I like to diversify my investments, and there are many ways to do that in cryptocurrencies. My focus for this post is in Mining. I started mining using MinerGate because it is the simplest way to set up mining using your computer. Simply sign up, download the software and decide which cryptocurrency to mine. I have been hitting XMR (Monero) and BCN (Bytecoin) really hard recently. I have had no issues with payouts.
My best investment was buying L3+ ASIC Miners - these are easy enough to set up and run but require initial capital investment, where using MinerGate on your computer does not except for the electricity which wasn't noticeable for me, but hey I would trade electricity for XMR and BCN any day!