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by bitcoin-fool
4802 days ago
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I agree it would take a long time and be unlikely for a single ASIC-purchasing party to reach 50%. Another organization, an ASIC-datacenter-hoster, could do it. BFL has an "ASIC hosting program" where those purchasing more powerful BFL machines can put their machines in an affiliate datacenter. There is real incentive to have one's ASICs hosted there, especially given that power requirements are 6-7 times originally forecast (one needs commercial space to run these now), and that this new hardware has an unknown failure rate and a real tangible cost to not working. The hosting center provides direct maintenance from BFL personnel, so one's machine shouldn't be down for more than a day or two for any failure. I wouldn't be surprised if a majority of BFL ASIC purchasers opt to host their hardware in this datacenter. The hosting program could lead to the mining pool (the default option is for your BFL ASIC to join the mining pool) at the datacenter having > 50%, under complete control of the affiliate datacenter. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5584783 |
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