Butterfly Labs Bitcoin ASIC mining device arrives in New Zealand

Posted on May 15, 2013 by MineForeman. It happened, ever since last month when Josh from Butterfly Labs let slip that a developer unit of their new 5 GH/s ASIC bitcoin miner might be on its way to me I have had trouble sleeping. I have spent the days watching the courier van come and go, my friends, family and co-workers have even noted to me how down I look.

I had begun to think that Josh and Butterfly labs were running some cruel geek version of the classic Pavlov’s dog experiment on me.

That was until yesterday when I received a call saying that there was a package for me that has been sitting in the courier depot since the 2nd of May…. 12 days ago!!!

I don’t know how or why, but despite the big sign outside the company I work for (pictured below, Integral Limited, second one down) at 99 Sala Street the FedEx guys did not seem to have been able to find me and this poor ASIC miner had been sitting there gathering dust. Read more here: http://mineforeman.com/2013/05/15/butterfly-labs-bitcoin-asic-mining-device-arrives-in-new-zealand