Hey guys. So I am suggesting that a bitcoin promotion be added for a limited time. Basically if a user purchases anything using bitcoin they will get the bitcoin medal as an extra benefit. As for also including forum gold I am not sure about. I cannot remember if it was including in the promotion in the past. This has been a promotion in the past and I really believe it to be a great one for those of us who like to collect the forum medals. This would increase the amount of donations bought also. @donkey5k has taken part in the promotion in the past.
I think you are a few years behind the times if you are thinking of mining them by yourself with a new computer.
Nope. I would join a pool. I may not mine now because gpu mining was found "hazardous" and many mining programs no longer support it. The other option is cpu mining which is much, much slower.