Are you mining for fun or profit?

[boost75]

Hi all. New here and was just wondering if you are mining for fun or profit. Ultimately I'd like a return on my money. If the machine pays itself back in one year I'm fine with that. It's essentially like getting free equipment. I started with GPUs but difficulty and electricity cost quickly killed that. Just waiting for my BFL equipment now.

[monbux]

I guess you could say I'm mining for profit, but I have not made an investment yet, therefore my profit is quite low.  I'm just trying to see how everything goes.

[bl0odless1]

I personally mine just for fun at the moment. I have 2 of the USB ASIC miners I bought from ebay, so I'm not exactly a competitive miner. Looking to get into the BFL rigs once they are more readily available, but it just doesn't make sense to pay a 10x premium on gear at the moment.

[wot_guppy]

I plan to mine for fun and learning if I can manage to get through all the hoops necessary to get some mining hardware!

I don't think I'll be able to make any real profit, at least for quite a while.

My first goal is to get a USB block erupter - probably not going to make any money off it but I'm sure I'll learn a lot along the way.

[bl0odless1]

I plan to mine for fun and learning if I can manage to get through all the hoops necessary to get some mining hardware!

I don't think I'll be able to make any real profit, at least for quite a while.

My first goal is to get a USB block erupter - probably not going to make any money off it but I'm sure I'll learn a lot along the way.

Do you have any good contacts for cheap bulk erupters?

[bailmeout]

I wish I could afford a mining rip and mine coins for fun:)

[hobodan]

Mining for both. Waiting on the 4 hours and post to go by so I can finally buy some miners.

[hobodan]

I plan to mine for fun and learning if I can manage to get through all the hoops necessary to get some mining hardware!

I don't think I'll be able to make any real profit, at least for quite a while.

My first goal is to get a USB block erupter - probably not going to make any money off it but I'm sure I'll learn a lot along the way.

Do you have any good contacts for cheap bulk erupters?

check out this post, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=245477.0. I plan on getting my Erupters through Canary

[defcon23]

I plan to mine for fun and learning if I can manage to get through all the hoops necessary to get some mining hardware!

I don't think I'll be able to make any real profit, at least for quite a while.

My first goal is to get a USB block erupter - probably not going to make any money off it but I'm sure I'll learn a lot along the way.

Do you have any good contacts for cheap bulk erupters?

you can have one here: https://www.btcguild.com/index.php?page=store

best regards

[wot_guppy]

Yeah I was planing to try either BTC Guild or CanaryInTheMine;
I'm in the process of getting some BTC now.

Things in bitcoin land seem to take a while! 

-gup

[naphto]

Is it possible to mine for profit? 

 

[hany103]

I'm mining at a loss at the moment 

[naphto]

I'm mining at a loss at the moment 

normal

[Colgate]

I am currently mining for fun but my existing GPUs.  But getting a small amount of profit along the way is nice too.     By the way, I am seeing a lot of groupbuys in regards to various ASIC hardware.     I am interested to read more and investigate further before investing on any ASIC hardware.   Which particular one would you recommend checking out?  And why?     Your opinion is appreciated. 

[Coldcase]

my buddy runs for profit, i prob wont mine until i can get my hands on a asic usb, most likely for fun