I've been a long time BTC Miner. Finally decided to join this forum, so i can [attempt to] contribute. 

I started out with a low-end GPU mining rig, back in the day. I then happen to be given temporary access to several FPGA dev kits and was able to generate some decent BTC, before many had actual FPGA rigs.  After I had to return the FPGAs, I took a break from mining.  Since, I wasn't prepared to invest into the ASIC fiasco - certainly was not going to pre-order anything.

I am now back to hashing at 15.695 Gh/sec, mostly on alt coins on an ASICMiner Blade and Block Eruptors. 




-PhatJ