a few months.
>
Of course, he's the "Founder." He is the senior engineer because
he's the only guy there.

> (2) 1Terabit doesn't have a nationwide backbone. They have a
connection
> to globalcenter.net aka Frontier aka Global Crossing, which does have
a
> nationwide network.
>
All he is, is a one man shop ISP.

> (3) Their claim that they're registered as a CLEC and local phone
> service provider in many states is an outright lie. Simply fact: they
> claim to be a CLEC in New York State. Visit the New York State PSC at
> http://www.dps.state.ny.us/tele.html for a list of the REAL CLECs and
> resellers in New York State. Guess who isn't listed!
>
> (4) They list tons of cities they have facilities in. Try doing a
> search on their name in any of those cities. Guess who isn't in the
> phone book.
>
> (5) Their 'secret' number for their NOC is, I believe, a cell-phone
> that Max carries around. If you go down in the middle of the night,
> guess who you get to call -- a modern facility with technicians
working
> to keep the network up, monitoring conditions and notifying the LEC if
> things go down, or some guy asleep at home who won't fix it until the
> next day (if even then).
They don't have anything. I knew this guy who went there.
He waited outside forever. No one bothers to get the door.
Then he peaked the "NOC." It was just a room with some
PC's! It was a mess. Cables and garbage strewn all over.
No one could help him. Max wouldn't even talk to him.

>
> Finally, simply put, they're not a backbone carrier because they don't
> have a backbone. No interconnection agreements or routers at any of
the
> MAE sites, and none at the NAP sites I could get lists of routers at.
>
Of course. Usually, you'll have T1's or T3's going to MAE or
something.

> If Terabit could lie, who else might be on that list based on
imaginary
> information?
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
>


Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Share what you know. Learn what you don't.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/comp.dcom.xdsl/cPq7SCQrYSo

Never_Again    
8/27/99


all of the above is absolutely correct.
besides, they freely admit they have no idea about anything. they never give
you an installation date. when you ask them 'When will BA come to do the
wiring', they have no idea. "Why does Covad take so long to process the
order?' -- no clue. they should change their name to 'Noidea.net'
--
Never_Again
ĢDoom shall never die, only the playersģ
:
superf...@my-deja.com wrote in message <7q79k0$c4m$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>...
:In article <7pet39$ajc$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>,


:  jm...@my-deja.com wrote:
:> Looking for xDSL service in the NYC area? Don't look at 1terabit.net
:> (www.terabit.net).
:
:Yeah. I agree. LOL. They claim they have a Tier 1 backbone.
:It's totally fictitious. Their website looks like it was
:made by a total amateur, and not by a real web designer.
:It looks awful. How the hell are they going to spend
:all that money when they're a one man mom and pop
:operation? Tier 1 backbone?
:
:They can't even get a good web designer. How the hell
:do they have money to get a Tier 1 backbone? I've never
:heard of them before. They are fake.
:
:What a joke. Max, the
:so called network engineer who's the owner of the dump
:is a weirdo. He posted here awhile back. Check the
:archives and you can see him threatening people.
:I talked to his stupid sales pitch. He talked about
:a subscription ratio of like 250! So you're paying
:all this money for shared bandwidth. I bet all he has
:is one lousy T1 from Bell Atlantic.
:
:He has one other guy working for him. Clueless
:idiot.
:
:>Since April, they've consistantly failed to deliver

:> any service to me. Now, four months later, when I've demanded they
:> cancel my service, it's taking a legal action to get them to cancel my
:> way-overdue order. Who knows if I'll ever see the $600++ dollars they
:> demanded up front again. I'm working with the Attorney General's
:office
:> in New York to try to get my money back, and maybe get them to behave
:a
:> bit more legally in the future. All I can say is, if you're looking
:for
:> service in New York, look somewhere else.
:>
:
:I've heard horror stories about terabit.
:
:> here's a short list of complaints:

:> * inaccurate information about order status
:> * they retroactively change price structures and fees, even after a
:> contract is signed
:> * no guarantees of any kind whatsoever.
:> * contract termination requires a FULL CONTRACT BUYOUT (i.e., they
:give
:> you no service, and you still have to pay them)
:> * they assign ip addresses from a netblock they don't own
:> * their claims about their network are largely imaginary
:>
:> and, finally,
:>
:> * while their sales and most service people are nice, if you ever have
:>
:
:They have ONE guy! I always talk to this one guy. He sounds
:nice but he's clueless. He doesn't even understand what
:an IP address is.
:
:>a problem, you have to deal with Max, who refuses to take no for an

:> answer. He's gruff, he's rude, and he tells you exactly what to do.
:> He'll never budge an inch, and he's never heard of customer service.
:>
:
:That's why any potential customer has to pick wisely.
:If the guy gives you an attitude, then forget about them.
:The customer is king.
:
:> Avoid these folks, unlike me, and you'll live a far happier life.
:>
:
:Thanks. Luckily, I just called them a few times and didn't
:go with them.
:
:> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/

:> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
:>
:
:
:Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/

:Share what you know. Learn what you don't.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

You'll love the Mad Max quote: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/comp.dcom.xdsl/1NyrttJ0h34

jm...@my-deja.com    
12/20/99


Don't get mad -- get legal. Contact the New York State Attorney
General's Office (120 Broadway, New York, NY 10004) -- Internet Bureau.
Tell them you want to file a complaint on 1terabit inc. They've already
got a pile of documentation from me an inch thick. I encourage anyone
and everyone who got the shaft from Mad Max to complain. It creates an
official government record, and it'll do a lot more than complaining to
the BBB (which I'd also do), since Terabit is -- here's a shocker --
not Better Business Bureau member.
If you've lost money, you also might consider a small claims court
suit, but I decided it wasn't worth my time to chase a few hundred
dollars that, undoubtedly, would be uncollectable from those thieves.
Then again, if I had a judgement that was uncollectable, maybe I could
get the police to sieze and auction their internet hardware to pay my
judgement. What am I bid for a Cisco 2500 router, previously configured
by 'Senior Network Engineer' Max?

[Phinnaeus Gage]

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/361

All-time stinker ISP sells its DSL client base
by nickb Sunday 27-Aug-2000

Long time DSLreports patrons may remember the trails and tribulations of the unfortunate customers of a New York City ISP known as 1Terabit.net. In its heyday 1Terabit jousted here weekly with the "old" Flashcom to wear the crown of "worst/most hated DSL ISP". Headed by a shadowy figure known only as "Max" 1Terabit trumpeted its Tier 1 ISP network and managed to snag quite a few early DSL adopters. Those unlucky folks endured all manner of abuse, from extremely rude customer service to draconian throttling of bandwidth. 1Terabit eventually stopped signing up new customers altogether and faded from the DSL scene. Although, bizarrely, they continued to be listed as a Northpoint partner, until quite recently. A Friday press-release announces that DSLreports darlings Megapath have acquired their remaining DSL customer base, as reported here.

Okay, Max, start building your ASICs now. But if you changed your mind, try not to be rude to the investors when they start asking for their investments back.

BTW, how funny are my last four posts? Are you still laughing?

[shibaji]

mumu - don't be mum, please 

[Phinnaeus Gage]

mumu - don't be mum, please  

I just realized he went by mumu when he started this thread, hence theymos allowing him to change his user name. That being the case, I no longer consider that action a concern, for it was warranted.

Yes, yet another ASIC announcement.

But this time I am a real person with the technology background and here is my LinkedIn profile:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/MaxAvroutski

ASIC is due Fall/Winter 2013

What is the difference?

Our initial plan is to sell 50% and run other 50% for our investors.
Units that we will sell will be 4U rack mountable and modular, but you can easily turn them 90 degrees and it will stand like a mid-size tower computer. Modularity will allow customers to buy base unit for a lower price and then upgrade processing power as needed by buying additional modules.

We have to keep our Intellectual Property protected and abide by NDA we have signed with chip manufactures so please understand that there are some things that I can't divulge, but I will try my best to answer any questions that you may have.

BTW, I am not an electrical engineer so give me a brake on that. I am CEO.

Details so far:
20nm process
It will use about 0.25W per GH
Peak processing power of each module 500GH.
18 boards per 4U server.
Fully loaded 4U system will peak at 9,000GH and will require 30Amp 120V circuit or it can use 240V, but you can start with 15A circuit if it's only half loaded.

Price: TBD (To Be Determent) - we will try to make it affordable.

Why announce now ?
So that potential customers would know that they will have options.

1 simple question:  What foundry has a 20 nm process on their roadmap?  When will they start shipping?

Given that Intel is 2 years ahead of the industry and they just started shipping 22nm product, I think you are living in Strawberry Shortcake land.

Updates:
(The reason I post updates here is because my investors do read this forum, but I would like to worn them that if you identify yourself be prepared to be trolled to tears.)

The reason I post updates here is to warn investors who are considering to fund your pipe-dream. My only regret is not getting here soon enough, for all current investors are probably not getting a refund.

[GalaxyASIC]

Most of what you posted is troll BS from 15 years ago and some partially justifiable unhappy customers directing their frustration of long DSL installs to ISPs like my company was while culprit was Bell Atlantic (now Verizon).

DSL was new and cutting edge tech at the time and Bell didn't cooperated because government ordered it to share it's network with their competitors and they were loosing billions.

 Some customers were installed in 3 weeks some had to wait 6 month or more. Bell Atlantic totally screwed all the ISPs and both underlying DSL carriers Covad and Northpoint which had to go into bankruptcy because of it. But I got blame simply because I was first in NY to offer it via both DSL carriers so I had most early orders that ended up waiting the most while Bell was figuring out how to provide/not-provide that service. In contrast more expensive business grade T1 lines that I order for my customers Bell would install 99% on time in several weeks, which used similar DSL technology but Bell were getting much more money for them.

Here, I was quoted in the article about DSL published by ZDnet named "Trouble In DSL Paradise "
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cable/message/5135

I was in my early 20's when I started the company. Did I made mistakes? Sure, but I learned from them and don't make the same once.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Please accept my humble apologies for dragging your good name(s) through the mud. Speaking of, do you still used the moniker David Melamud?

That asked, I'm just going to leave the following here: http://www.prosperreport.com/archive/forums/3/9/3972.2.HTM

I joined today and am educating myself on groups before I post a loan request. This is all very interesting, thank you.

As far as Max not getting back to you, here is some information you can find out for yourself if you think he is interesting and a wealthy dotcommer/ philanthropist:

Why doesn't he name the internet service he "sold most of yet remains Ceo"? Being CEO is a big position in a company, yet he has time to create a ONE PAGE website that he does name?

http://expertcollector.com/ which only has links to two other sites he "created" or provides the very rudimentary "eCommerce function"? Oh, and launching soon the next Ebay. LOL
www.WorldCoinsOnline.com and www.DavidCoins.com

Go to this page http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/index.jsp to find out where the owner of these sites listed as his address when the URLs where registered. They are all in Brooklyn NY, have no "contact us" on the sites which would make them appear to be more like real businesses.

Just my un-informed opinion, but I doubt he has the accomplishments he acclaims. Other than being Russian.

I do want to point out that the above information is all available publically on the internet. I didn't bother to "google" the names of the guys on the other two websites, but maybe you could learn more by doing so.

Phew, long first ever post. I hope you learn something, at least what you can learn from doing a whois search.

Thanks again, I'm going to learn as much as I can before joining a group.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Your FB photo you've linked to doesn't look like your LinkedIn photo: http://www.facebook.com/max.avroutski



And where did you dig up the image to represent David Melamud?

[Phinnaeus Gage]

What was available yesterday is no longer available today, but... http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:oecVZ3RDXMAJ:www.meetup.com/members/8203076/+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

[BBQKorv]

This story starts to smell more than BFL at their current stage.

I hope the NDA will soon be over and some real creditable information can be annouched, if there is any of that sort.

[Fiyasko]

20nm.... Explain and elaborate on that, Otherwise this is a Blatent SCAM
Like wtf guys, Typos are Everywhere on thier webpage, they keep cleaning them up, But heres another one (although it's minor)

---
80 GH/s BitCoin Miner

Average Hash Rate: 80.000 MH/s
---
Thats from thier Specs page, they clearly contradict themselves by placing a DECIMAL instead of a COMMA
Typo!, I cant even take people seriously when thier website has multiple typos, So how are people taking this business scam seriously

[Kartoff]

There is something i didn't understand in this thread... Why everybody talks about scam ? What is scammy here ? I don't saw author to force someone to give him his money or something... He said when hardware is ready you can pay and get it so lets just wait some time and see... I think scam is when you pay someone and get nothing...

I also had thoughts about developing ASIC, but still cannot get enough funds to start... So if i have posted thread as an announce i will become scammer ?!?!? I think i didn't get it...

[NEO2012]

Yes, yet another ASIC announcement.

But this time I am a real person with the technology background and here is my LinkedIn profile:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/MaxAvroutski

ASIC is due Fall/Winter 2013

What is the difference?

Our initial plan is to sell 50% and run other 50% for our investors.
Units that we will sell will be 4U rack mountable and modular, but you can easily turn them 90 degrees and it will stand like a mid-size tower computer. Modularity will allow customers to buy base unit for a lower price and then upgrade processing power as needed by buying additional modules.

We have to keep our Intellectual Property protected and abide by NDA we have signed with chip manufactures so please understand that there are some things that I can't divulge, but I will try my best to answer any questions that you may have.

BTW, I am not an electrical engineer so give me a break on that. I am CEO.

Details so far:
20nm process
It will use about 0.25W per GH
Peak processing power of each module 500GH.
18 boards per 4U server.
Fully loaded 4U system will peak at 9,000GH and will require 30Amp 120V circuit or it can use 240V, but you can start with 15A circuit if it's only half loaded.

Price: TBD (To Be Determined) - we will try to make it affordable.

Why announce now ?
So that potential customers would know that they will have options.

===========

P.S. The posts you about to read in this thread from some forum members are outright vicious and disrespectful, so be prepared. It's a free speech on the internet after all.

Updates:
(The reason I post updates here is because my investors do read this forum, but I would like to worn them that if you identify yourself be prepared to be trolled to tears.)

2013-03-27 - Thank you everyone for your kind and unkind posts. They certainly will keep me on my toes. I will not be engaging trolls by defending me or people with similar names, there is no point. Thanks to everyone who PMed me, but please don't send PM's, I can't stand CAPTCHA so I can't reply to you all individually until I put a system in place, maybe next week, we all have plenty of time. I never had plans to take consumer pre-orders, I wouldn't want to be in BFL_Josh's shoes. I believe that he is trying to do the best job that he can under the circumstances. The only reason that there is a plan to sell 50% to consumers is to bring higher value to the product and reliability to Bitcoin.

2013-03-28 - Several investors demanding faster delivery than we originally planned or is possible due to technology, so while my first team will be working on 20nm ASIC, I will be hiring more engineers to work in parallel on our second chip that will come out first in about 3-5 month. I will not be publicly disclosing the technology or specks because it will only be available to investors since it doesn't threaten 51% attack and because I don't want anyone copying us. Investors will have more, but not all info under NDA.

P.S. We will not accept payments in BTC from consumers before there is a product.

this must be josh bfl inaba firm

after learning how the whole bfl scam works even after a year

he starts his own scam with 1 nm tech

way to go

[BBQKorv]

There is something i didn't understand in this thread... Why everybody talks about scam ? What is scammy here ? I don't saw author to force someone to give him his money or something... He said when hardware is ready you can pay and get it so lets just wait some time and see... I think scam is when you pay someone and get nothing...

I also had thoughts about developing ASIC, but still cannot get enough funds to start... So if i have posted thread as an announce i will become scammer ?!?!? I think i didn't get it...

If you post your full contact information, personal name, company your representing, and your previous expertise recarding ASIC development I don't see why you would be categorised as a scammer. Be open about the project and make sure to post plenty of images and videos once you actually do something on the product, even if it's only early prototype testing, all solid info counts.

If you have a company make it possible to visit you and see the development or testing process first hand.

For some funny reason these scammer tagged people fail to provide the needed information to make them credible. For example this Galaxy guy could prove himself immediately by providing info about the foundry which is going to make those chips with 20nm process. After the foundry has confirmed that they do have an order of 10k bitcoin chips from this guy there would be no question about that.