Butterfly Labs Mini Rig review

[Frizz23]

To anyone who might be misled by this post, those photos are not of a 500 GH/s BFL MiniRig.

  -  The first couple photos are of an early dev unit built with only a few boards and no control module.

  -  The second group of photos are of an FPGA mini rig prototype from 2011.

Can you please post real pics of the inner workings of your MiniRig?

The only photo of its (non existing) inner workings is this here:

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[SLok]

So the damaged unit is new, and the unit with gaffer tape and glue customisation is the FPGA?

Did BFL really send the FPGA out in that condition, or is that someone else's handiwork??

Credit should only be where credit is due...

Read..

To anyone who might be misled by this post, those photos are not of a 500 GH/s BFL MiniRig.

  -  The first couple photos are of an early dev unit built with only a few boards and no control module.

  -  The second group of photos are of an FPGA mini rig prototype from 2011.

[GenTarkin]

[Edit: review is pasted below, as the following link is broken for some people]

Here is the review of the Butterfly Labs Mini Rig.

And here is where you can buy some ASICMiner shares.

Why on earth would you recommend people buy into the monopoly of BTC mining that ASICminer is / striving to be... thats fucking retarded dude!
People need to stop dealing w/ ASICminer period... its fucking apple of bitcoin mining.

[Bitcoinorama]

[Edit: review is pasted below, as the following link is broken for some people]

Here is the review of the Butterfly Labs Mini Rig.

And here is where you can buy some ASICMiner shares.

Why on earth would you recommend people buy into the monopoly of BTC mining that ASICminer is / striving to be... thats fucking retarded dude!
People need to stop dealing w/ ASICminer period... its fucking apple of bitcoin mining.

To be fair though the ASICminer shares are the only product available with a definite ROI; of 5.4 years (as long as try remain 'competitive')...

[TsuyokuNaritai]

[Edit: review is pasted below, as the following link is broken for some people]

Here is the review of the Butterfly Labs Mini Rig.

And here is where you can buy some ASICMiner shares.

Why on earth would you recommend people buy into the monopoly of BTC mining that ASICminer is / striving to be... thats fucking retarded dude!
People need to stop dealing w/ ASICminer period... its fucking apple of bitcoin mining.

See here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=247168.msg2627059#msg2627059

[OmegaNemesis28]

To anyone who might be misled by this post, those photos are not of a 500 GH/s BFL MiniRig.

  -  The first couple photos are of an early dev unit built with only a few boards and no control module.

  -  The second group of photos are of an FPGA mini rig prototype from 2011.

No wonder I was confused, since the MR SC was supposed to come with 2 1500W PSUs, and the one in the picture has only one.

It was explained in the article too.

This is apparently from an earlier FPGA but it will give you a good glimpse at what kind of craftsmanship you can expect from a computer that is half the average household income in the United States.

Doesn't change anything.

[greenbtc]

To anyone who might be misled by this post, those photos are not of a 500 GH/s BFL MiniRig.

  -  The first couple photos are of an early dev unit built with only a few boards and no control module.

  -  The second group of photos are of an FPGA mini rig prototype from 2011.

Considering you guys still aren't shipping, isn't this the crap people are getting anyway?

Figured as much.

[nexus99]

You should totally believe everything you read on the web. Its all true all the time.