Spotlite USA Confirms Its Kodak KashMiner Venture Is Canned

2018-7-18 20:00

There have always been concerns as to whether or not Kodak was ever interested in the cryptocurrency industry. The corporation was allegedly linked to a new Bitcoin miner, although the company issuing this hardware has confirmed that will not happen. The Kodak KashMiner will never make its way into people’s homes, which is not entirely surprising.

No Kodak Bitcoin Miner

January of 2018 was a very interesting month for the cryptocurrency industry. Although all major cryptocurrencies saw a major influx of fresh capital around that time, a fair few companies hopped on the bandwagon as well. This has led to all sorts of crazy announcements over the past few months, although most of these plans will never come to fruition when everything is said and done.

In the case of Spotlite USA, its Kodak KashMiner is not coming to market after all. Despite showing off a prototype unit at CES 2018, the company has since confirmed the mining unit is not feasible in the long run. Licensing the Kodak brand for its own products was not the smartest idea when it came to this cryptocurrency miner.

The company has faced many allegations that its mining unit was a “scam” from day one. Industry experts are not too amused by so many companies claiming to offer cryptocurrency mining hardware, especially since it is very difficult to actually do so. Attaching major brand names to this hardware is not the best course of action for the industry as a whole. Moreover, the projected profits associated with the KashMiner were simply unrealistic.

According to a BBC report, the Kodak KashMiner was also never officially licensed. That in itself is very problematic, for rather obvious reasons. Spotlite USA had announced a very peculiar business model associated with the miner as well. Users would have to pay an upfront fee, yet they would never own the device in question. Both of these aspects combined made for an unsustainable business model.

Regarding the upfront investment, Spotlite USA had claimed investors would earn it back within 10 months. Considering that mining contracts would be agreed upon for two full years, this would allow investors to earn a lot of money very quickly. Since these returns were all but guaranteed by the parent company, it is only natural that critics would scrutinize the system as a whole.

Moreover, it appears the SEC was also involved in shutting down this venture. The agency prevented Spotlite USA from launching its cryptocurrency mining unit, although no specifics have been provided on that front. For now, it seems the company will continue to run its own mining operation, but it will no longer extend this service to potential customers.

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Смерть ASIC-майнера. KashMiner от Kodak остался лишь фантазией

В январе на технологической выставке CES в Лас-Вегасе компания Kodak, чье имя у всего мира ассоциируется с фотокамерами, решила постараться войти в мир криптовалют и майнинга. Её KashMiner обещал принести 9000 долларов, но стоил треть от этой суммы.

2018-7-18 10:00


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Компании под брендом Kodak не удалось осуществить свои замыслы

Представители компании Spotlite, держателя лицензии Kodak, 16 июля признали в интервью BBC, что проект аренды биткоин-майнеров под брендом Kodak едва ли сможет развиваться так, как задумывалось. Об этом пишет Coinspot.

2018-7-18 09:03


Компания Kodak опровергла факт лицензирования нового биткоин-майнера

Компания Spotlite USA, разработчик биткоин-майнера KashMiner, никогда не получала лицензию на использование бренда Kodak для продвижения нового устройства. Об этом заявил официальный представитель Kodak в комментарии для BBC.

2018-7-17 18:13


Дебют устройств для майнинга от Kodak провалился

Получившее широкое освещение в прессе партнерство между Kodak и производителем майнингового оборудования Spotlite так и не было реализовано, что вызвало шквал критики. Впервые продукт для майнинга KashMiner был продемонстрирован на стенде Kodak на техвыставке в Лас-Вегасе, когда еще велись переговоры о возможном партнерстве между двумя компаниями.

2018-7-17 15:49