Im saying about trading because I it really can be the solution to this whole thing with mining.
When CEX.IO turned off cloud mining, I was left with my useless 1THS (although theyd been useless for a while by then). I missed the chance to sell them for Bitcoins when the price was more or less adequate, but I did it when the mining halted. I bought Bitcoins with my 1000 GHS and traded them to Darkcoins. I did that mostly for fun, to see what happens, as I dont normally trade altcoins.
Heres my summary.
When I bought my THS, I paid around 2 BTC for them.
I sold it at around 0.7 BTC in January.
In January, I bought precisely 100 DRK (1 DRK at the time cost 0.007 BTC).
After I publish this, Im going to trade my DRK to BTC again. If you have followed Darkcoin/Dash price lately, you know that the coin has rose significantly.
So, Im going to end up with the same old 2 BTC, just because certain trends coincided.
Its just one example. I havent considered other altcoins yet, and I cannot possibly know what the price of Dash will be in the future.
Just wondering, how did you come up with the idea to buy Dash/Darkcoins? Any sources you were following?