To be honest, the way everything is going right now, maybe it isn't the best time to be getting into the whole mining business. Sure, it could recover, and maybe it will be at $40k like they predict...or maybe not. Maybe the scammers and losers and other idiots who steal people's coins and money and life will completely and utterly destroy any and all faith in this currency and concept and people will pull everything they have out of their wallets and invest in fiat currency. You don't really know the future...

Right now, I'm concerned as the seeming "leader" in forums for Bitcoin related items has such a stupid issue with scammers and losers and doesn't put any effort into policing this marketplace and trying to assist buyers and holding sellers responsible. I get it that it's not a legal proceeding, and that people here don't have authority like law enforcement, but seriously...how hard is it to say "yes, this seller is known to deliver and has like 200 satisfied customers! upvote and vouch for this guy as he is solid. here's a pic of my antminer and my user name". Why are NONE of the threads on here showing confirmation of delivery and actual mining going on after the fact? If that's never happened, and it's never going to happen, then why does this stupid sub-forum exist? Just completely get rid of it.

I thought moderators would have some kind of vested interest in keeping this forum quality but all I see are obvious scam threads that go on and on and on with little to no moderation, or others that seem a little shady where nobody confirms receipt of their product or shows proof of delivery or it running or anything like that. Who the heck operates like that? Makes me freaking tiny brain hurt.