Quote from: kano on May 09, 2013, 09:14:19 AM

My usual comment on the subject ...
Send one to me and I'll write a cgminer USB driver for it ...
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PM me here or visit IRC FreeNode #cgminer to talk ...

Thanks Kano, I'll run it up the ladder

Quote from: Sou on May 09, 2013, 04:34:31 AM

In the spirit of fairness; how about when the time comes you are accepting preorders you do it in sort of a raffle. I'm guessing the wave of people jumping at the chance to preorder one will be way more then whatever can be manufactured. Even if i was one of the many that didn't get a winning spot for a preorder i'd be fine knowing it was simply a matter of luck, and not because i didn't jump in on the first ten minutes of the announcement or because three guy ran in and ordered them all.

I had something like that in mind, in the way of raffle or randomized batches to eliminate any unfairness when it comes time to deploy. The problem when going a strictly queued route:

1. First in first out creates a rift between the first to sign up and the last, as those who came to the table late feel they are missing out while the initial adopters get theirs. I have a late BFL order, I know this feeling all too well (though it was a Jally so maybe not Cool

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2. Allows people to sell their early pre-order slot on auction sites for disgusting amounts of money (leading to scams as well), which I think sucks.

I would rather do it in a way that disregards whether you were first or last to hop on, and clips the pre-order auctions at the same time since no one would know what order it would be in.

I am all for community input on this, tell me what you think would be a fair distribution system, I think everyone should have an equal opportunity

Quote from: seleme on May 09, 2013, 03:23:47 AM

I'd sell neighbor's dog for scrypt fpga

When we have some units in hand we'll talk Grin

Quote from: markm on May 09, 2013, 12:47:49 AM

You'd better expect that until someone goes onward to ASIC, these things are going to need to be massively mass-produced, churned out in vast vast numbers... Way more than the puny few hundred a day that seems likely to make BFL take forever to deliver ASICs even if/when they do reach that imagined capacity.

Scrypt is fashionable!

-MarkM-

ASIC for Scrypt would be a fair ways off as the FPGA stage is just beginning now, and Litecoin is more resistant to ASICs as well. It all depends on how much pre-order interest there is when it comes time for that step, in any case we will do our best to supply the demand with haste. I can't speak for BFL's process, though with ASICs there are many more design challenges to overcome as very customized hardware. FPGA's are better in this regard as the R&D time is significantly shorter as much of the hardware needed is available to us already. There is definitely no shortage of love for Scrypt coins Cool

Thanks everyone otherwise, your feedback is very important to us! At the moment we have been discussing the legal aspects of the business before we go much further in the design process, though the design process is very much active.