Here's another review from Apexto Mining: https://youtu.be/9Q5kmjfHaVE?feature=shared

I've used Centralized no KYC exchanges for several years now.  I like using them because they're simple, quick and impartial.  No login, no account, no password.  Never used them for deceit or crime.

I know who the devs of some of them are (maybe not personally, but I know of them and their reputations) so I'm not worried about losing my coins but I don't swap huge amounts (God forbid I ever did lose my coins).

I've never swapped for the same coin.

Been using Sideshift.ai since 2019

I remember watching some of those MIT OpenCourseWare:

Introduction for 15.S12 Blockchain and Money, Fall 2018
Professor Gary Gensler
https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/15-s12-blockchain-and-money-fall-2018/

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP63UUkfL0onkxF6MYgVa04Fn

Or really I don't know.  They're both VERY cool looking, but in their own way (or in different ways).

You're right (or I agree), these are better looking.

Those are the coolest looking Crocs I've ever seen!

I'm checking out your mining pool (kano.is) now.  Always interested in trying out mining on a new pool (or at least new to me).

Thank you!

Defcon23 gifted me the coins in 2016 because I was doing a book giveaway at the time on the Bitcoin.com Forum.

I'm a mod over there (nandibear - https://forum.bitcoin.com/nandibear-u4151/) , although nowadays (for a while now) they (whoever really runs Bitcoin.com now) have made it impossible to post, they claim it's broken and cannot be fixed.

Here's the book giveaway thread:


Free books! Bitcoin book review - episode 2 - Decentralized Applications: Harnessing Bitcoins Blockchain by Siraj Raval

https://forum.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-discussion/free-books-bitcoin-book-review-episode-2-decentralized-applications-harnessing-bitcoins-blockchain-by-siraj-raval-t11468.html

Defcon23's reply in regard to gifting me the coins:

https://forum.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-discussion/free-books-bitcoin-book-review-episode-2-decentralized-applications-harnessing-bitcoins-blockchain-by-siraj-raval-t11468.html#p35063

Here's an article I published on my site back in December 2016 when he sent me the coins (picture included):

Defcon23 - stylish and tremendously cool physical Bitcoins - 0.5 Ometeotl gold and silver 2016

https://nandibear.com/defcon23-stylish-and-tremendously-cool-physical-bitcoins-ometeotl-gold-and-silver-2016

https://www.nandibear.com/blog-img/defcon23-physical-bitcoins-ometeotl-gold-silver-2016-nandibear.com.jpg

Well... it looks like the guy who minted these coins has been involved what appears to be suspicious or very odd minting and/or misrepresentation of "Bitcoin Bullion Bars"

[WTS] Silver Plated Brass Physical Bitcoin Bars - Limited Edition & numbered

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1111640.0

Better pics of the silver plated coin:

Front:  https://talkimg.com/images/2023/10/09/RngWN.jpeg

Back:  https://talkimg.com/images/2023/10/09/Rn8Qa.jpeg

Better pics of the gold plated coin:

Front:

https://talkimg.com/images/2023/10/09/Rn448.jpeg

Back:

https://talkimg.com/images/2023/10/09/Rn723.jpeg

Thanks!  I'll take some better pics now.

Thanks so much, that would be great!

Will do!  Thanks!

Neither coin is loaded.

Unopened. I've owned both coins since mint in 2016 by Defcon23.

Coins are both located here in the US.

https://talkimg.com/images/2023/10/09/Rn3wd.jpeg

https://talkimg.com/images/2023/10/09/RnkN5.jpeg

Price: 0.02 BTC each

Shipping within the US:  FREE

International shipping:  0.0018 BTC

Payment address:  bc1qszmrf8tv83zjrdsa3gjq6rhfrqldpdxxv8dq8n

KYC for hardware mining... that's cRAzY!!!

I like the BTC,com Pool and ViaBTC,com pool.   I've mined on others too and even a Hathor merged mining pool called Zulupool (which is not bad when there's other hashrate on there aside from your own).

What is a "federal school environment" you also mentioned your dad's house, so I don't understand that.  Putting that aside I'd say:

- It's probably illegal to use free electricity (paid for the by the government / tax payers) to mine bitcoin

- Even if it's not specifically illegally, once they discover that you're mining bitcoin (especially if you get more than just one mining machine) they're likely going to make you stop and possibly charge you with theft (doesn't have to be a law specifically about bitcoin, you can't open up a business with free electricity)

- It's going to be loud, very loud.  Especially if you have more than one mining machine.   The noise is going to bother you and anyone else around the machines, you don't even have to be in the same room.  The noise comes from the fans on the front and back of the ASIC mining machines.

-  You've also got to get rid of the heat produced by the mining machine(s) so you can't just put them in your closet (unless you rig up some airduct somehow and have somewhere to get rid of that air) and even at that it's still going to be hot, especially if you have more than one mining machine.

-  The electrically wiring in your house / school (or wherever) is going to have to be large enough (the gauge of the wire, or wire size) otherwise the amps the machines draw are going to burn up the wiring (more so if you have more than one mining machine).   The breakers are also going to turn off if you pull too many amps (or more than the breaker is built for, example 20 AMPS).

- You're going to have to mine on a bitcoin mining pool so here are two mining calculators (a simple one and a more advanced one):

Simple: https://btc.com/tools/mini-mining-calculator?lang=en

example: hashrate of 14 TH/s (terahash) which is about what an Antminer s9 does (since electricity is free for your you don't need a new machine, and these are only about $100 on eBay nowadays) and you make about 0.000035 BTC every 24 hours (or about $0.09 dollars (or 90 cents)).

Advanced (although you don't really need this because it's for calculating electricity and the price of the mining machine (new machine usually): https://btc.com/tools/mining-calculator