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I don't think any will survive, with the possible exception of DRK. However, DRK seems to be following in the footsteps of Doge.
Following the footsteps of Doge? Let's examine this.
Doge was based on a meme and didn't offer any real features and had a ridiculous supply.
DRK is not based on a meme nor does it have such a supply. DRK promised and delivered anonymity (Darksend+).
Exactly why is it following the footsteps of Doge? Because the price is down? Because the market was manipulated?
to answer your questions, it is following Doge in terms that it was a high performer for a number of months, and is now starting to look like a coin being slowly dumped.
And the supply of coins is irrelevant, given there is no law stating you must buy 1 minimum.
All that matters is interest. If there is interest the coin will be a success for a short period of time before it nosedives, in common with every other altcoin.
There are possibly two ways out of that predicament:
1. The coin becomes adopted by the public to some degree (like BTC has just about achieved and LTC appeared to be achieving only to fall back)
2. The coin is technologically so advanced or the idea is incredibly marketable outside of the cryptoworld that a venture capitalist grabs all rights to it, and pays the developer some money.
I don't see any coins out there that come close. The possible exception was Ripple, but it was badly managed and the team involved was not equipped to take it to the big league.
The rest are just ... waiting ... to ...die