i mine hoping that BTC will be worth $200 one day.
oh wait, thats today!
...how about $300?
oh wait, thats today!
...how about $300?
How about 2k?
Topic: Why are you mining BTC? (Read 4348 times)
How about 2k?
No gold or silver seams where I live so I have to mine something
Just dig it under your house, who knows you might found something valuable
i mine hoping that BTC will be worth $200 one day.
oh wait, thats today!
...how about $300?
oh wait, thats today!
...how about $300?
Mining helps me keep the voices in my head to a minimum. As long as I mine, THEY will leave me alone.
You need some doctor
It's a hobby that helps keeps my technical skills sharp. That, and I love the concept of Bitcoin.
This. 100% this.
People who buy miners with massive amount of gH/s is hoping to hit the big motherload, and/or to support the network.
I just like the blicking LED on the block erupter. ^^
I just like the blicking LED on the block erupter. ^^
Do people really care about supporting the network? I think most people only care about more money
People who buy miners with massive amount of gH/s is hoping to hit the big motherload, and/or to support the network.
I just like the blicking LED on the block erupter. ^^
I just like the blicking LED on the block erupter. ^^
cause I'm greedy (on a serious note, I'm actually losing money on mining, I will never recoup the investment...)
(on a serious note, I'm actually losing money on mining, I will never recoup the investment...)Im in the same boat, who knows we would lose money on mining like few months back...
cause I'm greedy (on a serious note, I'm actually losing money on mining, I will never recoup the investment...)
(on a serious note, I'm actually losing money on mining, I will never recoup the investment...)
Profit, no body would wanna buy ASIC that can only mine Crypto and not want to profit from it right?
i think miners are doing it for hobby/network securing
investors are moving on from mining (at least at this time) to shares and things like that.
investors are moving on from mining (at least at this time) to shares and things like that.
That didn't work for me, it just started the voices.
MUST CHECK MINER
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Mining helps me keep the voices in my head to a minimum. As long as I mine, THEY will leave me alone.
No gold or silver seams where I live so I have to mine something
It's a hobby that helps keeps my technical skills sharp. That, and I love the concept of Bitcoin.
Please don't take into consideration of future BTC price. You might as well just buy BTC if you are using that as a base..
I am not a miner myself. However, as far as I understand from the charts, mining BTC has not been profitable the last months. Actuall the profit margin is abt -500%! This means the cost is 5 times the profit. I have previously believed that the mining cost would align itself close to the bitcoin price, due to people start mining when profit is good, and leaving it when its negative. Apparently this is not the case - or? Would like to be enlightened on this matter (I find it very interesting).
blockchains stats work out to to posit each gigahash is approximately 600W well we all know that lately asic vendors push <1 watt per gigahash. Your figure is incorrect.
I mine because the value can exponentially growth
I am not a miner myself. However, as far as I understand from the charts, mining BTC has not been profitable the last months. Actuall the profit margin is abt -500%! This means the cost is 5 times the profit. I have previously believed that the mining cost would align itself close to the bitcoin price, due to people start mining when profit is good, and leaving it when its negative. Apparently this is not the case - or? Would like to be enlightened on this matter (I find it very interesting).
The TL;DR is pre-order. The feedback loop you've described depends on miners being able to calculate overall profitability. With exponential difficulty rise, combined with having to order your gear at least three months in advance, it's virtually impossible. For KNC, a company that delivered gear above spec hashrate-wise, and (for my example) within weeks of their stated deadline, this goofy gif explains it quicker than i could
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The miners were pre-ordered *all the way at the left side of the gif*, at ~200 network speed.
They started hashing *all the way at the right side of the gif*, when network speed was over 2,000,00. Exactly three months. Ouch.
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