I can personally say yes, I've got cash in hand as a result of mining.
Great! That's all I wanted to know
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I am prepared to take the risk with an investment in an expensive mining computer, since I am not actually really losing something, in the worst case scenario I just get a super powerful PC. But before taking that risk I wanted to know that there is at least a chance that I would get my investment back, and maybe slip into profit for a while.
Also I would support a very interesting new monetary system, and that sounds great.
Thank you for the reply.