Any new info on the sub $1000 product that they were considering?
I don't think there were explicitly considering sub-$1,000, they just made a cheaper device, the Mercury. They don't want to do sub $1k because they don't want the support headache of having thousands of customers.
They can't do anything less considering each chip is 100GH and the Mercury is a 1 Chip unit.
Can't split chips in 1/2.
True enough. Personally, I'd like to see their next product with entirely new gen-2 designed chips, assuming this batch comes off without a hitch.
You realize we've still got 4 long years until the next block-reward halving in 2017, and goddamn are we the lucky ones ^_^ Future generations will envy heavily the chance to actually mine even one entire bitcoin... per day. That will be an astounding, eye-opening thing to tell your grandchildren.
Grampa: "Yes Johnny, I once solo-mined a block and got 25 bitcoin."
J: "25 bitcoin, Grampa?! You could buy anything!"
Grampa: *chuckles* "Not quite anything, kiddo. But I did eventually buy this island with one of 'em."
