f) chasing the dragon is bad idea: I spent months mining new coins trying to chase the next pump. Bad idea, the only good coin I mined that mooned was GIN coin and I sold it 10x cheaper than its ATH. It would have been better for me to just mine ETH with the pill or any other oldschool/popular coin (as equihash before the ASICs).
disagree, mining new shitcoins made me a lot of money this past year and continues to do so. You have to know what you're doing otherwise you will earn less. I was earning 300-500% more than just mining ETH or ZEC late last year and into the first 4-5 months of this year.