I had free power (included in my rent cost no matter what I used) at my computer shop, so mining coins was basically free. I had computers to spare, and free power. Ah, the good ol days lol Too bad I really never thought bitcoins would amount to anything.
ugh bitcoins.. back when I had my own shop, electricity was included in rent.. so i had 3 computers mining 24/7... ended up with something like 25 coins.. then I sorta forgot about them (this was way back in the day when they were worth nothing).. friend of mine recently told me they were worth around $1000 each.. so I went to my account to see if i could sell them, and they "expired"
the difference is that people in charge of the party dont have a history of covering up rapes and hindering police investigations into rapers and moving them to different countries to avoid investigations.
see my reply to point #3.. if there comes a time when a better explanation for the origins of the universe presents itself, I can guarantee that all the scientists who study this stuff will gladly change their minds.