Well, I think there are many viewpoints and opinions, I suggest please email love@canaan.io with your ideas and business proposals. Canaan is open minded. Please follow us at https://twitter.com/canaanio
There is a very long thread here about myself and SideHack producing a miner using Avalon chips- it just so happens I got screwed on the deal by your partners at BlockC and was promised chips then they decided I could not have them.
So the deal is still on the table if you would like to help us.
Keith