Quote from: DevelopmentBank on September 07, 2017, 12:58:38 AM

Quote from: martyroz on September 07, 2017, 12:14:15 AM

Quote from: Za1n on September 06, 2017, 08:12:07 PM

So again, if your belief is that the coin(s) you are interested in mining are going to continue to go up in value, after all that is why you are willing to invest $1,000's of dollars in hardware that might in maybe 1 year break even, why not instead invest $1,000's directly into the coin(s) and in 1 year be in profit, not just at break even?

GPU mining is the lowest risk entry point because you always have a price on physical equipment. This is especially important to newcomes due to unease / fear of a new (to them) technology - you can't have your cards stolen / deleted / lost etc.

Yes, exactly. Now this is the post that should be sticky.
Keywords are: lowest risk

If the ETH price drops 60% from here, mining will not be profitable for most people. That is risky.