USB port mining is dead

[torusJKL]

OP Sell that thing so that someone who appreciates it can have it. I've been accumlateing Block erupters over time. I've got about 130 of those little suckers and since May this year I've mined 22 Bitcoin. at today's exchange rate, i've actually made a profit. The whole time people have been saying don't do it, you'll never break even. And I've countered with that for me it is just a hobby, because it is. showing a profit is just a fringe benefit.

The question is did you return the amount of Bitcoins you have spent for buying those?
Otherwise it would have been better to keep the Bitcoins or buy them instead of the USB miners.

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[Trongersoll]

OP Sell that thing so that someone who appreciates it can have it. I've been accumlateing Block erupters over time. I've got about 130 of those little suckers and since May this year I've mined 22 Bitcoin. at today's exchange rate, i've actually made a profit. The whole time people have been saying don't do it, you'll never break even. And I've countered with that for me it is just a hobby, because it is. showing a profit is just a fringe benefit.

The question is did you return the amount of Bitcoins you have spent for buying those?
Otherwise it would have been better to keep the Bitcoins or buy them instead of the USB miners.

Buying Bitcoins in the US is much more difficult than buying hardware. Buying Bitcoins doesn't appeal to me as being fun. Running my own little mining operation is fun for me. As i said, this is a hobby. I'm not in it for the money.

[CoinGeneral]

Buying Bitcoins in the US is much more difficult than buying hardware. Buying Bitcoins doesn't appeal to me as being fun. Running my own little mining operation is fun for me. As i said, this is a hobby. I'm not in it for the money.

Maybe back in 2011, but not anymore. It's a lot harder to buy hardware these days as they have a very high demand and BTC is available on so many exchanges plus it's easy to get a BTC to PayPal deal on these forums, but nearly impossible to buy mining hardware at a reasonable price.