To the veterans who have been in the Bitcoin scene for some time...

Throughout time in your observation, has the community become smarter or more dumb?

Faster or slower?

Wealthier or poor?

Pessimistic or optimistic?

Fatter or more trim?

And does it matter for Bitcoin's overall health?

Hi

I'm new to the world of bit mining hardware, and want a relatively decent miner for hobby.

Looking at geting ths Antminer S3 or S5.

If I buy from the Bitmain "Antminer S5 Batch 5", do I like wait until they meet a sell count threshold, or do they ship next business day?
https://bitmaintech.com/productDetail.htm?pid=00020150303095018716e2uWKIA70662

Im skeptical about the S5 because I live in a room share in california where its warm in the summers, and apparently the S5 is NOISY. Is there a fan i can buy at frys to make this thing a whole lot less noisy (I think I could deal with heat generated)?


The alternative is buying an Antminer S3 on Ebay. Significantly less GH/s but im okay with this, as it will primarily be for hobby. And it doesn't seem to have the same noise issues as the S5? Insights are welcome

Thanks for all wisdom.

In for one unit

N00b here,

Simple question I think... where is the best place to park bitcoin?

From an outsider perspective with a n00b lense, there's some tags that clout cryptocurrency. Amongst them, volatility and fraud.

I believe in bitcoin despite the mediums I and most people tune into though. So... is there a place / process where I can buy bitcoin, forget about it, and come back to in 10 years when it hits 10,000 usd per coin? Reputable sources / sites etc?

I may be missing the point as I'm home grown on centralized currencies... I'm not too sure. Im just hoping to know the safest place i can store coins and forget ablut it (I dont mind the current extreme volatility, just mostly about thieves)

waiting for price would like 2

Yeah. Something just does not seem right about hashfast. Just like about everyone else here, I am on edge about promised hardware with 100% FRONT costs, and a 2 month delay.
Hashfast is raising all of those "Avalon" flags, and then some.

Combined with this BTC gold rush, the anonymity of the internet, and a majority of the BTC community neglecting to engage in some tough background checking... the writing's on the wall.
I appreciate the group buy though Canary. I'm going to sift through any available public records of Hashfast before committing to the shares.

Shut up and take my money!

Interested.

I joined the forum just the other day with the interest of obtaining some bitfury's, and the drillbit board sounds like a great concept.

I would pull the trigger to participate in this group buy much sooner, pending concept photos and/or actual photos of your drillbit system board, and the couple of bitfury sample chips with a "barntech" on  a piece of paper in the photo, or whatever. It's simple and silly, but it would authenticate the group buy for me personally.

I'm here also to participate in a group buy.

The more I read into that board though, the more I have to wonder...
Is it just a 21st century repeat of the guys selling the shovels to the gold miners, getting rich?

username: Fear58

Thank you 

New to the forum, and Bitcoins. I am hoping to start a small mining operation