I was crunching numbers about mining and was also considering purchasing a $2k ASIC machine from a bitcoin-only internet vendor. "They're just invested in the product," I justified to myself. Reviews were like, "I didn't think it could be real for so cheap, but it was!"

Luckily, I didn't pull the trigger. This guy wasn't so lucky: https://medium.com/yardcouch-com/this-is-the-dumbest-investment-you-can-make-in-crypto-6bee9f511333

The crypto world is fast, and it's easy to get swept up in the quest for easy money. Be careful, folks!