Okay so i havent done any mining for crypto yet at all and ive been debating whether to go for eth (stability), dash (profit and algorighim is better) or ltc (lot of room to grow....basically been having the same thought process as you). Since eth may change their algorithim, it kind of knocked it out the 3 options even tho i love ether and the ethereum network. I dont think dash is going anywhere i think its gonna be around and may or may not be actually used, but i guess the rumors and shit about premined nonsense with one of the founders got to me subconsciously ... just feel like litecoins growth thus far since i got into crypto earlier this year has been the most authentic ..... i think your post just led my thought process to finally choose ltc for now at least .... thanks for the post!