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First I would like to start with a little background on me. I'm currently in college going for a degree in computer programming. Some languages I have had the joy of playing with are Java, JavaScript, C++, HTML, and CSS. I have also taken classes in Android development and Software engineering. Before I started my journey in programming I was a networking major so I do know a few things about Linux and basics about servers/switches/routers.

 A few weeks ago I started to think of ways to use some of the things I know with Bitcoin. I quickly learned there is not many apps made for Bitcoin. I started to think of what would be something people would want as an app. I thought of a virtual mine. The problem that I ran into is that I don't own a mine to give mining power to people. so the app would have to make its own income. Hence the game part of it.

My first step was to research what is new in the mining world I found out that Bitfury is making a self hosted cargo container mining farm. http://bitfury.com/products#container-datacenter (http://bitfury.com/products#container-datacenter) This looked like a good idea to base the game off of. Basically a player would have to buy land, container, and internet which would be the basic bill for a real mine.

I have more ideas for ways to make this game fun for people that don't even know what Bitcoin is but I'm currently running out of time so this is how I will leave it for now. If anyone is interested in helping kick this project off PM or post below. Some of the things I still need to do is make a database, payment process, finish up the app layout, build the background for the app, and build a web page that will show stats about the app.

Well to be honest with you, there already one that exist in which is virtual mining so unless you offer something different to the following (MinerFarm) then I think you will have difficulty to lure users to your since there's some differences between you and the owner of the other project that I stated (your possible competition in case you pursue this project of yours) plus a lot of security questions will be raised and thrown on you since your new in the community as opposed to other guy. Anyway take a look at what I mentioned and decide if you want to go with this (IMHO change your project and go with different field since you know many programming languages).