ASICMINER: Entering the Future of ASIC Mining by Inventing It

[BitHub]

this looks like terrible news

[cs54]

AM could also buy (or build) miners with fiat, and effectively convert fiat to BTC through mining.

[bitfair]

this looks like terrible news

Yes, indeed. It looks like AM is working on a longer term business model than most were imagining, using revenues to fund further growth rather than pay dividends...

[neilol-real]

this looks like terrible news

Here comes the buying opportunity - That is a very strong balance sheet, but none of it in cash. That inventory will be converted to cash with little cost. Short sighted investors won't see it this way.

[BitHub]

share price is tanking hard

[CanaryInTheMine]

this looks like terrible news

Absolutely!! Can I buy your shares then?
Anyone wanting to dump their direct shares please PM me!

[JoTheKhan]

Just waiting for the bottom now.

[Anotheranonlol]

I was told there would be a moon 
I beleived I'd be rich with these earth shattering gen3 divs then cash out ASAP
I sold my BMW for this.now I will end up in a soup kitchen, someone please hold me 

[sngwinner]

So was the last cash flow statement ending on Feb 28 or did he just start his reporting from then? I can't seem to remember seeing one can anyone else? If not what happened in the mean time?

[BitHub]

RIP ASICMINER this company is dead and over

[romerun]

Sounds like cash conversion to BTC is very difficult at best in that environment.  Asicminer needs to provide incentive for customers to pay in BTC.

on the bright side, chinese cannot buy bitcoin from the exchanges, they have no other choices but to buy miners, which is good for mining business

[stompysteve]

welp at least i didnt have to much btc in, thought that was going to play out differently..

[JoTheKhan]

Hoping we hit .1 or lower. That would be awesome.

[bitsalame]

Anyone who wants to sell their direct shares can contact me as well.

[arnuschky]

Per-share equity is low. If we subtract current losses, it's about 0.03BTC/share.
And that is if they manage to sell everything at current prices, and does not include potential cash conversion problems.
Not sure were the great value should come from.

It seems that Gen3 was able to keep AM afloat, but only just so.
Would be nice to know how far we are towards Gen4.

[Anotheranonlol]

Can someone please confirm, current yield on this illiquid asset denominated in a volatile underlying token is less than a high street bank?

Or (again based on current yields reported) it will take me roughly 95 years to get same return in AM as I get in 1 year of PETA?

I'm brand new investor and need a little guidance on where to invest some funds right now.

It seems based on recent news:

-28nm Antminer S3 out next month, no pre-order nonsense
-A1 flooded the markets, mostly no pre-orders
-Knc always lurking
-Spoondoolies tech is ramping up to be a big player, again no pre-order nonsense
-Avalon also taping out 28nm chip whilst looking at future right down to 16nm  
-Bitfury has efficient 55nm gen 2 already, rumor on grapevine is they are working on a gen3 which will destroy any   competition.

[dmcdad]

Thanks for the information FC. Can you clarify:

1) On the Balance Sheet, approximately how many chips does the current Inventory (Products + Materials) represent?

2) How many months of inventory do you estimate that represents?

3) On the Cash Flow there was significant expenses for gen3 production (~6mil USD). Does that represent the bulk of gen3 expenses, or are the expenses for gen3 going to continue (additional wafer batches ordered, etc.)?

Thanks for the additional information!

[penta]

so about 0.038btc worth for each share?
that wouldnt have been such a bad for 8weeks div. with all these companies now using am chips there should be a more steady income right?

[data]

Havelock is impossible for price discovery... Enormous spread.

1. We seem to get a pretty good BTC/USD price. ~566 USD/BTC, if I calculated correctly. Would be interesting to see when exactly we got such a high price.

2. Reserves seem to be very limited right now. Only ~8 Million USD left. What this suggests for share price just brings me close to tears.

3. AM spend a shit ton of money on something called "power ICs". I assume this is to power some boards, suggesting that AM is still building their own boards. So are we competing with our resellers?

4. Can someone estimate how many chips were produced? If we spent 5.7M USD on wafers, at about $1500 per wafer, that is ~3800 wafers. Can someone estimate how many chips that is? Is this still in line with
"1) This month: 850k, next month: 3.35m (order size), June: 6.7m (order size), assuming each chip is 10G."

5. Are there still outstanding balances with the resellers? (and how many of the above chips have been ordered?)

6. We produced wafers for about $5.7M, sold some for $3.7M, rest value is $7.4M. Is the margin really this bad?

Have more, but need to go...

[JoTheKhan]

This is to inform that friedcat met with the board today and provided some updates.

General Update
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The dividend schedule will be aggressive, as AM will not require large sums of retained capital. The rationale is that AM doesn't need to invest large sums into infrastructure and that the majority of chip production costs will be covered by the business partners on a contract schedule. The new round of dividends are scheduled to begin as soon as the first large purchases have concluded and should precede or coincide with the publication of the updated financial statements.

Specific Updates
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Submitted Questions:
1) What is the status, size, and expected delivery of the next batch of chips? What about the one after that?
re 1) This month: 850k, next month: 3.35m (order size), June: 6.7m (order size), assuming each chip is 10G.

4) When are the new chips expected to start mining in ASICMiner datacenters and what hashrate are you currently planning on deploying?
re 4) May-June for air cooling and June-July for immersion cooling. They are only capable of 3PH. Most should go franchising or as chips for other vendors' OEM products.

5) When are the sales revenues of the chips expected to be paid out to shareholders?
re 5) When the balance payments are received and exchanged for Bitcoins.

General Disclaimer
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Please note that some information is subject to change, as this is a very agile business. Please be careful when speculating on company valuation. This information is purely provided as a service to current shareholders and may not be free of errors.

Wondering if this Aggressive dividend schedule still applies? How many chips have been currently sold?

Edit: Man people are selling down to nothing. My number of shares might increase by another digit soon.