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by 47377382829 4507 days ago
0.0015 BITCOIN?! ... for Keurig coffee?

I'm sorry but I'm not spending more in bitcoin on mere Keurig coffee than an amount I might be able to GPU mine with a spare laptop in a weekend.

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The amount of time it takes you to create a US Dollar isn't how you would measure the cost of something. It's strictly based on the value of that item. And with .0015 Bitcoin being equivalent to just over $1 USD, it's not much markup. A k-cup can easily cost $.75/each.
I get mine from amazon for about $.50/each. Once I found a bunch on clearance at kroger's, and then I had $.10/cup coffee for about half a year.
Less if you go the box-o'-cups-at-Costco route like I do. It can be economical if you don't mind just-OK coffee.
The Costco varieties are the same as the ones I buy anyway, so to me it's a win-win.
0.0015 Bitcoin = 850 Dogecoin (I just looked it up) ... less than a day of mining on mid-to-high-end current or last gen AMD Cards (79XX, or R9-280X+).

GPU mining Bitcoin has been unprofitable for like over a year.

Perhaps BTC does have a liquidity problem.