Quote from: jubalix on March 27, 2013, 12:25:23 AM

Quote from: jubalix on March 27, 2013, 12:06:49 AM

I really don't get why AA would not be used by the manufacture to mine, if they were worth more than 75 BTC.

Mainly for the decentralization of bitcoin.

I just don't buy this...no one rationally does that in a commercial concern....

they must be mining the crap out th BC before they sell them.
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Avalon ASICs are manufacturing at least 100TH/sec of mining resource. That's a comfortable majority of the network. Confidence drops in the bitcoin network because one entity is in control. The price of bitcoin plummets because no one wants any part of a tainted network. Avalon get thousands of coins worth $0.0000001.

From a commercial perspective, those working in the bitcoin currency are sensitive to the public's confidence in the currency. Avalon would be cutting their own throat if they mined with no competition.