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by stepik777 3136 days ago
> printing free money

How are they free? You need equipment and electricity.

> I have some otherwise very smart friends who are mining coins with GPUs

Do you want to say that mining is stupid? If you mine the right coins and hold them long enough for price to increase you can make a lot of money.

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> How are they free?

Exactly my point.

> Do you want to say that mining is stupid?

You could just buy them, which lowers your overall expenditure. Mining only amortizes a greater cost over time.