Oddbean

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If you forgo purchasing a BitAxe, and instead use that $100 to $200 capex expenditure to buy Bitcoin, you can then spend $2 every other week as opex on a powerball lottery ticket. You still have a chance to make big mullah, but you've also guaranteed future value by setting aside sats today The odds favor that approach even more as overall network hash goes up along with utility bills. Extra benefit to the lottery ticket is that it doesnt make noise at all, can be burned, crumpled and thrown at someone to get their attention.