If you want to get in one at the bottom, maybe go with SmartCash. They have been marketing like crazy trying to get a foothold. They even give out money tips here on Steemit if you write articles about them or just comment on their articles.
Etherum is pretty big right now and as far as I can tell, you don't mine it, you just start your own Token based off of it for some other project.
sometime in 2017 Ethereum will be switched from Proof of Work to a new consensus algorithm under development, called Casper that is expected to be more efficient and require less mining subsidy. ~ https://www.ethereum.org/ether
So would Ether be worth the plunge?
If you want to get in one at the bottom, maybe go with SmartCash. They have been marketing like crazy trying to get a foothold. They even give out money tips here on Steemit if you write articles about them or just comment on their articles.
Etherum is pretty big right now and as far as I can tell, you don't mine it, you just start your own Token based off of it for some other project.
I haven't looked into others, there are so many.