I feel a lot of the bounty campaigns are not run by serious devs. It is really important to do the research to find what devs are serious and only spend time on those bountys!
Market seems to like to be in trend either up or down. Now it seems like we are moving flat for a long time. A new trend will soon start and I think it will be UP UP UP!
Long time crypto investor here. Every time I have sold and have looked back on it 20 months later I have regretted it more than marrying my second wife
When you see the hard time a huge ICO like Tezos with a billion in capital is having, just imagine what goes on in the smaller ones with a lot less scrunity and oversight. I do not think this is the time for ICOs.
Ripple = high risk, because it is not a pure blockchain. If founders want to dump one day your ripple might have 0 value. With real crypto like BTC you always know what coins get released new on market.
I would start with a round number. 100 or 1000 maybe if you can afford and promise not to deposit more for x months. That way it will be easy to track profits and you can decide if you want to risk more later.
I said this from the start. Mining will die and human work and staking coins will be the new mining and passive income. Get in while the game is still hot!
I get my passive income by investing in coins that can be staked. Right now Semux and Tezos really low priced. Make about 200 a month passive, more than my aloowance