Quote from: Sandal_Hat on March 15, 2018, 04:06:21 AM

Quote from: Dr.Mann on March 09, 2018, 06:38:21 PM

It is entirely unclear to me if Halong Mining itself has actually invested $30 million...

That doesnt make sense. No reason why a 3rd party would write software, develop, produce and prototype miners for halong for free lol.

The R&D costs associated with making AsicBoost a reality, including the legal costs to secure the patent, must have been substantial. Halong Mining didn't invent or create AsicBoost. Someone had to fund the production of small batches of wafers, etc. to test it and iterate during AsicBoost's proof-of-concept and subsequent development.

As I said before, it is entirely unclear if Halong Mining is factoring what others spent when it says that "[a]round $30 million dollars have already been spent...." Maybe Halong Mining spent this money, maybe it didn't, we do not know. Halong Mining does not overtly state that Halong Mining itself has spent $30 million. That is my point. (I have noticed that Halong Mining has said nothing to clarify whether Halong Mining itself actually spent the $30 million it references on the front page of its web site.)

If I wanted my girlfriend to believe I worked out hard at the gym, but in reality, all I did was sit in the gym's hot tub drinking smoothies all night, I might say (in a Ron Burgundy voice), "Many sit-ups were done at the gym tonight." While that statement may technically be true, it doesn't mean I did any sit-ups at all. That statement is quite different from saying, "I did many sit-ups at the gym tonight." Think about it. People use the passive voice when they want to obscure. Halong Mining has clearly convinced some, including Sandal_Hat, that Halong Mining spent $30 million. I am not convinced, especially since they still aren't disclosing who they are, where they are incorporated, and how can we hold Halong Mining accountable in court if they deliver a miner that has design defects and burns down data centers. We also still don't know why "MyRig, Inc." doesn't show up in Colorado Secretary of State's records.

Before we lavish Halong Mining with praise and gratitude for the "success" of the DragonMint, let's wait for Halong Mining to actually deliver one... to a real, live person, with a real name, not a pseudonym with potentially a hidden agenda. And, by the way, let's get a DragonMint in the hands of someone qualified to analyze it and give us an unbiased, comprehensive review. Am I asking for too much?