Fact is that people do get paid, and they genuinely like it.
^ Said anyone who ever participated in a ponzi before it collapsed.
It's just sad to see the bitcoin community falling for the same scams over and over which can be easily prevented. If the everyone would just adopt the most basic standards like requiring proof of mining via a mining address then 99% of cloudmining scams could be avoided. Although I think most people already require simple proof of legitimacy, there's a never ending wave of noobs who oppose the idea.
But you're right I think I've made my point, I'll leave and let you guys enjoy your gambling. I just hope you guys are honest when spamming your referral links and don't pretend pbmining is a completely legit mining operation without massive risks for a tiny reward.
People keep saying pbmining is a ponzi. ANY operation can fail and make you lose your investment. Look at bitcoin trader. They just lost everyone's bitcoins now. Look at gox months ago. THese were all legit companies that stole peoples funds. Another person with reputable reputation was tradefortress with the whole inputs.io scam. The point is ALL investments have risks. THe greater the risk the greater the reward especially with bitcoin stuff. For example my most profitable investments were newer companies like cex when they first started. People were skeptical but there were no fees and people made a killing compared to now where its extremely hard to make a profit but its now a reputable company. I am pretty sure pbmining is legit of course no one can make an guarantees. MANY people reached ROI and there is no reason to believe more people will not