Great advice earlier - never invest more than you can afford to lose! That being said, a lot of people know who I am and I feel like it's worth something that I have actually met a couple of these guys. In fact, I'm the one who helped them wrap up the FusionHash integration and got Xnigma to add 888 (Xnigma was a big help in the early days of Murraycoin) at launch. Now OctoCoin is using FusionHash for their web hosting despite having their own web server in-house; I don't believe it's any secret at this point that I'm an investor in FusionHash (despite having very little to do with their operations) so this is extra exciting for me. The fact that they have given so many coins to the pools to ensure they are covered, the fact that none of the (modest) premine has been touched, the fact that they quickly came to the aid of edric and donated BTC to him when he was in a bind - these are things you don't typically see in the altcoin world. Yes there is some mystery here and, like everybody else, I would like to start seeing more (as they have assured us we soon will) but I just have a feeling about this one. I have also heard a number of rumors about who all is involved as I run in some of the same circles as at least one of the developers; I don't want to get anybody excited on what remains nothing more than rumors at this point but, if true, this could be even bigger than previously thought (and I've always believed in the Octo).
Honestly I just started out casually mining... bought a few on Xnigma... liked the guys I met and liked what I saw but wanted to spread around my investments to hedge my bets. Looking back, OctoCoin has been the most stable altcoin price-wise since the day it launched. In fact, it's the only thing I have invested in over the past 3 months that is actually
up in value (sadly, my own coin included... but that's another story - we haven't seen the last of Murraycoin!) 888 prices have seriously been +/- 50% for almost the entire time other than a slight dip during the quiet period before the hardfork. I don't know if they're buying/selling themselves to maintain stability or what but this kind of stability is unheard of in today's market. Almost every other coin released in this span of time has seen 1000% drops or more from their peak. The majority of new coins are all scams from the start with empty promises which is why I put so much value into meeting part of the dev team in-person. I know they speak to FusionHash at least once/week and their delivery has been perfect in my opinion. They are just slowly rolling along and building momentum and building a community. The majority of altcoins are here, pumped, and gone within a month. I still keep the majority of my crypto wealth in BTC but in the crazy world of altcoins this is starting to feel more and more like the most solid option out there. Everything is a gamble but I'm a believer.
I threw another bitcoin out on Bittrex at 1020 if anybody wants to help put me over 1,000,000 
