Hosting Agreements and Uptime SLAs
After reviewing many hosting agreements, Aviran has found that the dangerous gaps are rarely in the rate schedule. They are in the uptime SLA definition, the force majeure clause, and what happens to a customer's hardware during a dispute. He explains what these terms mean in practice and how a site is supposed to perform against them.
Standard of Care for Site Operators
He opines on the standard of care a competent bitcoin mining host should follow, from severe-weather response to monitoring, maintenance, and communication with customers. He authored an operations manual covering site operations, reliability, and severe-weather response, so his standard-of-care opinions are grounded in written practice.
ASIC Failure Causation and Damages
When miners fail, causation is often contested. Aviran has testified on the cause of ASIC hardware failures following winter-storm events and on whether a claimant manufactured the conditions that led to the loss. He also assesses damages models for defects rooted in unrealistic operational assumptions.
Common Questions
What is an ASIC hosting dispute?
It is a disagreement between a mining site operator and its customer over hosting performance, usually involving uptime, power, hardware condition, or the terms of the hosting agreement.
Can you determine why miners failed?
Yes. Aviran evaluates causation from operational records, site conditions, and hardware diagnostics, and can testify to what a competent operator would have done.
Evaluating a crypto dispute?
Aviran offers a no-charge conflict check and initial case review. Chicago based, available nationwide.