Cryptocurrencies... You gettin' rich yet?

[Warbucks]

So I bought some Litecoins two weeks ago... (brother recommended).

Now I'm hooked on trying to learn more about cryptocurrencies.

Bitcoin is like 13k per coin.. not sure if I want to tie up that much money in cryptos.

I am still learning what is what.

Has anyone else messed with cryptocurrencies?

Win stories, lose stories, etc.. let's hear about it.

[Necromancer]

I'm too chickenshit to mess with 'em.  Their worth is based on nothing at all, really, so it could be easily manipulated; it's too close to gambling to call it an investment.

[crazydean]

I'm too chickenshit to mess with 'em.  Their worth is based on nothing at all, really, so it could be easily manipulated; it's too close to gambling to call it an investment.

This is my biggest problem. They're too volatile and have no intrinsic value.

[xelement5x]

Also, the fact that the energy consumption is basically off the charts compared to anything else.  As the value of bitcoin rises so does the amount of energy people are willing to burn on it which also increases the value.  The weird thing is that it seems designed to continually inflate as original bitcoins have the same value as current ones, which had much more time/energy invested in them. 

[Punch]

"What was the main reason for the creation of ______?"

I ask myself that question every time the topic comes up and that's exactly why I'll never put one cent on them.

[Desh]

I did make money on my 6 month old RX 480 do to the AMD GPU boom from mining.  Bought new in Jan. for $200, sold it in July for $400. 

[gex]

My old boss was always pushing me to get into this. He invested thousands and thousands into this apparently after watching some documentary, and now his Facebook just consists of him posting "Told you so" status's and memes.

I'm still waiting to get invited to his yacht party.

[TheOldMan]

... posting "Told you so"...

Just smile sweetly, and remind him the IRS is taxing any gains as income, not as deferred investments.
And they are coming after people who didn't declare it last year

[Warbucks]

Did you guys see the dip it took today.. I tried scooping some up but the damn websites were having problems.. grrr... someone made a ton of money

[seieienbu]

Jesus Christ I just checked out of curiosity and bitcoins are at $17K now.  These things are ridiculous.

edit:  Wait.  Somewhere else I'm seeing $11.7K.  That's a pretty big disparity...  What's the actual going rate of these things, I honestly have no idea...?

[xelement5x]

[esteban]

A: No.

[mickcris]

Jesus Christ I just checked out of curiosity and bitcoins are at $17K now.  These things are ridiculous.

edit:  Wait.  Somewhere else I'm seeing $11.7K.  That's a pretty big disparity...  What's the actual going rate of these things, I honestly have no idea...?

thats crazy. Coinbase shows it as $16,275.80

I have 0.00363669 BTC which i think was a coupe bucks left over from a payment i sent earlier in the year.  now its worth about $60.  im rich!

edit:

$16,467.22
Bitcoin price
+$2,944.99
Since yesterday (USD)
+21.89%
Since yesterday (%)

i wonder how long it will be till it crashes.

[GohanX]

My old boss was always pushing me to get into this. He invested thousands and thousands into this apparently after watching some documentary, and now his Facebook just consists of him posting "Told you so" status's and memes.

I'm still waiting to get invited to his yacht party.

The problem I see with this is that the value is going up like crazy, but it means nothing until it's cashed out into real currency. A smart person could make a lot of money, but I think most people that are buying while it's high now are going to stay just a little too long until the bubble pops.

The first few people who cash out make a ton of money. Then some whale cashes out. Values drop like a rock, now the people just getting into it this year that bought in with real money just gave up a ton to those first few who cashed out and are left with nothing. And this happens long before most people get wind of it and have a chance to check their computer.

[BigusSchmuck]

My boss at work is spending a grip of cash on pc hardware just to mine. Dropped closed to 20k on server equipment and I think to myself, Christ you can drop 20k on mining hardware but you can't hire decent techs and give the rest of us a Christmas bonus? Yeah greedy bastard.