Just Signed Up

[TSJordan]

Another newbie / lurker who just signed up today.

Have been following the Bitcoin universe for several months but so far my only involvement has been to buy some coins.

Work with a guy who has a miner on order from Butterfly Labs so I've been following them over the summer and have a pretty good sense of how crazy / frustrating / bad getting into mining is these days.

Still, I have some interest in mining and am considering the new Red Fury USB device.  Concerned about the pre-order risks but at their price point I figure I can't get hurt too bad.

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[bmoconno]

Howdy!  I'm in the same boat as you, I've been mining LTC for quite some time and thought it might be nice to add a few of the REDFury USBs that currently have a group buy going on.  I'm in for 6 but can't post there because I've never posted here before, we'll see how it goes... It's only money, right?

P.S.  Group Buy I was talking about: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=296301.0

[favdesu]

Mining isn't worth it in my opinion.

Welcome anyways

[nobbynobbynoob]

Welcome! I've never mined either after being burned on a shady pre-order (not too badly since I got most of my money back). No more shady pre-orders for me. I wouldn't mind snaring a few block erupters, USB hub and fans just for kicks and to secure the network that tiny bit more - you can't expect RoI with that sort of kit. Maybe one could even solo mine with a gigahash or two and hope to get lucky, since in a pool you're only mining shrapnel with that kit anyway.

[bmoconno]

Mining isn't worth it in my opinion.

Welcome anyways

Thanks, that does seem to be the general opinion around here.  I know that a ROI is very far off, if possible at all, but I'm ok with that for now.  There's always resale at a loss, if it ever comes to that. 

[pie3636]

Mining isn't worth it in my opinion.

Welcome anyways

Thanks, that does seem to be the general opinion around here.  I know that a ROI is very far off, if possible at all, but I'm ok with that for now.  There's always resale at a loss, if it ever comes to that. 

[vendetahome]

Welcome and hopefully you get lucky with the Red Fury USB miners

[uk1]

welcome to the forum

[ehalvers]

enjoy your stay 

[nahtnam]

Welcome! When buying mining equipment make sure that you verify the seller is legit...

[templar77]

Perfect. Good luck!

[MAbtc]

Don't pre-order. Huge gamble, so many scams.