1) are these pods legit? (Not black market)

2) are these pods stolen?

3) why the hell is this marked as a potential scam other than if 1 or 2 affirmative?

This site used to be the front page for these kinds of things and still is for the most part. The issue is wading through all the crap to find the real stuff. My advice would be to sign up for some reputable news sites to get their newsletters. Spend some time on subreddits. If you don't have a personal drive and passion to follow this stuff then coming across a gem in blockchain at this point is going to be tough.

I still miss the days when coinmarketcap had only 6 coins listed....

You pretty much answered your own question. People are finally waking up to central banking policies and the stunts the banking cartels pull. It's still going to take some time for the masses to open their eyes. In the end we dont know how things will come out on the other side.

Just as the fed is in uncharted territory riding on the edge of the seat, as too are cryptocurrencies. The future is yet unknown but exciting.

Regulations will only make progress and adoption more difficult. What we NEED is the free market to shake out all the fakes. This is going to happen asbtime progresses. Yes people will get burned in the process. Crypto is not something to walk in to and throw your life savings at withiut first doing all the research necessary to feel secure in what you're investing it. Don't by brands and charisma. Buy real potential.

As mentioned above this is probably a hardware based problem on your end. What you're describing is familiar. Used to have the same results when running multiple wallets at once, and I'm talking a lot of different coin wallets.

If you suspect this is somehow coded in to these coins just take a look at the code or have someone else knowledgeable review for you.

Teamviewer is solid and free. Just make sure you aren't using it from an IP other people are because they will suspect you're doing it for commercial use and blacklist your device.

Then you get hit with a time limit on your connections. Other than that it works very well and I've personally used it for years.

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I enjoy mining personally so even if it's at a loss I'll probably continue to do it. The power cost is negligible as opposed to running one of my dormant antminers. They've not been on in months.

Keep on mining 

I don't think this is true. You're just not doing the proper research. It's fair to say that 95%+ of current "projects" are vaporware.

If you want to make money on these types of things in a few years then look in to projects with actual viable products. How does this token/coin monetize what it's doing? How can it be adopted? What impact does it have? Is the adoption barrier low or unrealistically high?

Just think, what do you believe real people will actually be using? You can't tokenize every aspect of human life and expect it so succeed. Some things just don't need blockchain.

I have a few used ones I can let go but not going to deal on telegram. Can't you post your price here? I've been looking for a way to get rid of these things 

I've been running the nicehash miner with (2) GTX 970s because that's all I have at this point. Is there a better alternative? The algo switching function is nice. I don't expect to profit much. It's really a trade off of electrical bill vs small amounts of bitcoin daily. Like a really lazy way to spend $0.50 a day investing in BTC.

Running more power efficient algos has been the key to generating anything of value.

You make a solid point. If they cant properly convey their message to users they wont end up driving many investors in. It's  about selling it to everyone not just those experienced in the crypto world.

Transparency is the best option. If you can't verify the people running the ICO are real and not hiding behind stock photos then it's  safe to say don't  invest.

This sounds promising. Maybe throw some more resource links in the post for people?

Theres really no way to stop scams. No matter what people will find a way to steal from others via ICO

Nice little guide but dangerous!! Here comes some more crap in the announcement section 

Honestly the name alone sounds like a scam. Good luck getting your funds back mate

Why is this? What makes it the best? Because you essentially get the coins for free?

I don't think KYC is necessary unless it's a legal requirement of whatever jurisdiction  the bounty is being run in.

Seems these people may just be after whatever personal data you're willing to submit. Time to use a fake name I guess

I'm a little confused here.. Bitcoin is king and isn't going anywhere.