All the companies - ButterflyLabs, CoinTerra and HashFash - had overpromised on delivery times. However, they were transparent in their business operations. They directors and staff were known and revealed. The have attended trade shows and had been interviewed and reported by journalists. On the contrary, the people at Black Arrow hides behind a shield. I even saw a message that Matt of Black Arrow was telling Phinnaeus Gage that he refuses to reveal his real name.
Ah yes I forgot weekly updates from blackarrow is definately "non-transparent".
HashFast is now clearing Batch 2, 3 and 4 of the Baby Jets, expected to complete by end of March.
CoinTerra is now in production of the TerraMiners and will company by April/May.
Where were you 1 month ago when cointerra and hashfast were both ~3 months behind schedule? My guess is you didn't know about bitcoin back then.
Neither CT or HF have actually attended any trade shows prior to completing an asic.
YES, BFL, CT and HF are currently the GOLD STANDARD in mining hardware. Absolutely. Black Arrow will just turn out to be a 100% confirmed scam soon...
Basically proving my point you are new to the bitcoin mining game. Even PG would agree that not only are those 3 companies NOT the gold standard, they are the absolute worst companies that have delivered asics (cointerra is not so bad in my book actually)
BA has advertised 0.6gh/w for the chip alone. So that equates to around 1000w per TH for the complete miner.
Prospero X-3 consumes only 1,050 W for 2 TH/s. None of the proven legitimate companies - CoinTerra, HashFast and ButterFly - with track-record (both good and bad) has achieved this. So, Black Arrow must have hired super-engineers from space.
First off as the post before you states, a prospero will consume around 2000W for 2TH. And that is beside the fact that 1000W for 2TH is more than possible if asicminer can achieve 0.2W/GH on a 40nm chip where as BA is using 28nm.
Btw asicminer next gen 40nm chips will be 0.2w/gh. Does that make you skeptical?
Yes, from which company?
Asicminer. You might not have heard of them being so new to bitcoin. They (having invented bitcoin asics) are the real gold standard along with bitfury/KNC/bitmain.
BA is surely a gamble but its about time you stop grasping at straws in an attempt to prove its a scam. Its not like anyone is thinking about preordering an asic with bitcoin prices so low. Anyone thinking about buying from BA now would be better off waiting for them to have miners in hand.