Probably the most misleading article ever. You would know,
If you read the article they link to as a source.
"
Most expensive countries to mine Bitcoin
South Korea — $26,170
Niue — $17,566
Bahrain — $16,773
Solomon Island — $16,209
Cook Islands — $15,861
Least expensive countries to mine Bitcoin
Venezuela — $531
Trinidad and Tobago — $1,190
Uzbekistan — $1,788
Ukraine — $1,852
Myanmar — $1,983"
* Takes most expensive country > Writes article about how it's unprofitable *
Regardless of the fact that the article is terribly misleading, whether it is profitable to start mining
NOW has no bearing on the price. Why should people holding BTC be worried that for the average joe it's not as profitable as it used to be?
I mine, and have made my money back many many times within the first year.
I didn't expect a CFO of a company that loses money every time someone uses BTC over their service to have a balanced view, to be honest.
It's like one SEO seller leaving a bad review on another's BST.
Just like how the Bank of England's chief cashier doesn't like contactless payments... go figure.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...s-chief-cashier-doesnt-trust-contactless.html
This is almost as stupid as attributing Snapchat losing $1.3bn due to Kylie Jenner.
http://money.cnn.com/2018/02/22/technology/snapchat-update-kylie-jenner/index.html
Dropped before the Tweet.
This change by Google etc. is to make Crypto safer. I don't see why banning ads that were often scams is something to be worried about.
Can't see that article.
The strange thing is, the "traders" on BHW dismiss any and all negative articles on BTC out-right and only promote the positive ones, whereas the real successful traders I know, look at and consider all the news & speculation from the financial press and elsewhere when making their decisions.
I give as much reasoning behind my points as I can. I'm not afraid to criticize crypto when it's shitty, which is often.
I don't however, just link to whatever articles come up first on Google.
https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/b...-with-mass-adoption-is-it-in-a-bubble.991544/
Would that make economic sense?
No. I looked into this.
My rigs use 1000-1500w and cost around £3k. I've pretty much 5-10x'd as I got in at a good time, mined Verge and a few other coins etc, but without that and with a "meh" BTC price they would have broken even in ~150 days.
If you built one now, without electricity costs, you're looking at closer to a year.
Then you have the fact that hardware stays profitable for 1-2 years.
Dropping 30k (Remember, you need 1kw minimum
24/7 not just daylight hours per rig) for the sake of "free power" isn't worth it.
I have seen some people with solar panels
already in mining with hybrid farms though (solar in the day, normal electric at night)