Quote from: DrG on September 10, 2018, 11:18:54 PM

Quote from: 33bitcoin on September 10, 2018, 08:15:31 PM

Mining at a loss can be a great option if you have the ability to pay your electricity bills without cashing out. A lot of people mined bitcoin when it was unprofitable and they came out millionaires. Plus right now is a great time to pick up miners extremely cheap.

Somebody already pointed out how messed up your reasoning is but let me explain it to you again because you "mine at a loss because moon" people are misguided.

I mined bitcoin at a loss back in 2011 and 2012 simply because I didn't have access to a reliable exchange. I mean it was pretty much MtGox or private sales on the forum here. Had I spent my electricity funds on purchasing the coin I would have at least 20% more BTC than I do now. But I was not presented with that opportunity - back then it took Dwolla 2 weeks to funnel bank account funds into MtGox.

With the sheer number of exchanges and some countries openly accepting BTC as legal tender there is no reason to mine at a loss unless you want to hide your coins (privately generate your own blocks).

It has nothing common with mining, however once I was able to profit a lot because I couldn't exchange coins (don't had access on internet and got late payment). This was when bitcoin's price begin to rise from 10K to 16K and from this, 60% is a solid profit.
And now what's about mining, if you believe that coin will rise, you have to continue mining and try your best and pay electricity bills from your pocket but I know some people who can't think much and mine less profitable coin with that hope while they can mine most profitable coin and then exchange it and buy their beloved coin, please don't do the same.