btw, you obviously have intimate knowledge of xilinx, fpga, and have been on the forum as long as I have.... Where did you say you were from again? I think I can taste a little salt in the air.
How is poking at your business dealings/model him being salty?
Few of the higher profile members having this discussion here have been here for long enough to know how most of these pre-orders end up. Its more concerning to me that more of these discussions are not happening. I would not touch this with a 10 foot pole if it was not for that fact that is seems like your using xilinx's supply chain/board partner and design to product these, so it at least takes a good portion of the failure risk out of the equation.
Still your collecting a huge sum of money...since they are so un-trusting of the market as you put it, what happens if they get spooked next month and decide not to go through with the deal?
Deal is binding, but I think the frustration is coming from the fact that weve worked (and are working) extremely hard to make all this happen. We have big financial risk here, as well as tons of time hours and logistics. I personally have barely slept over the past week (anyone on the discord can attest to that) to make sure all of this goes smoothly. That tends to make people a little cranky when someone makes a bunch of unsubstantiated statements that you personally know arent true attacking the legitimacy of your work.
The focus here should be on the opportunity and what reasonably priced, high end FPGAs combined with the current crypto ecosystem can do for this community. Instead we have arguments over false statements and attacks on us personally because we do business differently (and perhaps more transparently?) than others here.
A good number of people on here have gone to great lengths to verify, and vouch for, this. People have contacted Xilinx and verified that we are reputable and are authorized to make this sale. Im sure if their legal team would clear it any of the Xilinx team watching this thread would confirm that as well. With all said, we stand by what we are doing here and the long term of everyone who chooses to get involved. I am personally really excited about what is happening here, and I think it is going to be game changing.