Next in line is Ripple, and they're still quite a few magnitudes away from even sniffing Bitcoin's level.
Let's all take a breath and see things as they are. Until something bigger comes along, there is none.
Well, That is sort of my point. When Myspace came along Facebook was absolutely nothing. It was sort of a fresh, just like Bitcoin was if you will. Once Facebook went public, and Myspace already started putting out ads Facebook came back and went public and took over everything....
Facebook added real new features to social networking that myspace did not offer. It was not merely a copy of myspace. The altcoins on the other hand do not add anything that bitcoin does not offer and is actually less secure making them less attractive