Hello, I'm new here also.  My wife thinks I'm completely insane mining something that doesn't have any 'value'. 
"How is it worth anything?"
"Where does the money come from?"
"You mean to tell me that people actually pay for these things?"

I started out back in August on Digital Coin, Feather coins, then my card broke, and by the time a replacement came I was behind the 8-ball.