I wish people would read about bitcoin and mining before doing it and coming here to ask dumb questions.  And yes, despite the saying, there are such things as dumb questions, especially in today's internet world.  It's like getting a hit in baseball and then you stand there at the plate and ask everyone what you do next and what are the rules.

...that post hadn't been posted to in 20 months, so you can see how I missed it (having only joined the forum last month).

irony
noun
: a situation that is strange or funny because things happen in a way that seems to be the opposite of what you expected