Am I investing in mining… or just gambling? (be honest)

I’ve been seeing a lot of people (including myself at one point) jump into mining thinking it’s some kind of guaranteed money printer.

So I made a quick gut-check list. If most of these hit… you’re probably gambling.

You’re probably gambling if:

• you bought a miner because a calculator said it was profitable today
• you have no idea what your actual monthly power cost is
• you’re assuming the coin price won’t drop (or will magically go up)
• you don’t really understand what J/TH means, you just picked a machine
• you chose the coin because it’s “hot” right now
• you’re expecting ROI in a few months no matter what
• you haven’t thought about difficulty increasing at all
• downtime/repairs haven’t even crossed your mind
• you think this is passive income with zero headaches
• you didn’t compare multiple machines, just pulled the trigger
• you’d be stressed if profits dipped for a couple months
• you’re checking profitability every day like it’s a stock ticker

be honest — how many of these did you check before you started?
and which one actually cost you money?