What am I missing.  Checked out 19 faucets all using CoinBox for payout.  They average 0.000000279 BTC per 30 minutes (couple an hour I believe).  Even if I were to have enough time to fill out the captcha every 30 minutes for an entire week (336 times per week), that would net me 0.001781 BTC per week, at $866.33 per BTC (current price as shown http://www.coindesk.com/price/) that means my 336 captcha submissions are getting me roughly $1.54 per week.  Obviously as the price (hopefully) increases, it nets me more, but hard to get it to make sense at current prices, unless I'm missing something.

I'm in the mortgage industry, so deal with financial planners, CPAs, etc. Started hearing about BTC last year some time from clients, but always came across as a get rich quick scheme, and combine that with the fact that I couldn't rap my head around what exactly BTC were, I just brushed it off.  Finally got around to doing some due diligence research a week or so ago, and made the plunge this morning.

Hey everyone! Just signed up on the forum.  Been reading up on BTC for awhile now, still kicking myself for not jumping in after first hearing about it.  Oh well.  Bought my first BTCs through CoinBase today (pending currently).

Going to do some reading up on offline wallets, etc.  Looks like CoinBase offers a paper wallet feature.  Probably go that route, even though the Private Key is generated by CoinBase.  Easier than Armory, but less safe.  We'll see.

Thanks for having me. Hope I can learn a few things.