Whilst the majority of alt coins should be avoided, there are certainly some that will become important in the future. I don't believe that any of them will replace Bitcoin, but they will certainly have a role alongside Bitcoin. In fact the reason I wanted to start the Crypto Coin Tree was ro learn about alts, and to explore their structures. It is difficult to purchase them with Sterling, and most exchanges seem to want speculators to use Bitcoin. I took the decision to keep my Bitcoin for a few years, and not to spend any, and that is why I decided to open an alternative wallet with coinbase.
I'm trying to pick up a couple of coins that are given to content producers - namely Steem and Basic Attention Token, and BAT looks to be the most interesting one for me at the moment.
well I would argue LTC could work as well at btc for the main real reason to mine coins.
I would also argue I do not think it will happen.
Many big farms exist to help level loads on power plants = a real reason to mine
a load leveler tool for when plants have excess power production.
Since these kind of farms work hand in hand with power plants they do not care what coin they use as long as it makes a profit.
Changing to LTC =$$$ since the amount of asics needed only exist as sha256 miners at the moment.
But a switch to BCH which ever fork you pick would also work. It may be why the downward pressure is happening.
My point is I see drops until feb or march.