Hello fellow buttcoiners, it has come to my attention that the FTC is doing a survey on Butterfly Labs magic bean machine. The questions focus around the time that the machine was ordered, if the machine was black, if you would buy the machine if you knew BFL was mining butts on it, if you knew BFL was mining butts on it, would you be okay with BFL mining butts on it, the date ordered, if you requested a refund, if you got said refund and the date the product was (or was not) received. It appears that either this is an elaborate hoax, or (as probable), the FTC wants to know if BFL misrepresented their business. Below is a copy of the email that was leaked to me.

Greetings,

ICF International is conducting an online survey on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), a federal agency that periodically conducts surveys of customers who have purchased various types of products and services. The goal of this survey is to better understand the experiences of customers when purchasing bitcoin mining machines. As one of a selected group of bitcoin mining machine purchasers, we would like you to participate in this short survey.

The survey is located at https://www.icfsurvey.com/FTC_BitCoin/gop.asp?BPI=********* and should take approximately 5 minutes of your time.

You can access the survey from any computer that has Internet access by clicking on the above Internet address or by copying the Internet address into your browser. The web address above includes a password that will enable you to exit the survey and re-enter at a later time. It will also protect any data you have entered if you experience any computer disruptions.

Your participation is voluntary and your individual responses will be kept confidential. No personally identifiable information will be associated with your responses in any reports of the data.

Please complete this survey no later than July 9, 2015. If you have any questions about the survey administration or are having problems accessing the survey, please contact the ICF help desk at SurveyBitcoin@icfsurveysupport.com.

Thank you in advance for your participation.

Michael Long Project Director ICF International