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Asic's ARE used for SOME alt coins. Profitable? I don't know. Probably depends a lot on your circumstances.

My SO found some white crystal stuff in our kitchen and is convinced it is salt. It sure tastes salty but I want to reconfirm that it really is NaCl not some other salty tasting chemical. Is there any way to test this using household items/chemicals? Thanks

Why not just pause your mining when you want to play games? It's not that hard...

Have you got your nicehash miner sending your BTC to the nicehash wallet or a TP wallet? It sounds to me like your miner has deposited the funds into your wallet. Once this is done, the balance showing in the miner returns to zero and slowly build up again.

Could sell your BTC via an exchange. Higher cost but more secure.

Is it possible to dedicate GPU to mining and CPU to folding?

It's not a bad deal... but not a bargain... I would say it's a fair price

Rumours are that 144hz 4k is coming next year.

That couch change might one day be worth a lot more... or not... but maybe...

If you want to invest in a whole bitcoin, you might want to consider "dollar cost averaging" strategy to regulate some of your exposure.

All the above it true but don't let it discourage you. It's an interesting feild with lots of potential. Take a look at bitcointalk.org for more info and get involved.

What are you mining? Bitcoin, Ethereum... etc. ? What is your hardware?

Just to counter some of the above points: - Currencies like the euro or USD only have value because people agree that they have value. Same applies to Bitcoin. I don't see how being backed by a central bank that says "this piece of green paper is worth a certain amount of money" makes it better. Particularly when that central bank can manipulate the currency and severely screw up an economy. The supply of Bitcoin is known and and unchanging. People like stability. The fact that Bitcoin's inflation is declining (predictably) is a feature, not a bug. The alternative is that your USD, Euro, JPY gets "inflated into oblivion". - China can try and regulate bitcoin to stop people shifting money out of the country but in reality, how can they? People can just write the code for their own wallet from scratch or memorise the 12 word phrase/mnemonic and just generate their wallet across the boarder. Bitcoin gives people freedom. - Although I don't understand or know the technical details, my understanding is that the he system is already quantum computing attack resistant and the protocol can be upgrades if it needs to increase resistance. - Bitcoin technology evolves over time. Every part of the system will become better, cheaper and faster.

It can be risky to leave your coin stored on an exchange. As Andreas Antonopoulos says (I'll be misquoting but the effect is correct) if you don't hold the private keys, then it's not your bitcoin. I'd recommend you get it onto your own secure device. If the exchange/online wallet gets hacked (it's like a giant honey pot for a hacker) you'd loose it. I'm only a noob but I hope it helps.

Hi All, One of the main PC part suppliers in Australia who had inflated their GPU prices has started to reel them back in. It'll probably happen progressively over a period of time. Anyone else finding this around the world?

The returns have decreased significantly since he made that post. I'd estimate that he'd only earn half that these days.

What device do you guys store your bitcoin on? Do you have a better / more secure solution than on a hardware wallet sitting on a windows PC? I'm not exactly going to buy a mac computer (worth more than my coin) to store it on. Plus, I wreck my phone's too much to leave it on my phone. Thoughts?

Hey Guys, So I was considering proposing to my girlfriend and I did a bit of a google search for engagement rings. Now, whenever I go to show my girlfriend any youtube video I get targeted advertising about engagement rings. She definitely saw it but didn't say anything. She's not dumb, I'm sure she knows why it would show up. I don't normally care about targeted advertising because I never buy any of their stuff but is there any way of stopping these ring adds from coming up? Thanks

In my point of view: - The value of crypto has dipped recently, so if you take a short sighted look at it the profits aren't big. However, the values have started to bounce up and there is potential for your earned coin to be worth a bit more over time. If you plan on pulling your profits out of the coin and back into your local currency, then you wouldn't receive those dividends. - There will be a toll on your hardware. However even if the profits remain small for a while, if it enables us to buy new and updated hardware at the end of the year, then it's still worth it in my opinion. - Lastly, I just do it out of curiosity. I'm interested in tuning my pc to maximize profit and watching the markets fluctuate. There are justifications for both sides.

I had the same issue with my 980ti. Let me know if you find a resolution

I think the more interesting question is: Of the additional income that AMD and Nvidia has earned from this bubble, how much will they reinvest into developing game oriented GPU's? Hopefully this would result in improved products for us at the end of the day but lets just hope they don't squander it all on building dedicated mining cards.

I've had 1080p 27inch monitor for almost 10 years now and it's been good. I'm now starting to desire a finer resolution and considering a new monitor. I guess it depends on your taste. Maybe go into a shop and demo some?

looks like the quantum dot 144hz monitor at that price point is only a 1080p but thanks for giving me the idea. There are some 144hz 1440p (not quantum dot) that I could consider. Tempting...

Hi Guys, Last time I bought a monitor was about 10 years ago and it was a BenQ 27 inch 1920x1080 @ 60hz. It's been a great value but I feel like it's time for an upgrade. I mainly use my compy for gaming (first person shooters and racing games mostly). It would be nice to have extra detail of a 4k screen for long distance detail in game. Dat pixel density yo. I'm currently running a 980ti and 7600k, so it should be enough to drive a 4k display in most games but I'll consider a GPU upgrade in a couple generation's time. The display I'm considering is the following: https://www.pccasegear.com/products/37957/aoc-u3277pwqu-32in-4k-amva-pro-line-monitor When I bought my BenQ monitor, the brand was known as the cheap alternative and it's served me well. So I'm not too afraid of buying a cheap brand again. I've read some reviews that said this aoc monitor it's not perfect but I'm not convinince that a noob like myself would notice the slight imperfections. What does the forum think? Cheers