Of course! Whenever we see all time highs like that, a flood of new people enter, which is great. However, some of those new users have spent $6k+ on a used S9 on eBay, didn't do much research about how this all works, and then get mad when the pool doesn't act like a hacked ATM spitting money everywhere.

If you're here long term, sit back, plan out how you'll strategically add hashrate to keep competitive, scope out spaces for expansion, all that good stuff.

The journey from a USB stick miner to dozens hosted in multiple data centers around the world is definitely a fun ride, but like everything you have to be thoughtful and plan well.