Quote from: polrpaul on May 10, 2013, 03:06:22 PM

Quote from: buttkinz on May 10, 2013, 02:51:08 PM

so in essence the butterfly labs machines will be obselete by the end of this year when they actually ship? Or is there going to be a time where no one will be building machines till the end of the year and everyone will be in the same boat?

it all depends on the competition landscape.. and there appears to be no real contenders.. which works to BFL's advantage, of course.

Surely you jest.

ASICMiner has nearly 21TH online RIGHT NOW and has ALSO shipped 3x as much hardware(in GH terms) as BFL(a dedicated hardware producer). Avalon has shipped over 100x the hashing power BFL has despite beginning development of their product months later.

BFL is the drunk + stoned + handicapped turtle in this race and they're getting their clocks cleaned royal like. Get a refund or suffer the consequences.