The Wasp Project Collective Information thread.

[Bicknellski]

What secret?

What kind of chips we're talking about... salted ones, spicy ones, vinegar flavoured...

Not sure when I will be given the green light to reveal all.

*takesADeepBreath* I'll do my best and wait!  

I suspect that we will have more information or pictures and whatnot in mid April or sooner on this Wasp / Hornet variant.

Sorry, this is going to make your hungry. This is how I see "chips".

[1714170660]

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[necro_nemesis]

I don't care what they look like as long as you can solder them to boards and they make lots of BTC. Hope your EE knows his way around a kitchen.

[Bicknellski]

The lead EE we got does 3 michelin stars level work. We are always looking for a few good sous chefs so if you know anyone keen on helping out drop me an email. I am the Garçon de cuisine in this operation. BTC on any board these days is less than profitable... hopefully we will see the BTC rise again.

[necro_nemesis]

Great. 

Appreciate the insight that your involved. Respect the fact you can't comment. At the appropriate time please keep us apprised.

Thanks.

[Bicknellski]

If you are keen to hear the EE's gather and talk Saturday necro_nem... then drop me an email see if we have room at the meeting table. We often open the doors to others so they can peep in and see what were doing and ask questions especially if you are seriously considering doing fabrication of our boards when they finally drop. Or are an EE and are interesting in problem solving with us.

[cosmicone]

What secret?

What kind of chips we're talking about... salted ones, spicy ones, vinegar flavoured...

Not sure when I will be given the green light to reveal all.

*takesADeepBreath* I'll do my best and wait!  

I suspect that we will have more information or pictures and whatnot in mid April or sooner on this Wasp / Hornet variant.

Sorry, this is going to make your hungry. This is how I see "chips".

Mmmmm I had poutine at lunch today....  Mmmmmm

[Dabs]

Are those chips? Those look like fries to me.

[bigbeninlondon]

What are those white crumbles?  And is that barbecue sauce?

[necro_nemesis]

It's poutine, better known as the express lane to coronary artery disease.

[madsusies]

What secret?

What kind of chips we're talking about... salted ones, spicy ones, vinegar flavoured...

Not sure when I will be given the green light to reveal all.

*takesADeepBreath* I'll do my best and wait!  

I suspect that we will have more information or pictures and whatnot in mid April or sooner on this Wasp / Hornet variant.

Sorry, this is going to make your hungry. This is how I see "chips".

Mmmmm I had poutine at lunch today....  Mmmmmm

Not funny like u timing

[Bicknellski]

Thursday, April 03, 2014   
                                                   Location     Time   


Delivered - Signed for by : our EE    SEATTLE   14:26

Chips in hand... Wasp / Hornet design variant of this chip has started emails being exchanged fast and furious between the chip fabricators and our EE. Nice to see such a responsive chip fab... they know their CHIPS!

Yes the POUTINE! I like mine avec sauces picante.

I do miss the chipwagon in Pincourt... steamies, greasy fries with vinegar and whack of salt.

[Bicknellski]

What are those white crumbles?  And is that barbecue sauce?

Curds and a gravy-like sauce.

[Bicknellski]

Meeting Minutes Overview:

Refined the prototype focus towards new asic chip Hornet then Wasp for April as there is excellent support from the 3rd party chip fabricator.
Discussion of internal production numbers for the WPC.
Discussion of financial outlay for chips and production.
Discussion of long term vision for next generation chips and pricing of gh/s projected.
Need for more EE's and members.
Discussion of IPO for funding future Wasp / Hornet production.

In general there was a lively set of discussions on a wide range of topics that focused on the future production of miners. We are currently focused on getting out to community the Hornet and Wasp and potentially a specialized card to test in 2 phase cooling with a HK company.

[Bicknellski]

EE received chips thank you Asicminer and FriedCat:

Dateline Seattle our EE writes:

from H.Qin, of Shenzhen Shenkelong Ltd, in business zone of the PRC.

We are assuming that they are AM BE200 samples, since they are in a 65 pad package (QFN64).

Specs are nice - 12GH at 4+ Watts

We sure could use another engineer!

Dang!

Anyone interested in working with our team please contact me via pm or email as we have a number of different chips, some rare and not readily available to the marketplace, coupled with our basic 'portable' schematics that have been designed by our team they are perfect for the right EE to hit the ground running and get to prototype rather quickly. You would be invited to join the WPC and work on the range of Hornets and Wasps we have on the design board.

[jimmothy]

I'm confused. How will I be able to get my hands on a wasp/hornet?

Is this a diy kit you will be selling?

Can we buy complete miners?

[Bicknellski]

Here is how we hope it will work.

1. WPC designs and then releases that tested and prototyped miner design with firmware ready to go.
2. You have to get the chips.
3. You have to fab the miners.
4. We then receive a license fee on the designs through our licensing site.
5. We support those fabs that need our help.

The obvious tricky part is getting chips from the chip makers or resellers. Others beside the WPC will be selling either DIY kits or finished miners, some may even be WPC members but acting outside the WPC. If you are interested in working closely with us on this then you can drop Beastlymac a PM and he will keep you updated as we have designs ready.

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Internally our WPC members have purchased shares in the development of the Wasp and will recoup their investment with licensing and some mining of the prototypes we build. We have purchased sample chips like the A1 and have received samples of the BF2, AM BE200 and one other undisclosed ASIC and we are currently prototyping. We are currently working on ALL of these at the same time with our standard design. We will place our prototypes in facilities to bolster our WPC Mining Pool as well as develop a number of different variants for testing purposes. The one I am keen on seeing is the Wasp / Hornet variant that can be put into 2 phase cooling rig this summer in Hong Kong in a new prototype cooling configuration. But as with any of the current designs we have time constraints, we have a small team, so we have to prioritize which chips and design goes first. We also have to contend with limited investment as chips are rarely sold cheap enough or in sufficient quantity to make designs viable especially given the price of BTC currently. We are under no illusion of being tycoons given the large number of heavily funded and well established fabricators that exist currently. We are looking a providing designs for others so they can make the choice to either build at close to cost or look for other options.

[SolarWindMiningCompany]

The lead EE we got does 3 michelin stars level work. We are always looking for a few good sous chefs so if you know anyone keen on helping out drop me an email. I am the Garçon de cuisine in this operation. BTC on any board these days is less than profitable... hopefully we will see the BTC rise again.

Hey Bick, I am sending you an email address of someone who might be able to join the EE team.

[Bicknellski]

The lead EE we got does 3 michelin stars level work. We are always looking for a few good sous chefs so if you know anyone keen on helping out drop me an email. I am the Garçon de cuisine in this operation. BTC on any board these days is less than profitable... hopefully we will see the BTC rise again.

Hey Bick, I am sending you an email address of someone who might be able to join the EE team.

Appreciated.

[firejuan]

Meeting Minutes Overview:

Refined the prototype focus towards new asic chip Hornet then Wasp for April as there is excellent support from the 3rd party chip fabricator.
Discussion of internal production numbers for the WPC.
Discussion of financial outlay for chips and production.
Discussion of long term vision for next generation chips and pricing of gh/s projected.
Need for more EE's and members.
Discussion of IPO for funding future Wasp / Hornet production.

In general there was a lively set of discussions on a wide range of topics that focused on the future production of miners. We are currently focused on getting out to community the Hornet and Wasp and potentially a specialized card to test in 2 phase cooling with a HK company.

Are these more public members similar to those that joined at the end of last year?  I regret not joining.  Thanks.

[Bicknellski]

Meeting Minutes Overview:

Refined the prototype focus towards new asic chip Hornet then Wasp for April as there is excellent support from the 3rd party chip fabricator.
Discussion of internal production numbers for the WPC.
Discussion of financial outlay for chips and production.
Discussion of long term vision for next generation chips and pricing of gh/s projected.
Need for more EE's and members.
Discussion of IPO for funding future Wasp / Hornet production.

In general there was a lively set of discussions on a wide range of topics that focused on the future production of miners. We are currently focused on getting out to community the Hornet and Wasp and potentially a specialized card to test in 2 phase cooling with a HK company.

Are these more public members similar to those that joined at the end of last year?  I regret not joining.  Thanks.

Yes. We want to get not just EE's but business people, students, hobbyists from as diverse a range of languages, countries and cultures as we can. Moving forward and being a truly globally spread collective is something we need to have as BITCOIN and CRYPTO is not restricted by boundary neither are we. Again I am hoping we have something arranged soon so that we can have more members join us. Keep watching this space.