All right, took me two weeks to get it as i'm new in trading, but as far as gamble is concerned, the two best bets seem to be always the champion and the potential challengers. Rollercoasting on BTC and jumping in early for promising new coins.
Sure, but good luck on having clairvoyance for what's to come with emerging markets. "Putting your ears to the ground" is a courageous and challenging endeavor to keep abreast of what's happening, all of the time.
I think the best idea (and least stressful while still having a little short-term fun) is to buy some BTC, diversy into a few altcoins that look promising, and - ultimately the most important - have
faith that they'll eventually take off and
leave it. The Winklevoss twins have it correct in basically supporting it, buying into it, and leaving it at that. Day trading is fun, but extremely volatile and an easy way to lose your head and finances.
Take it all in stride and don't be mad you missed out on something. We all miss out on a lot of stuff we didn't know.
Right now, the real people profiting (in the long run if digital currency isn't cut off at the knees) will be those starting systems built for it and as others have said, selling the shovels.
If you consider it, essentially everyone reading this thread and participating in cryptocurrency in some fashion is an early adopter, because that's far less than 1% of the population on the entire planet. Once things take off we'll all be pleased with the outcome if we held, and I have faith they will eventually. ^^