Guys - Les received the boards today and ... they have a problem.  The fab dropped 2 of our layers, producing a 2-layer PCB (no internal interconnects).  We identified the problem immediately, got it fixed, and the fab is now expediting new PCBs on a 5-day turn.  We are seeking to expedite each additional step this is going to take, but we *will* lose 3 - 5 days here (and 10's of thousands of $$$)

Steps we are taking:
-2-day turn verification rig in production now
-send a team member to China to in-person test this rig
-expedite all stages of PCB production, assembly & delivery

Since we will be right up against our retail delivery timeframe, we are going to have to use the 100TH boards for filling retail product.  Due to this, Tytus has announced an increased hashrate supply to our 100TH investors of 200TH total, to be deployed in the next two months cumulatively (not all at once at the end).

We are as upset at the delay/fakap as you are I'm sure.  This is one of the side affects of pushing such a fast track project, but we are making it right.  Believe me we want this stuff hashing as much as anyone and we are pulling out all the stops to get it done.

Correct. The m-boards are 2 layers by design.

We will get retail boards out before the 100TH -> 200TH begins to build up.  It will happen fast though, once the retail kits are out the door.  It was bound to happen anyway, somewhere on the network...

I'm still planning on producing rev 2 M-boards domestically, similar to what Niko is doing, so it shouldn't change your plans with respect to powering the boards.

Case designs?   Dave doesn't sell cases...

Thanks for understanding - we took a big risk fast-tracking these boards but we felt it was worth it.  We depended on a Gerber export service provided by the experts we enlisted for PCB production.  Somehow, this happened.  We are stunned actually - its the little things that get you.

We hope to have verified, tested factory boards in about 3 days.  This last FedEx "overnight" shipment took 5 days to reach Tytus and that is unacceptable.  Poor Niko will have to get on a plane again to do this for us.  For you Euro customers, he may ship direct from the factory - we are looking at the logistics of it.

Meanwhile we are not sitting still on that.  We are setting up other sources of manufacture and assembly, both to support larger quantity of product, but also to avoid shit like this in the future...

For the record: nothing wrong with M-boards.  Nothing wrong with chips.  We ate the cost for bad PCBs and some scrapped boards that may get depopped if it ever makes sense.

100th->200th would make these retail miners less valuable - sigh
it'd be nice for a discount or price drop based on this - we'll see