Selling my bitcoin miner, but I think I might be getting scammed.

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Quote from: Oakd009 on January 17, 2014, 12:07:23 AM

So I put up my miner on craigslist, and I've had some interest in it. One guy is asking me to connect to btc guild under his bitcoin address so he can monitor it running for an hour to see how it works. Is there a way he can hijack my machine to always mine from there on out? Is there anyway I could get screwed by letting the machine mine under his info in the pool? It sounds sketchy.

Let me know what you guys think.

He can't hijack your machine - all he can do is "steal" your mining power by asking you to mine for him for an hour.

CryptoCurrencyInc.com

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The only thing he can hijack is the free bitcoin your miner is mining for him.

theG57

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Quote from: sase007 on January 17, 2014, 12:49:32 AM

Can you read... week? U serious? Huh

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What are you selling? The mining rig Specs I mean....
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Nop missed that, skimmed it. Oh well, I've been awake 32 hours now. Maybe I should sleep? Can you ever forgive me sase007? Please master, I's never do it again. Please sir.
Now where's my peanut butter?..

sase007

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Quote from: theG57 on January 17, 2014, 12:46:20 AM

Nah, you'll just be mining for him for a bit that's all. Of course use common sense! If he tells you to let it running for a week or something unreal. Say "no" to him. I would hook it up his address let it run no more then 15 minutes.

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What are you selling? The mining rig Specs I mean....

it running for an hour to see how it works

Can you read... week? U serious? Huh

theG57

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Nah, you'll just be mining for him for a bit that's all. Of course use common sense! If he tells you to let it running for a week or something unreal. Say "no" to him. I would hook it up his address let it run no more then 15 minutes.

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What are you selling? The mining rig Specs I mean....

imamamandyou

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escrow is the way to go!

sase007

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Nope,
It is perfectly ok,
he just want to see if miner is ok and if you're not a scamer.
There is no way to "hack" or "hijack" your miner, lol Cheesy

And always use escrow

Steelie

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I think he just wanna check out the performance of the miner that you are going to sell.

No way he could hijack your miner. After all, the physical miner is with you. You can change the settings, etc on your end unless your network is unsecure and he changes your network password or something, in which case, you could just switch off your miner.

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So I put up my miner on craigslist, and I've had some interest in it. One guy is asking me to connect to btc guild under his bitcoin address so he can monitor it running for an hour to see how it works. Is there a way he can hijack my machine to always mine from there on out? Is there anyway I could get screwed by letting the machine mine under his info in the pool? It sounds sketchy.

Let me know what you guys think.

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