Time to Test. For What it is Not Worth.29 Jan 2024 13:32
Firstly there is some confusion over what they are testing. They supposedly have hardware solution(s) but these have not been implemented. Intel was a proof of concept where they would have got to propose modifications but Intel blew that up. The other, patent applied for, proposals require intervention when the masks are laid out. This is why they babble about having an in with the suggested ASIC people.
The AI stuff is being used under the SaaS proposition to supposedly protect their IP. This is the one that purportedly increases the probability of finding a solution by a factor of 2.6 You have been told again and again and again that this is a statistical problem. You have been given the sums. One Rig on ~One Rig would take in excess of 40 years to see any meaningful results. 1,000 rigs might show a significant result after a month but, as a miner, you would want to apply confidence levels so probably two months.
As a result of the companies abysmal PR we have no idea what they may or may not have started or when it may have started if at all. There may be hopeful blathering about NDA and other get outs but that's just clutching at straws. It would cost them nothing to announce they have begun testing on a given number of rigs and state how long that testing would take and why before they saw results. They haven't.
No amount of wheedling about or begging off can excuse that. Your only conclusion can be that they have not, as yet, scored a client who will donate enough rigs to permit proper testing of their ideas and, once again, if and when that happens and it is announced you will be waiting another two months for the testing to conclude. Furthermore the longer this is dragged out without an announcement the more you will have to think that they have nothing or the barriers to market entry are insurmountable.