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mircea_popescu: well... it's to be expected, scam slowly moves towards the bottoms of spamvertising
mircea_popescu: "other, smaller venues which deliver actual mining units which you are invited to consider as peripheral to our five boxes of fans"
mircea_popescu: As we continue to ship more product, the majority of the hashrate on the network is provided by Butterfly Labs equipment. <<< lol.
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla im pretty sure that if anon says "scammer" many times things happen.
mircea_popescu: fractal i'd link you to the article if i actually had a motherfducking blog ;/
mircea_popescu: fractal it's because they want to be part of the thing.
mircea_popescu: so basically you make over infinity time about 4x what you make in the first month.
mircea_popescu: i must agree, steamboat is handling tyhings pretty well considering.
mircea_popescu: what the fuck is this paranoia. what are they anchoring it against, hurricane force winds ?
mircea_popescu: fractal i think it happened once or twice, there was some bet about some sporting event or pageant or w/e that got cancelled.
mircea_popescu: suppose people want refunds enough for a batch and a half. what then ? they refund one bach onl;y, as the 2nd isn't whole.
mircea_popescu: fractal nope. the idea is that if the wording is too vague people don't bet.
mircea_popescu: the resolution time is when the bet is actually resolved.
mircea_popescu: Anduck more likely to be a yes than if they don't get delivered.
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves drop them a bitbet link see what they say >D
mircea_popescu: "why do ocean liners work like ocean liners, rather than like salvage boats ? wouldn't it be better if they were salvage boats themselves, rather than dump salvage boats on the ocean when needed ?"
mircea_popescu: fractal not really. they're one thing, not all things.
mircea_popescu: this is why our miners are asicminer and bitfury not intel and samsung.
mircea_popescu: this is why start-ups compete with them, and successfully.
mircea_popescu: what costs 100k to make on b row costs 10mn to make in hollywood. simply how these things work.
mircea_popescu: fractal you're confusing a) shoestring operations with intel and b) cointerra wityh someone that matters.
mircea_popescu: i've rarely met people capable of making others stupid just through contact, like gmaxwell is. some talent.
mircea_popescu: there's no way they can justify half a bn of expenditure.
mircea_popescu: fractal no dude. they would need, if they are starting right now, about half a billion in costs.
mircea_popescu: incredible how complex bitcoin really is. no wonder so many people try to prey on the innocent.
mircea_popescu: ok, im claiming i have a miniaturized woman that's 2 inches tall and shits little diamonds.
mircea_popescu: your 2th chips eat what, 500 watts per chip ? wehat is this, 1955 ?
mircea_popescu: 14nm is MAYBE 3x as efficient per gram of silicon as 28nm.
mircea_popescu: they need a 620 TH run delivered this second, or else a 1.2Ph run delivered in a coupla months.
mircea_popescu: fractal do the math. what'd it take intel to 50% the network right now ?
mircea_popescu: dude... it's clearly your attempt to anull 3d printing.
mircea_popescu: this would be equivalent to saying "let's change death so that people no longer can get killed by projectiles"
mircea_popescu: let's consider a similar case. if the 3d printer people could print guns
mircea_popescu: the entire thing is a ploy to try and take some control back from the people.
mircea_popescu: you CAN'T fab your own hdd+ ram+etc for a "normal computer"
mircea_popescu: the only way to make miners on your system is to buy parts made by corps.
mircea_popescu: fractal more important : there are dozens of people who can make their own miners as it is now.