I was feeling nostalgic this morning so I decided to read through this thread again. I'd like to do some math.
In 2016 I 1.1x'd for approximately 156 days, while I staked for less than 5 hours of many of these "days", I will still use an average figure of 12 hours per day for the sake of it. (There were some 24 hour days in there of course)
156*12 = 1,872 hours
Now let's say I made $100,000 from 1.1x in this time, despite the actual number being measurably higher.
$100,000 / 1,872 hours = ~ $53.42 / hour
So as you can see, even if we overcompensate the number of hours worked and undercompensate the total amount of money made, 1.1x'ing still averaged out to earn about $53.42/hour. I'm not sure what country you're from, but I'm pretty sure that this is much higher than a minimum wage figure.
After some additional research I discovered that this $53.42/hr estimated earnings is actually very comparable with many jobs that require advanced levels of experience and degrees such as: Lawyers, Pharmacists, Engineers, Actuaries, and Software Developers.