Butterfly Labs Offers Lifetime Warranty, ASIC Competition Surges On
About three months ago, Butterfly Labs was the first to announce a specialized Bitcoin mining device based on a technology with the potential to massively increase the computing power of the Bitcoin network per unit power and cost: the ASIC. ASIC, or application specific integrated circuit, is a technology taking specialization to a whole new level.....
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Finally, after more than a year of waiting, those who preordered the 5GH/s Jalapeno ASIC Bitcoin miner from Butterfly Labs should start receiving their orders. Butterfly Labs announced today that nearly every Jalapeno order through July 3rd 2012 has been shipped out. They have promised that every backlogged order will be shipped within the next 90 days and this morning they posted a picture up of over 100 units that were on their way out the door. Butterfly Labs has been the source of much excitement and almost equal scorn since they started taking orders for their much anticipated ASIC....
Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjr has confirmed that a prototypes Butterfly Labs ASIC is now hashing. The device is still far from full capacity, pushing out only 25 GH/s at a power consumption of 180 watts, but this is nevertheless the first definitive proof that Butterfly Labs is producing a legitimate product, and is not too far from finally releasing its first batch. Butterfly Labs' Josh Zerlan also recently provided updates on the state of Butterfly Labs' production in an IRC channel. The core of the conversation is this: BFL_Josh: Well guys, I had planned on updating everyone with a....
Butterfly Labs has announced it will begin selling bulk ASIC chips for bitcoin mining starting this month. While some Bitcoiners on Butterfly Labs' forum welcomed the news, many others are expressing skepticism or frustration in light of the Kansas-based company's lengthy delays in fulfilling orders for ASIC mining devices. Butterfly Labs announced late last month that it was starting to ship its ASIC products, which were originally announced in June of 2012. Following Butterfly Labs' latest announcement about bulk sales of chips, a number of commenters have taken to reddit and the Bitcoin....
Butterfly Labs, makers of specialty Bitcoin-mining machines, just announced the Butterfly Labs Monarch, an insanely powerful new ASIC at CES 2014. This machine can mine at a whopping 600 GH/s while using 350 W of power. Despite it's hefty $2196 price tag, BFL claims that the Monarch is cheaper and more efficient than its competition. Gadget blog Gizmodo has some great images of the insides of the Monarch as well as a water cooling system prototype. While this is all really impressive, Butterfly Labs has come under fire in the past for taking several months to deliver products with very....
Disclaimer: Bitcoin Magazine has previously run advertisements for Butterfly Labs. This article was written independently of this fact. -Ed. In an upcoming article in our next issue of Bitcoin Magazine, Butterfly Labs, arguably the market leader of manufacturing and selling Bitcoin mining equipment, has released a sneak preview of their current state of development for their ASIC-based Bitforce SC line of computers, scheduled to be released in late November or December. As a sneak peek, we have two images for you. The company has responded to recent criticism with some images. The photo....