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for all you people new to bitcoin mining, it all evens out over time.

is mining for bitcoin still profitable? I stopped mining with my 1 th rig about 3 months ago because it was costing me more to run than i was making.

You were mining for the wrong reasons. It may cost you more to mine than you make at the present moment, but if you have faith in the bitcoin system then you'd know that in the long run you'll make more from your stashed away coins than you paid to mine them in the first place. That, ma friend, is the rub!

Have faith? Is this a cult now? There are no good reasons to believe BTC will rise much at all now. The "gold rush" days are long gone, I made mine with a farm of 10 gigahash Block Eruptor blades. Back when difficulty was less than the average jump this year. Since then any gear costs more than it makes before you pay for electricity, any money made in this years gold rush is by those selling you the shovels. Back to BTC, companies like Coinbase are doing a great job making it easier for merchants and consumers alike to use BTC. To a certain extent if more people use BTC as currency that will create downward pressure on its value. If there is a huge swing to using it as currency creating more demand than what is available, of course that will cause an increase in BTC value. It will also create demand for a "new and improved!" product and BTC will collapse. Like My Space did with Facebook. Yeah...keep up the faith.

I'm urged to comment on all this here.

I agree 100% with what you said.... you cant count your chickens before they hatch or w.e that saying is.

However, I often read nad hear people saying you cant make a living off of Bitcoin mining. However I have been doing many many calculations of different types of setups. And I've come to the conclusion that. Yes. You can make a living off of it. But having say a part time job would help greatly.

This depends on what you use for hydro. I'd use solar power or hydro electric(Water as my conductor) thus cutting my hydro cost in half.

Having the right amount of equiptment. Sometimes the best of the best miners isnt always the best.

Sometimes having slow miners will give you a better result and less costs.

But again it all comes back to the waiting game. If your impatient...Dont bother. If your patient... than go for it all out.

This is everyone own opinion. My thought though.... you could make a living off of BTC mining it all depends on your setup and all