For me, if one of these sites lasts longer than a month, then we will hit it hard and get out quick.  That is really the only way that we have found to get anything from them.  We pulled a good bit off Smashbtc and while it is still there, it is likely bound for the dumpster like most of the rest.  It is almost like being one of those little old ladies that buys 40 cans of green beans for a penny each because of some special weekly coupon.

Ugh, so many people got caught into this. It s gonna be big time crying when this all starts to crumble.

Usually, when it starts to get loud about some cloud mining service after a while it run away .. I hope this time will be different. I have there some Khz and still paying well

Yeah you are right mate, it is a ponzi scheming and we all know that all ponzi's were scam, so I can suggest to OP that stop what you are planning , if you are planning to invest in that site well better stop that coz' it is only waiting to have many investors and in just a click of a second they will run away with all your hard earned money.

It is good to use. And of course there are many scams, but that is now everywhere and that is very bad.
Bitcoin is becoming in the future now more popular and that is also why there will be more scams...

the ponzi scheme will be closed/ended if no people invest at this cloudmining. in 2015 i have mre bad experience with cloudmining, and im not interesting to invest again, i has warned my friend to invest at hashocean but he still do it, now his earning arround 0.003/day his capital just 0.03, he get more profit from referal earning

So many people must be depending on this ponzi... such a sad thing

I see someone posting in a facebook group that he is investing around 1.4btc on this site and he earn around 0.3btc per month and he has joined since 5months ago means that he is in profit now.
There are also some people share this site and tells readers that this site is still paying their members. But I myself still afraid to put my money on this kind of site because I have a bad experience in investing on a ponzi scheme site like this.

Very good post, especially part "Do not cry on this forum once the ponzies run away with your money". I dont think I can add anything on this, personally I never invested in any cloud service. In gambling at least you know your chances in cloud mining everything leads to scamming. Who will scam whom? In the end site owners shut down everything, like bingo there is few winners and many losers.

I almost never invest anything over a small amount in these.  There are only two that have paid consistently for me over time and this is one of them.  I invested a very small amount, less than $10.  I do not do this to make money, only as testing for others on this forum and some other places online. I ALWAYS expect them to disappear and I am sure this one will too someday.  For me, there are two keys to even trying a site for testing purposes.

1. Wait for the site to show some longevity.  That was the one reason I threw money at the other site that stills pays me.  If a site has been around six months or more, I will give it a small shot and tell others how it goes.  I do not care about public OPINION on a site and do not look for a lot of news and info. 

2. I only look for a ROI of anything.  I think that where people get into trouble is trying to get rich with virtual mining or "rented" mining. If I invest 0.0001 or whatever and I eventually pull out in withdrawals 0.00011, then that is a "success". Technically it isn't because of network fees, but you get the idea. 

So, hashocean.com ......

total investment 0.015 approx, rounded up
total withdrawals 0.0102 rounded off

so, without counting network fees and the balance in the account now, grand total of 0.005 BTC, lol.

I could invest more, but there is always that possible and eventual moment when they stop paying.  I guess that qualifies as "legit" for the moment, but I can imagine that a site admin that is waiting for that moment when the time is right to run with the money is directly proportional to the amount in the wallet.  In other words, if I or anyone else were to log into the site and spend 20 BTC on the investment, that just might be the moment when I would make the run.  I am not saying I would steal your money, just that I see the best way to slow that day from coming is to keep investments small.