Thanks 

I just chickened out and withdrew the last little money i still had with them... No problem whatsoever. I did had to sell at a lower price than what i bought the KHS for, but everything went smooth (including the withdrawal of my last money).

update: i've tranferred some of my cash from paypal to my bitcoin wallet trough virwox ($40 is transferred to $34 in BTC, and they take about 30 hours to clear your deposit).

I'm now able to offer some BTC for old material, in case somebody is willing to sell...

The way i understood, mining is completely different from getting coins from faucets... Mining coins = generating new coins, faucets = watching annoying ads for very small parts of a bitcoin

It's basically a "shop" (casino, vendor, cloudmining company, ponzi,..) that pays you for every post you make* as long as they can advertise their product in your forum signature and/or personal text.

There is a thread somewhere that compares them. The big downside is that a new member isn't allowed to join their campaigs most of the time. And the few campaigns that allow new members to participate don't pay that much...

* Depending on their rules... Sometimes they only pay when you make x-amount of posts per week, sometimes there is a maximum, sometimes your texts have to be longer than x characters, sometimes they don't pay posts in certain subforums,...

It might sound strange, but there are people that actually pay for porn because it's the right thing to do. This is especially true for smaller sites where the performer forms some sort of "bond" with the subscriber. In this case, the subscriber knows the performer makes a living selling her(his) movies online, and buys a subscription to support them.

A second porn payer, is the one who does not know how to find free porn (these people still exist, altough they are becoming less and less frequent)

A thirth kind of porn payer is the one who buys something that is hard to find for free (live porn, 3d, interactive, specific niche,...)

I deposited about 2 hours ago, my satoshis were credited in about 30 minutes... A couple of days ago, my deposit hung for about 2 days tough, but that was due to problems with blockchain.info (if i understood the discussion correctly)

Thanks for the tips, to bad you don't live in the EU so i could buy some Hardware from you 

My offer still stands: anybody wants to sell any unused asic miners that : either look like a regular usbstick, or have an ethernet interface so they don't need a PC running 24/7 to operate?

I'll look into transferring my paypal fund to BTC (does anybody know if the trick posted everywhere: using virwox to change PP to BTC still works?), and like ncsupanda suggested, i'll defenately use escrow!

Since i'm new to the scene, i would like to buy some very cheap, second hand, mining equipment to play with... I don't really NEED any equipment (i'm not desperate), so i'm not willing to pay more than what the equipment is actually worth (i would prefer to do a good deal, even if i have to wait a little longer).

I'm well aware that the chances of getting ROI are very slim, but i don't really care. I just want to try out ASIC mining if i find good equipment for a good price. This is also the reason why i'm not looking for expensive equipment (i'm not looking to setup a big miningfarm)

I found a new antminer U3 on ebay for 70 euro's, but the downside is that it's a big USB miner. I need a PC running at all times to continue mining, but i can't mine at work (because it looks like an asic miner, and since i'm working as a sysadmin, i guess my collegues would know i'm doing something that's not work related).

I'm actually looking for:
- a (very cheap) usb miner that looks like a USBstick (so i can plug it into my workPC, which is running 24/7, and benefit from the free electricity to)
Edited: I won't mine at work, since i don't want to use my job, so all kinds of USB or ethernet miners that costs less than $50 (shipping and escrow included) are acceptable... USB miners, antminer U3's, butterly labs 10GS/s,...
or
- a (very cheap) miner with ethernet connection, so i can set it up at home, but i do not need to run a PC 24/7. The miner should be all-in (include PSU) and in full working condition

Does anybody have some old equipment laying around that is not being used anymore and he/she's willing to sell for cheap?

I would prefer to pay with paypal, since i'm new i don't really have a lot of BTC. If this is really an issue, i guess i can try to find a way to exchange my paypal fund to BTC.
I would also like to mention i don't need an escrow when i can pay with paypal, but i have no problems using one if the seller is requesting this. If i have to pay with BTC, we'll use an escrow without any discussion.

Last point: i'm living in western europe (think the netherlands), so i guess only people from europe will be interested, since shipping fees for non-EU countries would be to high to even make me an offer to sell old, cheap equipment...


 

I did mention i'm new in my OP, that should be sufficient for anybody to know he has to use my advice at his own risk, and i did suggest signature campains in my next post...

I also do know it's a bad idear to gamble, but i think that's something everybody has to decide for him/herself...

I certainly hope you are wrong... I do know chances are very large that you're right tough... That's why i see it as a high risk investment, and don't buy more than i'm willing to lose

One last method i forgot: Signature campaigns...

They don't pay a lot, but they do pay better than faucets...

There is an android app for mining BTC and many alt's : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.miner

Tried it, hashrates were SOOOOOOOO low, it would take months of poolmining to reach the payout treshhold for any of the algorithms i tried...

i'm pretty new myself, but as far as i know, the options for getting BTC are:

• buying
• trading
• mining
• selling goods
• selling services
• gambling
• faucets

Each one of these either requires and investment, time or risk... I'm afraid nothing is for free in this world 

Thanks, it's actually rather nice to read something reassuring when you have a couple KHS with them :-)

In our newspaper are articles of people being robbed of cash, jewlery, cellphones,... every day.
I guess there isn't much of a difference between getting robbed of your BTC or being robbed of your cellphone. It's just a matter of taking the right precautions when you're moving a lot of BTC IRL, but i guess you should take the same precautions when you're selling 100k of diamonds IRL or when you're selling 100k of BTC IRL.

A hobby?

I would be interested in that post, do you still have the link in your browser history perhaps?

PM your stats (uniques/hits/refferers), and i'll give you a few tips on how to make a couple of bucks...