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Board Hardware
Re: Butterfly Labs 30 day countdown to the end of September
by
joeventura
on 15/09/2013, 01:06:19 UTC
All BFL products delivered after today will never reach break even.

Josh will say, Well BTC will be up to $225 by then and you will have made money!
Or maybe not.

Syke says no BFL products delivered after today will reach break even.  I think that's going to be the problem with any hardware.  It was ordained when a proof of work which lent itself to massively parallel processing was written into the specs of bitcoin:  it produces a situation with no equilibrium.  

The only way an equilibrium could be established is if there were to evolve a handful of colluding or clearly cross-signaling entities dominating the network, each with large network shares, who would respect each others' network shares and drive any non-cartel shares to below net-revenue zero.

Otherwise, the only way to increase revenue is to bring more hash power on line, and the dog begins to chase its tail, circling faster and faster.  That way, too, small miners become collateral damage at an increasing rate.

And somehow it is BFL's fault... at least according to people like Joe.



Josh nothing is your fault.

Failure of the initial design - Not Your Fault
Failure to ship in Feb. - Not Your Fault
Failure to ship in March, April - Not Your Fault
Chip supply chain problems - Not Your Fault
Power supply supply chain problems - Not Your Fault
Mini-Rig Design problems - Not Your Fault
Customer Service problems - Not Your Fault
Compliance with FTC law regarding refunds - Not Your Fault
Your investors crucifying you any way possible - Not Your Fault


MAYBE, MAYBE 15% of your investors are making a real fuss, your inability to shut them up - Not Your Fault

Send me a PM if you'd like some tips.

Money must be INCREDIBLY tight for you to not be able to afford to make your customers happy.