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I think buying an ASIC at the moment is a silly thing to do. The profitability from mining Scrypt based coins makes betting on an ASIC tough to stomach.

 

Here's a few interesting things to consider before ordering an ASIC. This reddit post somewhat outdated now, but everything still holds true.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1oto74/thinking_of_ordering_an_asic_there_is_most_likely/

 

You can try to calculate how much it would potentially earn based on current and past difficulty trends.

http://mining.thegenesisblock.com/

 

Here you can review past, current, and next estimated difficulty.

http://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Users cannot, and will not securely manage key material. Most users can't and the ones that can, wont.

Ask me about Bitcoin, Litecoin, Crypto-Currencies, and/or Mining them.

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