Hi there,
Newbie here, but I'm involved in Bismuth since a while
As a miner, it is still very profitable to mine.
Bismuth is very promising: first full python blockchain, written from scratch, with innovative features and a nice dev team.
I learnt a lot about crypto by just reading the $BIS code.
As a pool owner (EggPool.Net) : I spent a lot of time building a solid infrastructure and developing custom code to get a reliable pool.
Several servers around the world, several pools : no single point of failure.
A custom protocol that ensures efficient mining, thus finding more blocks.
A custom optimized GPU miner, AMD and NVIDIA, LINUX and WINDOWS.
610+ MH/S for stock RX580, 1800/1900+ for a 1080Ti.