I'll roll if he releases a firmware that bricks the fpga cards. That would be the most epic trolling of all time. Give out some really high figures, get a bunch of people to spend a ton of money on hardware, then release a firmware that destroys the fpga 
I've destroyed an amazon node or 2 accidentally with power draw. Mining is the reason the shell now has that 150A limit.
I've destroyed an amazon node or 2 accidentally with power draw. Mining is the reason the shell now has that 150A limit.
nice FUD
No, it's not. Unless you physically start smashing an fpga, you are not going to brick it, it's not a consumer product you just run xyz miner you downloaded odd the internet.
Total fud.
Really? What happens if you try to draw 300 amps on a board that only has a 160A vccint supply? Did you know vivado only tosses an ignorable warning? That you can still compile and complete the firmware? I know people who have fried their own fpga boards by drawing more current than the board has a supply. I have destroyed amazon boards by drawing too much current (unintentionally). This is just one of many ways you can physically destroy a FPGA with a bad firmware / design problem.
The only fud about what I said is that it could possibly happen.