Ok throwing in that “virtue-signaling” was uncalled for. You trumpies don’t understand that we are the biggest recruiters for isis. They love seeing muslims in this country attacked for no reason. Where in this country religion is a hobby, it is a way of life for them.

We set those sanctions on them because Husain use chemical weapons on Iran and his own people. Stellar guy huh?

Who cares if someone knocks put in off or who he is in bed with. Russia and China can not hurt us without destroying themselves. The revamped 2nd fleet will be off the coast of Russia in 6 months.

As far as Ukraine the US is there right now helping those people take back their country from Russia, Putin can do nothing about it

And stupid statements like that are the reason they hate us

Even that is to much.

For $500 grand I better get a house and new car with VIP status lol. The owner of this site isngreedy

Aeon is on the rise and is easy as pie to mine. Might as well get it before the price soars and the mining gets harder.

I don’t hold any of that. I exchange as soon as I mine. I hold onto xmr, bytecoin and aeon.

50 BTc donation? Is that 50 coins or 50 sat? If it is coins than becoming a VIP would cost half a million dollars.

Someone suggested I cross past this guide here. I posted in the beginners section. So here goes.

Im not an expert nor claim to be. I have been doing this for about a year now on and off. I have made mistakes, blown up computers and generally now only gotten to the point to where I am making a profit. So I thought I would share this and maybe stop someone from screwing up like I did, or have to spend days researching.

DISCLAIMER: Use and share this as you see fit, but if you do give props back to me and bitcointalk.org. Please.

(Nothing makes you madder than seeing someone using you post and claiming it as their own)

Lets get started.

Hardware: I have tried everything from laptops to desktops. While I have found desktops to be great, they take up too much space. I prefer a laptop, plus mining on the go.
My rig is an ASUS ROG. 3.8 I7 with 8 threads. Nvdia geforce 4 gig video card. 1 TB hard drive and 16 gigs of ram. Getting the right rig is hard and expensive, but there are tricks.

In the US there are rent to own place. Get a comp, pay monthly while you use it. Good part about that is you dont have to shell out a bunch of money at one time, bad is i will be paying $200 a month for 18 months. Bonus is if your paying on it and it breaks they will fix or replace it for free. So you can have 2 months left on payoff, it breaks, and they can give you a new computer that you only have to pay on for 2 months. Basically my computer retails for about $2,000 when it is over I will have paid about $3,500 for it. Still not a bad deal. Dont have a store like that? Go online. Sears and Kmart both do the same thing as well as other sites. NOTE: online payments are taken usually directly from a checking account so be careful. All these places listed have the ability to lock the computer remotely if you do not pay.

There is also the option of renting a VPS. Amazon has some great ones that you only pay per minute, but very pricey. For a basic system without GUI support running 24/7 is $14 a month.

CPU vs GPU: Yes it is possible to mine only using a CPU, but not in any way profitable. My CPU nets me about 300 H/S on ETH, but my GPU nets me about 20 MH/s Even the smallest GPU will be a big difference. I sugest nothing under 2 gig though. Also some speed can be lost if you use a PCIE riser. Again this is mostly personal preference.

Operating system: The main ones are Linux and Windows. I hate windows with a passion, but it has its perks. Personally I use Ubuntu. Everything is mostly command line, but options for mining are way more than with windows. On windows options are very limited to mine with both CPU and GPU. If your only mining on CPU than windows is perfect. Again, personal preference. NOTE: If you are not familiar with Linux than you will be doing a lot of research to get things done. I love research so Im good with that.

Wallets: On-line of off-line, personal preference. On-line allows you to access it from multiple computers, but leaves you venerable to hackers. Offline and GUI wallets are more secure, but a pain. I use both. All my gains are on thumb drive wallets, but when I am ready to cashout I use holytransactions. While not very secure, you can transfer your coins for giftcards or prepaid credit cards. So I only transfer to holy when Im cashing out.

Overclock: Honestly I dont use it. I have found that the benifits are not worth the risk of frying your comp. Using ubuntu I set my CPU govorners off and max out my CPU. Unless you have a huge rig than I wouldnt suggest it, just tweak the one that you have.

Pools and solomining. If your on a CPU only, than solo mining will NOT make you a profit. Pools might though. Unless you have a super rig than solo might not be the best choice. Even I do not mine solo. I have found most pools are basically the same. I use minergate. I like how they have a GUI and command line for both windows and linux. Some people dont trust them, but I have never had a problem. Their minimum payouts are a little higher than most pools, but the hashrates are better. NOTE: research PLNS and PPS

What to mine? That comes down to hashrate vs coin price. I get a better hashrate mining eth than xmr, but I make more mining xmr in the long run. This is just something you will have to test. Let your rig run for an hour on each coin, times that amount by 24 and that will be close to your daily mine. Also factor in time and electricity cost. Small fast profits are way better than long term big profits. Ill explain NOTE: My comp runs on solar power, pricey for just one thing but worth it.

Say running your rig 24/7 for one solid year nets you one bitcoin. Broken down at $9,000 per coin. Lets do the math
24X365 is 8760 hours. 8760 divided by 9000 is .97. So your makeing 97 cents an hour not counting electricity, internet and other costs.

now say you mine ETH at $700 a coin, but in the same time frame you can mine 350 coins
24X365=8760 hours. 350X700=245000 8670 divided by 245000=2.85. So your making $2.85 cents an hour. Again not factoring in expenses.

Conclusion is that just because a coin is more expensive than another, doesnt mean it will net you the highest profit. Pick the coin that is right for you rig, not the coin you want.

Cloud mining: If the site is reputable yes, if you found it on google, then no.

Protecting yourself from hackers and thieves:; Nothing is free. There are a ton of sites that offer immediate returns for 0 work. Just send them some bitcoin and 24 hours later they will send you triple back. Use common sense. Most of the time when someone gets their coins stolen it is because of stupidity and/or greed. Sending crypto is not like writing a check. Once you send it then there is no way to get it back.

Internet usage: that plays a huge part, especially in countries where internet is limited or unreliable. If you have the means get a dedicated line just for you miner. Mine has a 25 gig per minute dedicated line I pay $25 a month for.

Ok, those are the basics. This little info was days of reasearch and trial and error. I know it isnt a lot of information, but it helps. I have always believed in pointing people in the right direction and letting them go rather than holding their hand. If you have any questions than feel free to ask and I will answer. If I dont have the answer I will help you find it. Happy hunting.

Lol iraq was never thriving. Their country hadsanctions on them for decades before the war and their economy was i the toilet, I have been to Iraq I seen that first hand. Before the wa the exchange rate was 1 million Iraqi Denar to 1 US dollar, not exactly a booming economy. Russia invaded Ukraine, not the US. Also in Syria Russia is bombing civilian targets, the US is bmbing military only. Your Russian aren’t you?

P.S no one likes Russia. That’s includes China. No one has spoken a word in outrage over the US impos8ng sanctions on Russia, in fact they have helped by freezing government owned bank accounts in thier country.

And not that the US has restarted the second fleet, Russia has more worries.

Yes China can produce a ton of electronics and needed items, there is one problem with that. The Chinese government don’t own those factories, US companies do. So in a time of war those factories would be shut down and moved.

Yes but people forget that the wold heath organization is mostly funded by the US same for Doctors Without Borders. We fund the entire CDC which helps world wide. We are the biggest contributor to the UN. We deploy troops to any country that needs help. The world seems to forget good things like that

We cut foreign aid this year by almost half. That fat boy in North Korea isn’t getting any which he is ytying by playing nice. His father did the same thing. Stop the nuclear program for aid and once that runs out start back up again and repeat. Problem is we won’t give him any money anymore.

Im sorry. I was looking at the wrong table  it said India has bough 15B over the past ten years. Russia is still you biggest supplyer, for now. What we sell anyways is old outdated equipment that we have counter measures for. Only Isreal gets the new stuff. Except for the F22-stealth-raptor, the B2-stealth-bomber and the new stealth blackhawk helocopters. Those we keep for ourselves.

Yes I am stoned, but it doesnt matter. Ask anyone about India and 3 things pop up. Call centers, slum dog millionair and terrorism. Your country is almost like a training ground. You have terrorists on every corner because your government doesnt have the stones to stop it. We have them here, but the minority are religous related. Most of our are crazy people with guns or truck bombs. By showing we arent afraid of war we show other countries that if they sponsor terrorism then they will get the fire and brimstone treatment. Maybe if more countries like India did the same, or allied with the US, it wouldnt be bad for them.

Right now the official US military travel advisory has India as yellow due to crime, terrorism and a possible outbreak of yellow fever. Not the greatest vacation spot.

Also according to your own newspaper in 2016 your government signed a deal with the US where the US can use your shipyards and airbases for refueling, repairs and future combat missions (if needed) right now 60% of out navy is parked in the Indian ocean. Maybe there is hope for you after all. Now you can enjoy the protection of the US, well partial protection. Lets face it, the US isnt afraid to go to war with, against or for another country. In the 90's we protected Kuwait against Iraq, lost a few hundred troops. No big deal on that, we rarely take deaths into account.

Let me break this down.

The American people are a proud people. Benn around 200 years and have risen to the top of the food chain. We accept all faiths, races and creeds. We are a nation of immigrants and enjoy that fact. You have Christan churches next to mosques next to synagogues. You need to understand that we are a warrior race. Thats all we have done for the past 200 years is fight. I know it might sound wrong, but thats all we know. When diplomacy fails we resort to violence because that has always worked in the past. What us angry is that although we bomb other countries, we also do some good. We supply food and medicine to needy countries. We have giant hospital ships ready to go anywhere in the world. We do these things and no government is ever handed a bill and if the situation is bad enough we will put aside what we feel and help. If an enemy got hit with a natural disaster the US government would help any way they can while the US people raised money for food and supplies to be sent. The American public raised millions for Hati, average Americans giving what they can for complete stranger because in the few times we needed it other countries have had our back.

No one thinks or remembers that. They see us as spoiled killers who only love war and not our fellow man. in the mid 1800's we lost 500,000 Americans in a civil war that was over the human rights of others in our country. The average American has the same problems as other, trying to survive. I know American TV and movies portray us as all wealthy, middle class with no morals or scruples. Part of that is true, part is not. In fact we are a god fearing country. Our currency says "in god we trust" every piece of currency.

We troops are a different breed. We are trained and brainwashed to only do 2 things: kill and follow orders. I hate Trump with a passion. H-A-T-E him, but when before I retired from the military he would have only had to point and yell "get them" and I would have went even if it meant my death. So maybe im cynical, maybe dialogs need to be opened, not by the government, but by the people of each country. I wish no country ill will, nor any person without cause. I fought in Iraq, I dont hate Iraq or their people. The opposite is true I wish I could take my family there. I dont know anymore, I jsut wish people from other countries would just once remember the good that our country does and no always bring up the bad. Know what I mean?

The rule is 97 that discusses unwilling human shields only. Each country defines what is a combative and what is a protected citizen. Basically the US and other countries decided that any civilian who takes willing part in a military action is no longer a civilian but an enemy combatant. If they are unwilling then they are protected and the people responsible for putting them there can be charged with war crimes. During the US war with Vietnam,  north Vietnam hid ordinance in plain site around hospitals, schools and major population centers. None were bombed but it started the debate about human shields, none in this example were willing, so they did not bomb the areas.

Think of it this way. A person forced to hide a military leader or sleep near a military target is innocent. They have done nothing wrong and no one expects them to refuse and die. Although a person who willingly does that is no different than a military soldier. They are using their life to thwart the enemy and protect military equipiment, just like a regular soldier does. That makes them no different than any uniformed soldier when it comes to rules of combat. An example would be someone standing in front of a sniper, willingly that is, how is that person any different than the sniper behind them? They both have the same goals.

Here is the US rules in willing human shields. Pay attention to this area.

he US Military Commissions Act (2009) amends Chapter 47A of Title 10 of the United States Code as follows:
Ҥ 950p. Definitions; construction of certain offenses; common circumstances
“(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this subchapter:
“ …
“(2) The term “protected person” means any person entitled to protection under one or more of the [1949] Geneva Conventions, including civilians not taking an active part in hostilities …

Willingly protecting military personnel or equipiment is taking part in hostilities.

Link to US article.
https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/customary-ihl/eng/docs/v2_cou_us_rule1

Link to GC rule 97
https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/customary-ihl/eng/docs/v1_rul_rule97

While the practice of considering willing human shields is not in the GC charter, all rules of war set down by a country have to be approved by the GC.

Please WW2 Europe was cowering, half of Europe was under German control, millions were getting slaughtered. Russia signed a treaty with Germany, which Germany didnt honor. As far as Japan, well those bombs saved 10X more lives than it costs, on all sides. We have made our peace with Japan over that.

what was done in that video did not violate the rules of war. You forget that they were enemy combatants. If they would have surrendered then they would have been taken into custody and treated for their wounds. They didnt. If an enemy throws down their weapon and runs they are fair game, if they throw down their weapons and surrender they are considered enemy prisoners of war and are treated as such. Besides they dont follow the rules of war why should we?

Also there are super powers, Russia Europe etc and there is the US the most powerful military in the history of the world. Leads the world in culture and freedoms. Leads the world in economy (CA was just listed as the 5th worlds best economy, and CA is just a state not a nation) We went into another country, Pakistan, and assasinated one of their citizens, just miles from one of their military bases and nothing could and will not be done with it.

On September 11 2001 the world shoved a big finger in our face, then get mad when we bit it off. It isnt going to stop until the world is in a smoking pile of ruins, Im ok with that.

Good ideas. Ill do that later, but non beginners already know this information. I might cross post it.

Im not an expert nor claim to be. I have been doing this for about a year now on and off. I have made mistakes, blown up computers and generally now only gotten to the point to where I am making a profit. So I thought I would share this and maybe stop someone from screwing up like I did, or have to spend days researching.

DISCLAIMER: Use and share this as you see fit, but if you do give props back to me and bitcointalk.org. Please.

(Nothing makes you madder than seeing someone using you post and claiming it as their own)

Lets get started.

Hardware: I have tried everything from laptops to desktops. While I have found desktops to be great, they take up too much space. I prefer a laptop, plus mining on the go.
My rig is an ASUS ROG. 3.8 I7 with 8 threads. Nvdia geforce 4 gig video card. 1 TB hard drive and 16 gigs of ram. Getting the right rig is hard and expensive, but there are tricks.

In the US there are rent to own place. Get a comp, pay monthly while you use it. Good part about that is you dont have to shell out a bunch of money at one time, bad is i will be paying $200 a month for 18 months. Bonus is if your paying on it and it breaks they will fix or replace it for free. So you can have 2 months left on payoff, it breaks, and they can give you a new computer that you only have to pay on for 2 months. Basically my computer retails for about $2,000 when it is over I will have paid about $3,500 for it. Still not a bad deal. Dont have a store like that? Go online. Sears and Kmart both do the same thing as well as other sites. NOTE: online payments are taken usually directly from a checking account so be careful. All these places listed have the ability to lock the computer remotely if you do not pay.

There is also the option of renting a VPS. Amazon has some great ones that you only pay per minute, but very pricey.

CPU vs GPU: Yes it is possible to mine only using a CPU, but not in any way profitable. My CPU nets me about 300 H/S on ETH, but my GPU nets me about 20 MH/s Even the smallest GPU will be a big difference. I sugest nothing under 2 gig though. Also some speed can be lost if you use a PCIE riser. Again this is mostly personal preference.

Operating system: The main ones are Linux and Windows. I hate windows with a passion, but it has its perks. Personally I use Ubuntu. Everything is mostly command line, but options for mining are way more than with windows. On windows options are very limited to mine with both CPU and GPU. If your only mining on CPU than windows is perfect. Again, personal preference. NOTE: If you are not familiar with Linux than you will be doing a lot of research to get things done. I love research so Im good with that.

Wallets: On-line of off-line, personal preference. On-line allows you to access it from multiple computers, but leaves you venerable to hackers. Offline and GUI wallets are more secure, but a pain. I use both. All my gains are on thumb drive wallets, but when I am ready to cashout I use holytransactions. While not very secure, you can transfer your coins for giftcards or prepaid credit cards. So I only transfer to holy when Im cashing out.

Overclock: Honestly I dont use it. I have found that the benifits are not worth the risk of frying your comp. Using ubuntu I set my CPU govorners off and max out my CPU. Unless you have a huge rig than I wouldnt suggest it, just tweak the one that you have.

Pools and solomining. If your on a CPU only, than solo mining will NOT make you a profit. Pools might though. Unless you have a super rig than solo might not be the best choice. Even I do not mine solo. I have found most pools are basically the same. I use minergate. I like how they have a GUI and command line for both windows and linux. Some people dont trust them, but I have never had a problem. Their minimum payouts are a little higher than most pools, but the hashrates are better. NOTE: research PLNS and PPS

What to mine? That comes down to hashrate vs coin price. I get a better hashrate mining eth than xmr, but I make more mining xmr in the long run. This is just something you will have to test. Let your rig run for an hour on each coin, times that amount by 24 and that will be close to your daily mine. Also factor in time and electricity cost. Small fast profits are way better than long term big profits. Ill explain NOTE: My comp runs on solar power, pricey for just one thing but worth it.

Say running your rig 24/7 for one solid year nets you one bitcoin. Broken down at $9,000 per coin. Lets do the math
24X365 is 8760 hours. 8760 divided by 9000 is .97. So your makeing 97 cents an hour not counting electricity, internet and other costs.

now say you mine ETH at $700 a coin, but in the same time frame you can mine 350 coins
24X365=8760 hours. 350X700=245000 8670 divided by 245000=2.85. So your making $2.85 cents an hour. Again not factoring in expenses.

Conclusion is that just because a coin is more expensive than another, doesnt mean it will net you the highest profit.

Cloud mining: If the site is reputable yes, if you found it on google, then no.

Protecting yourself from hackers and thieves:; Nothing is free. There are a ton of sites that offer immediate returns for 0 work. Just send them some bitcoin and 24 hours later they will send you triple back. Use common sense. Most of the time when someone gets their coins stolen it is because of stupidity and/or greed. Sending crypto is not like writing a check. Once you send it then there is no way to get it back,

Ok, those are the basics. This little info was days of reasearch and trial and error. I know it isnt a lot of information, but it helps. I have always believed in pointing people in the right direction and letting them go rather than holding their hand. If you have any questions than feel free to ask and I will answer. If I dont have the answer I will help you find it. Happy hunting.

LOL last year the US sold 15 billion worth of military equipiment to India, you used to be supplied by russia. You say you dont like the US but you sure love our military equipiment 

prostitution and drug abuse? Your country sponsors terrorism around the world.

Isis is about done. The taliban has been done. We had a hand in the taliban, but not really isis. Isis is a product of Saudi Arabia.