Sorry my mistake. I thought you were implying it was being used in attacks. My misunderstanding. A manufactuer makes ASICs to sell… Lets say they do spend 50 million on hardware, 16,000 units by your math. They can do what Bitmain does. pre-orders 3+ months before they ship out. Mine with the machines while they wait for a certain amount of orders to be filled. Once a threshold of orders have been met, use the machines to attack some coins to make EXTRA money before you ship them out. Step ...
