You forgot the aliens.  Yeah, perhaps it's a better idea start using CPU power again for things like SETI@Home, that way we could get our money back...

As Bytecoins are 8x bigger, they need much more space in the wallet than bitcoins.  I prefer the smaller ones.

You will see this kinds of fluctuations in the next years with this currency.  It is normal. Transactions (speculation) of a few people have still a huge impact.  That is going to change in the future as more and more people start to use the currency and rely on it.

The first and most important rule is: don't panic!

And about the forum, I assume that the problems were technical and related to afraid people asking for advice.

La idea del Euro Drain no es mala, el problema es que en general pagar por Internet es caro o complicado.  Todo eso es más fácil con Bitcoin. Enviar 0.01 BTC no cuesta nada y hace feliz a un indigente BitCoin como yo

I'm not specially risk-averse, but for me in general terms a lottery is a tax for the dumb. You are paying a lot of money (in this case in electricity) without even knowing if you are going to get something back. And the probability gets lower day by day.

If you have a supercomputer which gives you enough processing power to get (in average) a block a day, that's kind of predictable.  If you have two overclocked GPUs, it may happen that you never get a coin back.

Hola amigos hispanoparlantes, me alegra que exista este nuevo espacio para conversar en español! He empezado hace poco en esto de los bitcoins y mis problemas son:

- mi GPU sirve sólo para pintar píxeles en la pantalla. Para fabricar bitcoins no sirve.
- tengo un notebook, así que difícilmente podría agregarle una tarjeta gráfica.
- pago caro por la electricidad.
- tengo poco dinero como para especular comprando BTCs

Lo que sí tengo es una página web, así que a los dinosaurios de los Bitcoins, aquellos que llevan más tiempo en este lugar y participaron de los tiempos donde el bitcoin faucet daba 5 BTCs, los invito a visitar mi página.  Se llama Bitcoin Drain y el enlace aparece abajo.

And not to think about the CO2 footprint of this currency...

I wouldn't recommend solo mining, as difficulty is high and will continue to increase.

Join a pool and start getting something back from your efforts.