Horrible experience and i dont see for this to be an another alternative for mining.Better to buy Bitcoin and wait up for sometime
and earn some decent percentage with your investment and its more pretty worthy and somewhat secure in terms for longterm.
Tried up DASH staking but as expected if you dont put up big money you wont really able to feel those staking amounts.
Maybe not an alternative to mining but it sure looks like an alternative to cloud mining. And a better one. Cloud mining services are offering you 250 days to ROI and at the same time staking sites estimate even 150% or more yearly return on some coins.
The risk is in the coins themselves that can be worth much less next year and the less risky ones have much lower returns. Dash is among those with minimum risk but lower returns.
Definitely the best option is to trade or at least buy and hold for 1 year. If you look at these "coin staking services" projects you will see that big investors don't get into it, and when big investors don't invest in something, that means that thing is not so good. 5% or up to 10% annually and yet to entrust your coins to unknowns people is not a good deal
Big investors who have a lot of money don't have to risk it to make more money. They don't buy small risky altcoins and they don't stake them but it doesn't mean it's not profitable. I'm more interested in the third party staking services and their profitability than debating if staking itself is better than buying and holding or trading.
Some coins don't have volume to be good for trading. Some are too volatile to be good for long holding but they can be good for staking for a few months and selling for a profit.