Cloud mining is a ponzi scheme but people keep invest because they believe about the promise profit. They wont last long, when they get lot of btc the site will shut down and run away
I heard many times that they are ponzi schemes but nobody ever proved that they are, or atleast give good arguments.
Please clarify, i`m really interested why you think they are ponzi?
I mean if you buy a contract from them, then they buy mining equipment on that money, and they give you a share % of what they earned from mining based on the % of what you invested. Sounds sustainable income to me.
Of course it works only if the BTC price wont fall any more, but it sounds legit to me, please prove that this is not the case.
i am planning to buy some cloud miner . I also want to know why is ponzi schemes.
A ponzi scheme is where investors' money is used to payout early investors' profits.
They eventally collapse.
I know what it is, but this doesnt seem like a ponzi to me, if they invest the money that they gain from investors into ASIC miner equipment, then it sounds legit.
Of course it carries a risk if the BTC price drops, but other than that, if done properly i see no risk.
Ok but that doesnt mean that the cloudmining itself is a scam, it means only that certain mining companies can not be trusted, but it doesnt tell anything about whole industry as such.
The industry looks legit to me, maybe we need the companies to come forward and show us some proof that they actually mine, but other than that, i see no problem