I have asked this in an e-mail yesterday and received NO response to this point (i.e., Who gets preferential treatment).  Do they base it on which customers have purchased the most gear?  Lord knows but would like it confirmed...

I know gigavps and Inaba but otherwise I am in the dark.

Care to share the rest ?

Well technically by the time they're ready to ship out the units, they've had all of everyone's money for months, so it really shouldn't matter to them.

Well the best hope for BFL ASIC customers is that since BFL already has their money, they wait until they have nearly ALL the units ready to ship for those who pre-ordered and they ship them all at the same time.

Incremental shipping is what will kill those who get their units weeks or months after the first units are shipped, like they did with the singles.

If BFL gave a shit, they would announce pre-orders over a specific time period based on their estimated production time. Tell people to pre-order over a specific window, say 30 or 60 days and tell them ALL units will be shipped at the same time, doesn't matter of you are first or last to order during the window.

So say they can produce 200 small units, 100 medium units and 50 large units.

Take those 350 orders as pre-orders and ship all 350 within say 2-3 days. This gives everyone an even chance to see if they can make this work as an investment.

People will then be able to easily estimate how much hashing power is coming online and go from there.

I know who they are, LOOK!

Sorry for the confusion.  As I posted earlier, I had it backwards.


I was proposing to trade in my $1200 worth of old Singles (qty 2) in on $2600 worth of new SC Singles (qty 2) and paying the difference of $1400.  It doesn't sound like that will be a problem.

fail analogy tbh...

the resale of a car is easier then the resale of a useless & used fpga dino.

Durex is selling HyperScrew condoms, but is facing increasing competition from Trojan and it's impacting the bottom line. Some of the lab geeks have been talking about some new condom technology combining the best of latex protection and a vibrator. Since it's a year away, Durex announces they'll be taking preorders for HyperScrew SC (Super Coitus), but if you buy a regular HyperScrew they'll accept your nasty useless used condom in on trade. They'll wash it out and repackage it for AIDS prevention in Africa while charging NGOs full price, keeping the preorder money for a year, killing Trojan's sales while not cannibalizing their own.

In a year's time, HyperScrew SC hits the market, and is a revolution. Guys with SC start railing all the chicks, and difficulty of getting laid explodes. Everyone curses Durex, but is forced to buy their products to avoid being forever alone. In the end everyone buys in and things go back to the status quo, expect everyone's a little poorer and Durex is filthy rich.

Best post ever written!