Re: butterfly labs is definitely mining with those ASICs at the moment
All of our equipment is burn tested after final assembly/testing for ~24 hours on a live pool (In this case, EMC). After the burn-in, it's taken off the rack, packed and shipped the same day. We do this for both the singles and the mini rig and the singles PSU's (we've had a few of those go bad, so now we burn those in as well).
We are not mining with any ASIC equipment at the present time. You can be sure there would be a big announcement if we had turned up the ASICs on a live pool.
We are not mining with any ASIC equipment at the present time. You can be sure there would be a big announcement if we had turned up the ASICs on a live pool.
When paired with ASIC technology BFL testing practices are disturbing.
For an initial batch production and shipment of BFL SC equipment how much will the "live pool" ASIC mining affect difficulty prior to ASICs being in the wild?
Let's say a conservative estimate of 20 TH total capacity for the first batch run. Let's say one month of production where units are coming off the line assembled and being stored for batch shipment. Of course, not before the essential live pool testing.
Would it then be reasonable to assume that the equivalent of approx. 666 GH per day in units would be in "live pool" burn-in testing?
Difficulty adjusted that's still well over 200 BTC, or 2500 USD, per day skimmed off the top.
You know this looks bad, right?