If someone could figure out how to reprogram the FPGA's in the Baikal Giant B to mine other algorithms, this would be huge. To be fair, the person could sell their firmware for a good price to other Giant-B owners. This device is a monster in disguise for an expert FPGA programmer.
if he will find out/reprogram firmware - why he should sell it?
he'd buy more baikals and mine himself on new algos... lol
It's a good point -- so has anyone heard of an FPGA specialist doing solo mining? Such a person could make thousands of dollars per day. I used to program FPGA's in the early 2000's... however it is very complicated and time consuming, way harder than writing normal software.