I personally would never USE BFL in anything I am involved in but that is just my own take on BFL and the fact that Inaba tried to slander / libel me personally and get me fired. The other members in the WPC would have to make that decision as I am just one person with one set of ethical values.
I'm more-or-less aware of how that played out. It wasn't a question of whether you would, it was a
hypothetical on the premise that I despised BFL and you were supporting them by using their chips.
But that is different than say slagging off Marto or Lucko or anyone who does use chips. I posted my own personal distaste for people using these companies products but again at what point do you say blacklist Black Miner or others for using HF chips? I would submit most of the effort should be brought to bare on bringing HF to account for their less than ethical behavior to our community.
HF doesn't care about their initial customers and they certainly don't care about their promises. What they do care about is lining their pockets. They've already got people's money so now they're in the position of power. What other options are there? Where do you get the most leverage on getting HF to start holding up their end of the bargain? I could give you a hint but I think you see what I'm getting at.
HashFast_CL is a huge distraction and should simply be ignored and people need to focus on education of the community and LAWSUITS against HF to bring them down. Same with BFL, Avalon and those pirate A1's out of China.
Absolutely he is, and all he brings is negative publicity. Further his arrogant sociopath postings in this thread have now brought HF's troubles to the doorstep of Black Miner.
I am sure many might question the WPC for using A1 chips or using Minion chips if they have been wronged by Bitmine and Black Arrow but you know where you draw that line is important. I really think going after the company that caused the mess is the right way to battle against the thieves that pervade the community.
There are no rules in a street fight.
Having said that I would not be persuaded to buy boards or miners from anyone that uses these chips either but I am not about to make it my life's work to drag Black Miner and others like them to see the ethical light. Nope I'd rather tilt the windmill that is BFL, HF, Avalon and Pirate A1 chips before that. I think that is a fair and reasonable approach besides I don't have the time to play around in the 100's of incidents like this.
No I agree, you've definitely got your hands full trashing BFL at every possible opportunity. That's a full-time job right there.