Quote from: crazyates on September 19, 2012, 08:33:56 PM

Quote from: nedbert9 on September 19, 2012, 08:23:46 PM

Quote from: BFL_Josh on September 19, 2012, 06:47:41 PM

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.

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. Huh

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?

So what do you want them to do? You want them to NOT run thru a QC test and ship a product that has never been verified to be able to bitmine?! I'm sorry, but a 24-hour burn-in to test that my product actually works is well within their rights, and I'd prefer it that way!

I worked at a card dealership when I was younger. We would get BRAND NEW cars off the truck, straight from the manufacturer, but the odometer would read anywhere from 10-300 miles. Some of our customers wanted a car that read 0 on the odometer. We had to explain: these cars get tested and used at the manufacturing facility, and will not have zero milage. That's just the way it is. How'd you like it if you get a car from the manufacturer, with 0 miles, and it didn't start?! You'd complain that their Quality Control was poor! Same thing here.

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Testnet