Unless you have access to the best wholesale electricity prices in the world, you probably aren’t going to make a profit from buying mining hardware to run at home, although some people still like to do it as a fun way to earn bitcoins which also contributes something to running the network.

For others cloud mining is a more realistic alternative – but beware, there has been a number of instances of con artists setting up a fake cloud mining business which is actually just taking people’s money only for the business’s owners to disappear overnight with all the coins. To help you out with finding the real ones and side-stepping the scams we’ve compiled a comparison of what we think are the best cloud mining sites. Using one of these won’t guarantee you a profit, there are many factors which influence your earnings including the price per coin, hash rate, electricity price and so on, so make sure you do your homework, but it should give you the best possible start. There are also some offers and bonuses listed, such as a free welcome bonus you can get just for registering.