Definitely do your own research on this, but I think a lot of the cryptocurrencies available now basically live up to the term "shitcoin" that some people call them. My regret is that when I started buying crypto in late spring/ early summer is that I was trying to diversify across projects, and that wasn't ideal. Obviously things change, and no one can predict the future, but I would have been better off in just ETH and BTC.
That said, if you invest a small amount in a project, and that provides motivation and energy to learn more about investing and crypto, etc., it's probably not the worst thing that could happen.
I agree. It’s probably never see fruition. But since it costs nothing to mine right now it takes 10 seconds of my day. It’s a fun flyer to hope it will work out 3-5 years from now.