But there is a HUGE diference between say holding BTC in a safe wallet long term.  And straight gambling with BTC.  Gambling the house always wins long term, so you are losing long term based on odds.  Just holding yes it is risky but at least your not facing a sure bet against you.

Bitcoin has always been high risk/high reward.  It is a new currency being digital there still is a lot to see if we get mass adoption.  Either way I would want to hold vs gambling from investment standpoint.  I see gambling as a hobby not a investment.

None... the great thing about bitcoin is blockchain.  So it is easy to see how much is recieved and sent.  I suspect as soon as you started taking they would notice... and track it.   And some could argue you might be able to "wash" it again you would " lack moral character." in Danny's great terms to do so.

Also whoever has that would be very well off.  I imagine there would be substantial reward for you... so you eventually get caught I would think.

I'm not sure how you don't see BTC price impacting mining.  It HIGHLY can impact it.   I have X operating cost in USD per machine per month in electricity.  The longer the BTC stay's above that amount to run the longer I can mine.  Eventually.. I have to sell my miners as I do not have "free" electricity.

I see your point of buying 1 BTC = 1 BTC a year later even.  But BTC price highly impacts me as far as how long I can mine profitable.

It all depends I can where the extra mining day's before having can justify a higher price.    If bitcoin raises a lot in price those extra mining day's could be huge looking back.   We honestly don't know what the furture holds that far.  This entire part of forum is speculation, not fact for the reason it's hard to predict.

After a few month's we can likely look back and say ahh (insert correct speculator) had it right.  But as of now just to many variables to speculate them all.

If they do they will be hard to beat.  Those are the two companies we could count on with consumer gear.  So hopefully they remain split from a selfish standpoint.

But there is still some bigger "commercial" companies out there with BW and Bitfury.  And hopefully we see some gear for hobby/home from BW at a point.  But as of right now Bitmain seems to be king with S9 release.

It would appear from security log she reset via security question multiple times: https://bitcointalk.org/seclog.php

June 04, 2016, 01:52:46 AM - cassieheart - password reset via secret question
.....
June 02, 2016, 07:23:44 PM - cassieheart - password reset via secret question
.....
May 31, 2016, 12:49:50 AM - cassieheart - password reset via secret question


I know OP will not like it but when resetting via security question can take a while sometimes.  I suggest locking this again and start a new thread as entire different issue this is not being hacked but security lock due to secret question.

You can also look at something such as laminate it to make it more water resistant if not proof.   It is kinda preparing for something that will never happen.  Also I suggest making more then 1.  They should be stored securely but having just one or in one spot is a bad idea as one point of failure.

Also I am kinda paranoid when I print one.  I make sure to run virus/malaware scans beforehand.  I also clear the cache of the printer.  It is something the dumber the printer you use really the better as you don't want it being in a cache or stored for any amount of time past printing.

This is very hard to get into though as someone new. You have to ask why would someone use the new person's referral link to X service what do they get out of it?   I'm sure there are some that make a lot off referrals but I think it's a small subsection of a "elite group".

Also posting with referral kinda is harder to gain trust, you will look like your doing it for personal gain.  I just see a lot of uphill battle's to become very profitable.

The thing Coinbase has others dont is insurance in case of them being hacked.  It does not protect individual account's if you are the cause of losing account.  But if say their servers are hacked this insurance should cover losses.   

It has never been tested though.... so it's a should but we have never seen it happen.  Which is really a good thing.  But you do giveaway things like access to your bitcoin through other wallets as with Coinbase you cannot get private key's.

With increased risk comes possible increased profit.  It is not a sure bet in any means, mining is getting harder and need cheaper electricity.  But if price rises (and it depends how high it goes) getting rewards before having could be much more profit.   I would guess it's more then 100 and in the hundreds... how many hundreds hard to say though.

We just don't know it is hard to say how much btc hopefully will go up to.  But in this game it is normally the ones that take a little risk that profit.  If you are looking for a sure bet not sure mining has been that for a while.  But I know many people including I have managed to do it and enjoy it very much. 

I would not bet on them moving to "upstate NY".   I think they will continue to work with the foundries in China, I don't see change of ownership moving it to that but I could be wrong.  All speculation I guess.

My biggest thing is I hope they continue to sell to small customers like me and other hobby miners.  But guess time will tell on that.

I'm hoping the company that bought them allows them to continue as they have been.  Hopefully they continue to sell direct to customers, and through BlockC.   Both were way's to purchase.

Something interesting now going to https://canaan.io/en/ I don't see a store but a email to order.  Did this just happen with being purchased? Or was it like this for a while I had not looked at it in a little while.   

What would lead you to this conclusion?   The S7 has been ran by many many people including myself.  The S9 looks to follow the S7 so I predict it does well.   And it's efficiency no other miner on the market is close to is why everyone thinks it's great.   You have to see how it is a big jump in efficiency.

I'm guessing your trolling with the comment's about flames.   I think if anything someone using wrong gauge cable's or crappy Y cables is at fault, and cheap PSU's is more commonly reported.  Can you point to 1 house burning down due and cause being a Antminer?  I just have not seen it .... which again leads me to think your trolling.

I personally would not suggest buying an account.  I think it is a shady world in those who deal with accounts being bought and sold.  Take a look in meta and you will find different situations from buying/selling of them that are not good - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=24.0 .  And person could come back one day say account was hacked and possible take account back from you.

And even if you end up with an account though it with no problems a LOT of them are crap on posts.  You will find some with huge amounts of offtopic like what did you last drink, what music you last listened to, etc.   Just posts that obviously meant to boost activity level.  And when applying to a signature campaign the better ones will see this and not want you.

So long story short I would raise a account and put effort into it.  Don't look for some shortcut though buying account.

There are to many pump/dump altcoins.  It get's hard in trading to separate a crap one from one that will live on.  And even some good ones reach a peek then drop.  So speculation that is good enough to invest on is hard to have.

Look at ETH it was not really going anywhere.. then it started to shoot up.   Now it's gained a huge following and has a lot looking at investing.  So even if there are good alt coins it takes adoption to really get a big bump. And you can't really guarantee adoption of a coin by public.

Very interesting  it makes me wonder if they are closer to a Avalon 7 then I thought.  With a evaluation with that it seems the ones buying must see something there they would want... so maybe new chips? All speculations I guess.

I read it wrong for a second.  But very big new's will be interesting to see what comes out of Avalon after this.

The only thing is that having is not a secret so investors know now about having.  So I'm not sure the day of or right after there will be this huge jump.  I think we are seeing some gain's already of investors already buying coins.  So they won't wait till having I don't think.

Having will be interesting but I think price will not go crazy right away.  I hope I'm wrong though and value shoots up like crazy.

Renting you almost always pay a premium, as the owner of the rig is trying to make extra profit.  So take whatever cost it would be to mine BTC for example they charge more then this for renting.

Some have gained money from solo mining huge amounts, or certain types of payment on pools that allow for luck.  But it is far from a guarantee of profit.    So for the most part I would suggest not renting.

My hope for having is it finnaly get's some of the old machines off the network.  A cut in in profits will hurt us all... but old gear that has remained  on network might finnaly come off who knows.   I do agree we will see postive eventually as some will replace with new gear like S9 and for same amount of electricity will get a heck of a lot more hash. 

The biggest thing I don't believe the conspiracy for is I think if someone has 30 percent they would want it online hashing away before having.  Just a lot of profit lost if they leave it turned off. 

As far as value this period were starting around 580 on coinbase. So still a decent gain from last period hopefully we see some positive movement on price this time to.

Horrible idea on counting on gambling to increase bitcoins.  Gambling is a hobby, not a investmen in almost all cases.  With something like dice you cannot say there is any skill involved.  It is a game of chance.

With this chance there is profit on the 'house" side.  So long term if you did keep betting this over time statistically you should lose more then you win.  And at .1 BTC bet it is not cheap currently around 57 dollars. So many other good things you could do with it.  Even just holding .1 longterm beats the heck out of gambling it.