Is Bitcoin too expensive to buy? Mine them instead

11 affiliate links in that article. I wonder why this was written.

Bitcoin too expensive? This article explains how to spend just as much with no guarantee of ever actually getting any Bitcoin in return.

The only reason I clicked was that this was an epic opportunity, not taken, to have some sarcastic fun.

Why would someone provide this service? It's like they say you pay us $1 and then you get $2 in return. It looks too good to be true.

It's a long-term short on the value cryptocurrencies hold.

They're betting on their 'service fees' eventually overtaking mining returns, while customers are betting on the opposite.

Customers have to trust that HashFlare is going to keep it's mining systems state-of-the-art. But I don't see how the service has any incentive to do so: that's hard work and cuts into their profits.

A counterargument is that HashFlare might also be taking the lion's share of the cryptocurrencies they mine. Well, if they were that confident in cryptocurrency, why wouldn't they just use their hardware in a normal mining pool?