If you want the "fun" of mining and don't want to buy coins directly, you could buy some mining contracts.
Hold on. I can see mining for "fun", learning Linux, how to set up GPUs, configuring hardware, pool selection, connecting to the pool, etc.But if you just go and buy a mining contract how is that "fun"?
Wouldn't it be more "fun" and produce the same financial result to instead take the money you want to invest in mining contracts and then flush say 15% of it down the toilet?
At least then you get the "fun" of watching it swirl around on the way down to the sewer.
With some mining contacts you can also get the feeling of "getting some coins". Personally for me it was more interesting in the beginning than just go and buy directly.
I am also aware of the popular opinion of "BTC/GH price is going down, you are losing money with mining contracts", however I personally have mining contracts that were and still are lucrative and I am not losing money with them, but I make a profit. You have to find the right place.
