Thanks for the useful information. You've clearly done you research, and it shows.

I tried using Minergate on my old laptop, and it didn't go so well. It was relatively old (5 years or so), and didn't have a dedicated GPU, so it didn't exactly set the world on fire with its hashrates. However, more troubling was the impact Minergate had on overall performance. It still ran itself in the background, and I had to use task manager to close it every time. However, my poor little laptops's electronic brain virtually imploded in an explosion of 1's and 0's, rendering it basically useless, as even task manager was freezing (which, as far as I know, is how black holes start). I eventually had to buy a new laptop, but I can't see myself using Minergate on this one.

I wish you the best of luck though. I think you've got the right idea by trying to round up affiliates, although I'm not too sure how one goes about doing that.