I certainly hope that is the case, along with all the other shareholders. To flip the script for a moment, I have a question for you. At what point in 2014 would you start to lose faith in AM's ability to produce a profit out of Gen3 chips? Hypothetically speaking, if we were to enter October with nothing tangible, does this change your view on the company's ability to compete in the mining industry with force, going forward? It is worth noting that while FC has been more active in the forums of late, the "dividends in August" hope resulted from another shareholders claim of a conversation with FC, not from the Cat himself speaking to his shareholders here on the forum.
The information could be 100% valid, however I see so little coverage of that event and the lack of interviews and other information creates an environment where unless I hear it from the Cat himself, I am not getting my hopes up. The summer is about over, expect things to heat up soon if nothing tangible can be produced over the fall season.
You are right, the information about the dividends was't directly form FC, but it was from a translation of what he said at the salon meeting! So I guess the general consensus actually is that FC did state that, no one has said something contrary!
Well if they indeed have gained access to very cheap electricity, they may be able to mine for quite some time at a profit. I don't think their mining will become unprofitable this year. And FC said himself he intends to achieve the previous average hash rate with the current generation. And at the salon he said something along the lines of 25% with BE200 and BE300...
I definitely believe he still highly intends to pay at least some sort of dividends to shareholders.