Here you go:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=66802.msg1339070#msg1339070

You are incorrect. If the picture that has been shown on forums is truly Sonny, hashking is not Sonny. 
I thought hashking had already been doxed.  He is a greek guy (or at least of greek descent).  He runs a Real Estate office somewhere Northern Illinois if I remember correctly. I want to say Rockford, but I don't think that's right. Maybe Woodstock/Freeport? I actually had a bunch of info I had provided to someone on forum to help track him down.  Not sure whatever happened to that stuff.

wonder why cowboyminer deleted his recent posts about his mining farm fire

This picture is way too reminiscent of the pirateat40 meetup in vegas

I read thru your proposal, and some sections (including 4.5) several times. The "fault tolerant" approach did catch my eye, seeing as I came from a similar design environment.  I tend to read more than shoot my mouth off, so I didn't really think to comment.  Please forgive my fellow bitcoin enthusiasts, but you'll have to agree that any ASIC manufacturer not only has to prove their own mettle, but also overcome the stigma the majority of every ASIC manufacturer that has come before them.  Just take a quick look at the "scam accusations" subforum and you'll understand.

I wish you good luck in your endeavour and will be watching closely.  God knows the bitcoin space needs more honest and on-time delivery of mining hardware.

people need to stop looking at it this way.  it just doesn't make sense.  the machine mines btc not fiat.

capital investment in btc, return in btc.  If it doesn't make financial sense looking at it this way, factoring in fiat exchange rate to make the investment look better is bullshit. The "improvement" in the return because you include the fiat exchange rate of BTC, doesn't make the investment viable.  You may as well skip the hassle of buying and maintaining the hardware and avoiding the electric costs and simply buy the btc and sit on it. This is what I believe is the number one mistake newbies (and some not-so-newbies) make when they are calculating the return on their btc hardware.  The one and only reason I bought the hardware is to continue my involvement in the btc community and support decentralization of btc mining.  I just wish that it didn't cost so much to support my habit. ASIC manufacturers are making a killing selling this stuff to people that think they are going to find gold (ala 1849).  Again, I have to emphasize to everyone thinking they are going to buy hardware and make btc, the risk of the unknown future difficulty is not worth the measly return you think you are going to get but more likely probably won't. If you want to support the bitcoin network, buy bitcoin and spend it on things you normally would buy with fiat at vendors that accept bitcoin.  This will do more to support bitcoin than purchasing a piece of bitcoin mining hardware.  If you realize you won't make a return on your hardware purchase, but are buying it to be involved in the community and support the network, etc, etc.. then go ahead and buy one.


Disclaimer: I am an S2 Batch 1 customer and I do not expect any of the S2s I purchased to ROI. I paid a bit over 6BTC per unit. I don't expect the hardware to make more than 5.75btc/unit before the end of October, by which time the amount of btc this generates will be miniscule.

Why not just buy BTC then?  You'll make a better return. 

I'll just leave this here:

https://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/petition-to-remove-mark-karpeles-from-the-board-of-the-bitcoin-foundation#share

Just bumping this to the top.. hoping to get admins attention to the fact that 50btc is a thief/liar/scammer

Incorrect..


You are wrong..  I'm owed approximately 15btc that was mined over several days.  50BTC can easily confirm my rather long history of twice daily payouts that stopped on October 17, 2013.  I left my miners on the pool for several days after being unable to withdraw hoping/assuming it was a temporary glitch. I pulled my entire farm off the pool 5 days later. I have emailed support@50btc.com and have not received a satisfactory response. 

+1  and the fact that the OP has yet to be marked a scammer even after I properly followed forum guidelines on reporting a scam leads me to believe that the forum administration is not interested in following up on this situation.

Gotta wonder how many sock puppet accounts 50btc has.. 

PSA: Please don't mine at this pool.

The pool operator(s) are/is not being truthful and forthright.  With all the other pool options available out there to mine with, why in the world would you consider mining on this pool.  They've disappeared with miners' coins once.  They obviously have no remorse for having done it, ergo they'd be more than willing to do it again.

Also,  if you've lost btc mined at 50btc please post in this thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=359277.0

Thank you.

Nah, not a hater   Just an "personality" that likes to keep tabs on scammers

I got to say, I'm stunned at the amount of btc people are leaving with pools.  I have to think that people leaving that amount of coin in the hands of pools and their pool operators is part of the reason for pools being able to pull off shit like this.  Hasn't anyone heard of daily withdrawals?

Amount so that I can add it to the tally in the OP?

classic scam tactic.  many scammers do this.  I'd refer you to pirateat40.


Now you are just being silly.  Do you have any idea how much they walked off with?

JackPatrick,

Based on your post history, I have to surmise you are a 50btc shill? Sorry.. I have no loyalties to any pool.

gjpminingco, sorry to say but the B.S. they are feeding everyone via skype sounds like pirateat40 v2.0


Really?  If you lost a computer/laptop that had you skype account, you wouldn't be able to find some other way to log into skype to contact your VIPs?
Give me a fucking break with that excuse 50BTC.  Have you lost your login/password to this forum too?

Everyone who lost mining rewards mining on this pool, please post in this thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=359277

Thanks!

What happened::

50BTC.com (member) ran 50BTC.com mining pool.  On about October 18 2013 the pool stopped payouts of mining earnings.  Suspiciously, this was right after an announcement that they would be switching to DGM reward method from PPS.  50BTC.com (member) has not been on the forum since October 28, 2013. 50BTC.com claims pool was conveniently hacked and all mining earnings were lost.  Lack of communication and avoiding questions from pool members makes the situation appear very fishy.

Scammers Profile Link:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=48525

Reference Link:

Problems on pool start here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=54673.840

Amount Scammed:

At least 1440.17022966 BTC

arklan: .05BTC
Exidous: 33BTC
bennybong: 91BTC
ak47eu: 82.44BTC
goligo: 59BTC
inkadnb: 3BTC
Meyblaubaer: 71BTC
zero9119 0.73 BTC
SmileLee 13.37036 + 8.5731 BTC
Wiserommer 31 BTC
AndyMutz 20 BTC
forzendiablo 60 BTC
RedRobin2442 1.25 BTC
AyCe .024 BTC
tarmi 2.93 BTC
Shadow80 85 BTC
kllr123 4.5 BTC
Evan 750 BTC
Bitconian  11 BTC
dlasher 68 BTC
specgamer  0.0492 BTC
gjpminingco  44.25356966 btc

{updated Dec 20 2013}