I will give it a try!
Stopped Ethereum a long time ago since I am no longer able to host a fullnode. I it a pain in the ass sync it using "geth". But I do not like to rely on 3rd party wallets.
"Mining" GRC now (BOINC) which is nothing else but dedicating CPU-Power to scientists. There are tasks by LHC or even "seti at home" using CPU and GPU task.