Yes but the biggest problem seems to be that people think it's ok to learn about this and risk millions of peoples $ while doing that ...
... and just as bad, the people with millions of $ of hardware take those risks as well ... not sure if it's plain ignorance of the situation or if it is deception.
If I want to learn about flying a plane, really bad idea to do that on my own with a passenger jet full of hundreds of people ...
As I have told any 'newbie' since the Nexious theft
put 25 coins in escrow if not with me ,
with OgNasty or -ck
I will pay .25 btc to either of them to escrow the first block, and I will add .25 btc to the first block payout.
I will advise all miners to not join any new pool from a newbie.
Unless they at a minimum escrow the first block.
Which I will add .25btc to and either hold the escrow or pay someone like _ck or OgNasty .25btc in escrow funds.