I was just trying to pickup the fpgas at a rate where I could deconstruct and re-purpose them. The things are literally worthless for btc mining at the prices they're being sold for when considering network difficulty.
I just sort of assumed you had figured that out and were 'cutting your losses'...
FPGA's are not ASIC's but certainly not worthless, that's kind of a crazy statement to make. You can't even get ASIC hardware right now unless you're paying 10+ times it's retail cost (and even hard at that level to buy) so I'm not sure I see a difference. These are more here and now.
They are worth more as hardware because of the fact that they can be re-purposed later on. They mine Bitcoin just fine and tons of people are buying them to do so. Lancelots are back-ordered for months. Will they not be worth running? Ya, sure, at some point in the future... then again, so will a lot of ASIC hardware.
Your statements are very inaccurate and ill-informed. Lancelots mine Bitcoin fine right now and make money.
$60 dollars? lol... come on man... really? The hardware value alone is worth loads more than that. This is all brand new stuff, no one is cutting any losses here.
This is an opportunity for someone to make a few bucks now and sell off hardware later on and get their money back.
I don't have room to run them with all the ASIC hardware I have now otherwise I'd keep them myself.
