I heard about it over 3 years ago, but I didn't really inquire about it because I didn't really know how mining worked and I didn't put any effort to actually checked out what it was.

But I agree, sometimes a small thing you do now could pay fantastic dividends in the future

$10k for example is a serious dividends. The only problem is that one wouldn't have known it could pay off, and that's why we just have to trust something, I guess that's the risk we have to take.

What trust issues did you have with installing it on your new device?