Are people really this gullible?
Yes.
I agree, most people are sheeple. That's not different in cryptoworld.
Even crypto-junkies say I'm nuts for buying two of these:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RM7mlpgT6Q (not my video)
So why did I buy ans SHA256DR box stack that probably won't pay for itself? Because multi-pool. Because exchange guvthuggery. Now I pay a power bill instead of registering every transaction on an exchange. I don't care if it costs a lot. I don't care if the BTC isn't enough.
BTC is a Pump and Dump coin for getting moar DRK.
Power company is my exchange. They don't report how many coins I got or at what price. I don't cash out. I'm buying BTC at electric price. Buying DRK. Even when it's not profitable, and costing me a few hundreds bucks a monoth, I don't care, because sell for DRK and hodl. I use only pools that don't require account. Who says that's my address I'm mining into?