I have been in contact with skyfromwell and seeksilence for a few weeks now.

They have been very evasive on disclosing chips, pcb, and now even an evaluation unit.   Every single time a question came up...they have been very evasive.

And those answers actually led to more questions.


Here is my take:

From the sounds of it and the 1 on 1 dialogue with skyfromwell and seeksilence on QQ.

They probably have stolen or infringed on the Bitmine 28nm chip IP.   The demo unit they told me they would send 7 days ago has not arrived.   They came back and asked for $6000 USD.

If I am to be a distributor of their product I am not dropping $6000 on a unit that is worth $3000.

I work in the chip packaging industry as well...stuff like stealing chip IP happens a lot in China.

While, I do not doubt they do have a working miner, I would advise great caution until a trusted Bitcointalk member can verify they are running an entirely legitimate business.

Very Respectfully,

GreaterNinja

I've had official confirmation from bitmine directly that, while they do have ongoing dispute with a Chinese company, that I am free to develop for this device without fear of legal recourse provided the driver does not use the bitmine or coincraft name to reference any aspect of these devices or drivers. They have also said they will only release an official statement once the issue has been resolved. While this more or less confirms my own suspicions with respect to what's going on, I don't feel the need to speculate further on the matter and will return to concentrate purely on the software matters irrespective of what other people have to say on the issue.