Re: 28nm ** 1T ** 900W【JingTian miner】 in production !!!
All time total payout: 321.92650637 BTC + 24.80077329 BTC Unpaid Balance 
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https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=470386.msg5571215#msg5571215
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=470386.msg5572959#msg5572959
for @QuestionTime
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=470386.msg5579060#msg5579060
Bitmine and Innosilicon worked together to produce the chips, so both of them have rights to produce/resell the chips.
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Recent summary:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=470386.msg5571215#msg5571215
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=470386.msg5572959#msg5572959
for @QuestionTime
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=470386.msg5579060#msg5579060
Bitmine and Innosilicon worked together to produce the chips, so both of them have rights to produce/resell the chips.
If you check the news http://bitmine.ch/?page_id=863, you should know bitmine is just in co-operation with some Chinese company. They just bought the chip from the Chinese company and name it as "Coincraft A1" chip. The Chinese company can also sell the A1 chip. They can call it any name they want like "ABC A1" chip. So the question comes: Does the "Coincraft A1" chip means "A1" chip？I don't think so. This is something like Mcdonalds can make their hamburger and KFC can make their own too.
We do NOT buy chips from bitmine and have no business with them.
We do NOT buy chips from bitmine and have no business with them.
From that link:
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Designed from scratch, Bitmines Coincraft A1 is a third generation Bitcoin Mining IC developed by Bitmine in co-operation with a team of expert engineers from Innosilicon.
Doesn't say bitmine bought the chip from a Chinese company.
I'm assuming that the R&D funds came from bitmine and it's customers and that Innosilicon was contracted by bitmine for R&D, ergo, bitmine retains IP rights of the A1 chip. Unless the use of the A1 chip in these Chinese 28nm miners has been authorised by bitmine, what we're seeing here is corporate theft and entities being in possession of or receiving these miners, liable for a criminal offence.
Precisely, we are the owner of the IP inside the A1 chip and the major contributor to the know-how of the inner workings that led to its development. We are aware of things like the one happening here and we even made a press release news concerning this matter:
http://bitmine.ch/?p=5178
Whoever purchases these does that on its own risk and may be liable in its own country since we hold IP on that.
Yes, that's China.
Bitmine doesn't think so. Until Innosilicon produces a statement contradicting bitmine's statement, it's bitmine's statement which carries weight.