I would say a coin is popular if it has reached a high market cap. I usually have less interest in these coins and more in the coins that are not popular. It's like getting into Facebook when everyone knows about rather than getting into Facebook before is reaches its full adoption. The opportunity is a lot more if you get in early on.

To find opportunities early on, I look for new projects. I found a decent opportunity with Veil Project because it's a new privacy coin that is making a lot of fast progress. It's development goals are good because it wants to make a blockchain on which all transactions are anonymous and its operational performance is also well because its team realizes hype needs to be maintained. The project keeps adding to its list of exchanges and that shows the team knows development and project awareness are both important.

Both are good depending on the token. If I see some token got dumped hard because of certain news, I expect a dead cat bounce and I trade it for a few days. Also, if I see a token moon because of something very small, I try to short it.

Long term investment is different, though. I can help make really big gains. All the 100x we hear about are from people who did long term investments. This kind of investment only works if we do our research in some strong new projects. I recently researched on Veil Project and I am holding it for long term. The project has experienced team and is making privacy coins better by making mutliblock transactions, private basecoin transactions through RingCT technology, and an easy to use wallet.

Miners need to look into opportunities in altcoins. Altcoins like VEIL don't get much attention from miners and that's why it's a lot easier to get block rewards. A lot more electricity and equipment is needed to mine crowded networks and that lowers the profitability. VEIL is new but it has a good price and is listed on many exchanges. Mining VEIL is more profitable than mining BTC or ETH right now, and because it is ASIC resistant, you, me, and everyone who doesn't have the money to buy a farm actually has a chance to earn block rewards.