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    Bitcoin/other crypto currencies

    Anyone know if it's worth mining any of them any more? Google confused me.
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    The forum would be dull if all questions were answered by links (which they probably could be).
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    It was your starter for ten , just to stay the hell out of it

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    Mining? Maybe.
    Buying? No.
    Selling? Yes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Drop of a Hat View Post
    Mining? Maybe.
    Buying? No.
    Selling? Yes.

    "He's just a witness"
    There are all types of crypto currency - some that have just started; worth getting in on those?
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    Eventually, yes. Like every currency, it went through a bubble, and is now normalizing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by geoffbot View Post
    There are all types of crypto currency - some that have just started; worth getting in on those?
    Crypto currencies were inevitable. Hell, Neal Stephenson talked about them in 1999. I am sure there's literature predating that.

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    I know the gold standard is ancient history but all these virtual currencies am I correct in my understanding that they have nothing behind them so have no intrinsic value at all?
    I have no idea what the phrase mining for bitcoin means.

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