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Is Butterfly Labs reputable / Should I preorder the SC Jalepeno?

I'm somewhat new to the mining scene but I'm a bit familiar with everything. I see that GPU mining will become much less cost effective over the next year or so, especially around December when the block reward size drops to 25 BTC. As an entry…
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Why doesn't Butterfly Labs use their ASIC machines for their own mining process?

Butterfly Labs produces ASIC hardware for bitcoin mining. I guess it is cheap for them to produce a 1500 Ghash/sec machine. They could have many of them for a very reduced price. Why, instead of selling them, do not they use them for their own…
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Is there time-to-failure data available for any of the BFL products?

Butterfly Labs (BFL) is offering a few mining products which look to be based on some sort of FPGA or ASIC but I can't find any reliable data on what parts they're using or their manufacturing techniques. I'd like to factor device cost into the…
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What's a better investment? Buying an ASIC-based mining rig, or buying bitcoin itself?

Seems like some miners are saying they would have made more money by simply buying and holding Bitcoin, rather than mining it. Is that likely to be the case going forward? I know I'm asking for speculation -- but, if one is working under the bullish…
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Is there a version of EasyMiner for Mac?

I'm thinking about possibly getting a BitForce Jalapeno (http://products.butterflylabs.com/4-5gh-bitcoin-miner.html) It says that it needs "EasyMiner" which is only for Windows. (The download page links to a .exe file). Does anyone know if they're…
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Can a Butterfly Labs Mini Rig SC cause health concerns if stored in a bedroom?

Assuming heat and noise factors are not a concern, are there any additional issues (radiation) to be concerned about? How far should this device be stored away from children's play rooms and sleeping rooms? Can it be in a locked ventilated…
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Which coins can butterfly-labs miners mine

Can I use a butterfly-labs miner to mine any crypto-currency?
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Delay of shipping mining equipment on purpose?

Is the delay in shipping mining equipment on purpose? Couldnt the manufacturer mine with the new hardware and deliver it in a few month, as said to be a production problem, but mining itself until the difficult level is too high, all on purpose, and…
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Are there alternatives to ButterflyLabs?

there's something I want to address... I want to get into mining business, but the problem is that BFLabs has that problem of delays and uncertainty for the shipping date. I want to buy 5 rigs of 500 GHash/s each one, but to have nearly $120k USD…
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Where is it possible to buy an ASIC?

I know of Avalon and Butterfly Labs, but they aren't currently shipping. Does anyone know where, if anywhere it is possible to order and receive shipment before the year's out?
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Is the minimum amount of money required to purchase >50% hash power equal to max worth of all existing bitcoins?

20 BFL Bitforce Mini Rigs (each, $30k) will give about 30THash/Sec hash power for $600k. That's way above 60% of hash power of then total 51THash/Sec. 10.694M total Bitcoin * $18.5 current mtgox best ask rate = $197.839M So, BFL should ship at least…
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How is a Butterfly Labs Bitforce Single powered?

Its website says it uses 80W of power, so that's too much for a USB port. How does it receive it's power? Can it run on a 240V power supply, or does it need 110V? Note I'm not asking about the newer "Bitforce Single (SC)", which hasn't been shipped…
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Butterfly Jalapeño for Dogecoin?

Can a Butterfly Jalapeño be used to mine dogecoin? If so, is it cost effective, compared to it's bitcoin mining cost effectiveness?
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How to open a Butterflylabs miner?

How to open a Butterfly 5GH/s miner and replace the fan? I don't see any screws at the outside.
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Is ASIC miner worth my money?

I started to mine BTC recently with my single 7970, and I'm getting 590MH speed on it. Using some BTC profit calculators that I've found on the internet tell me I could earn ~$300-400 worth of BTC annually. Since I have only one PC that I use for…
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