This is just me speaking, and I must admit I'm not always the most ethical person on the face of the planet, but I'd like to put this thought out there.
If I were the person running the company making these ASIC miners, you can bet your life that each and every one of those mining machines would be hooked up and running, mining for ME, putting bitcoins and cash in my own personal pocket, under the guise of "product testing" before they got boxed up and shipped out.
Because I'd want to ship a proven quality product, I think a month or three of "product testing" per unit would be sufficient.
Do we have any reason to think that Butterfly and Avalon are NOT doing this exact thing?
If I were the person running the company making these ASIC miners, you can bet your life that each and every one of those mining machines would be hooked up and running, mining for ME, putting bitcoins and cash in my own personal pocket, under the guise of "product testing" before they got boxed up and shipped out.
Because I'd want to ship a proven quality product, I think a month or three of "product testing" per unit would be sufficient.
Do we have any reason to think that Butterfly and Avalon are NOT doing this exact thing?