thanks for your reply and making me aware..Is it good to go with hashflare then? the link is here:
https://www.cryptocompare.com/mining/hashcoins/mining-contract-sha-256-large/Also is it that I just take those contracts and sit back to earn my profits? I suppose I need not have a high configuration system or anything and it is all taken care by them...My understanding about these contracts is I just need to pay for the contract and the BTC is credited to my wallet... please correct me if I am wrong.
You are correct, cloud mining is just buying the contract and taking the profit.
With Genesis having problems, hashflare is the only legit option, viabtc too were having some contract but are not providing for new users.
But take note that ROI period for cloud mining are over a year and the production decreases with time.
And the price of coin can reach anywhere up or down on that period.
There can be other beneficial investment than Cloud mining.