<story><title>Warning Signs About Another Giant Bitcoin Exchange</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/21/technology/bitcoin-bitfinex-tether.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ringaroundthetx</author><text>How did you lose money in a mining pool? Hopped in a cloudmining scam?&lt;p&gt;Mining pools don&amp;#x27;t store funds, you tell them your payout address.</text></item><item><author>slacka</author><text>As someone who lost over 100 bitcoins in a sketchy mining pool, for the love of god, please be careful. I was in early on this madness, and dedicated my gaming rig for a couple of years. Basically forgot about it, until one day I went to move my coins only to find the site just a Cloudflare mirror. Learn from my mistakes and be careful.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>whyenot</author><text>I seem to remember that in some pools you had to initiate a payout to your wallet through the pool website. Payouts weren&amp;#x27;t automatic.</text></comment>
<story><title>Warning Signs About Another Giant Bitcoin Exchange</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/21/technology/bitcoin-bitfinex-tether.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ringaroundthetx</author><text>How did you lose money in a mining pool? Hopped in a cloudmining scam?&lt;p&gt;Mining pools don&amp;#x27;t store funds, you tell them your payout address.</text></item><item><author>slacka</author><text>As someone who lost over 100 bitcoins in a sketchy mining pool, for the love of god, please be careful. I was in early on this madness, and dedicated my gaming rig for a couple of years. Basically forgot about it, until one day I went to move my coins only to find the site just a Cloudflare mirror. Learn from my mistakes and be careful.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ww520</author><text>They used his machine for mining over the years but never paid?</text></comment>