Quote from: philipma1957 on August 16, 2018, 03:35:42 PM

Quote from: senseless on August 16, 2018, 11:26:16 AM

Quote from: LTCMAXMYR on August 15, 2018, 03:14:27 PM

Quote from: senseless on August 15, 2018, 02:55:09 PM

If you think the boards will lose their value then don't buy them. I definitely remember you from discord. FUD.

I'm not going to buy it. I'm going to make more people aware of the risks and they're being tested.

So far everything you said is factually twisted and incorrect. Like I said, FUD.

Fpga's are delayed due to a key part shortage. Not fud fact.

Fpga's face supply chain issues due to the fact that they are not a widespread tech in the hands of millions of people.

Gpu's have 3 year warranties.

While amd and nvidia both make gpu chips. they have many customers making gpu's

Gpu's are needed in many applications and millions of people own them.

The real issue is not gpus vs fpgas vs asics

the issues is how many coins have good development teams.

Sia so smart they build an asic rather then have a 3 fork defense against asics

zcash we pledge to be asic rersistant
zcash allows asics with zero fight.

very few developers take the asic fpga issue for what it is a true treat to the game of mining.

for mining to work as POW:

cpu, gpu,fpga,asics all need to have some strong coins.

https://epsnews.com/2018/05/23/electronic-component-shortages/
https://www.industryweek.com/leadership/staying-ahead-electronics-component-shortage

It's not limited to this FPGA board. There is a worldwide component shortage. The components that are required are the same components that would be used in a bluetooth speaker for instance.

I think a lot of what you're saying is short-sighted. For instance, you've completely ignored tensority. You're making assumptions that FPGA are unable to compete with ASICs. These FPGA would have greater performance than most ASICs. This increases costs and prevents private ASICs as private asics would be less profitable than the FPGA (this was all covered a couple pages back).

SIA, That's the same group that released a big PR saying how wonderful ASICs would be for their coin -- and then -- wanted to fork once bitmain beat them to the punch on shipping? The same group that's been releasing PR about how PoW is doomed? Sorry if I don't put much stock in what they have to say. Ever since bitmain shipped before them they've had a very defeatist attitude in all publications.

If you think that buying a FPGA is a bad investment, that's fine... Just make sure not to completely distort or ignore the truth (like you did by saying "Fpga's face supply chain issues due to the fact that they are not a widespread tech in the hands of millions of people.").