I pick #2 also. This has been a terrific experience without the need for small guys like myself to build my own rig. The ROI simply not worth it.

but of course the SBD at the time of funding was at higher price.

I keep thinking back as to if those SBD back then were held in USDT and now traded for steem or other cryptos how great that would have been versus building a mining rig? Either way great learning experience and definitely appericate all you have done for us @cfminer, aka @cardboard or @tipu. Man you are amazing to be working full time and have so much stuff active on crypto. Kudos!