The future of altcoins is brighter than ever. Before we only had BTC copy+paste shitcoins of 0 value, but now most alts offer things BTC does not.
So unlike the past when it was all BTC and shitcoins, we have a mature market with real competition.
And 90% of competitors are pure garbage, but the rest will thrive.

You don't need to be worried but you sound confident that we haven't found the bottom. Those same experts are also holding the same opinion.
So in my case I'm 40% in tether. Not going to regret it if we start going up again, but I need this type of safety in my portfolio.

I like Universa. It looks like a better EOS to me.
It doesn't pretend to be more decentralized than it is, even though if certain conditions are met anyone can become a node. In fact it has more potential for a decentralized mainnet, and it has better throughput. Its leader is also more proactive in finding innovative projects for potential partnerships.
A huge sleeper for me.

Given how Grin can help you escape ludicrous government policies thanks to its strong built-in anonymity, I suspect if it becomes mainstream, this picture will be used by SJW-s unironically to prove that the Grin community is a bunch of nazis.
It's gonna be sad, but if it ever comes to this, Grin would be a huge success. It has the fundamentals for it, let's hope the community is also top-notch.
Also thanks for the TA, OP, I'm currently mining instead of trading, looks like a winning strategy. It's also so profitable that I'm selling everything, so I'm hoping for a dump where I can rebuy  

I have already used 3 ICO-funded products, in addition to making decent $ from ICO-s.
Being bad at research is OP-s fault, not the fault of hard-working ICO-ers who accomplish things.
Of course, scammers should be called out, but generalizing is always silly and unproductive, not to mention - wrong.

Yep. Not to mention, some exchanges support sub-satoshi prices of coins. It could be worth less than a dollar, even if it's traded.
Although most ICO-s nowadays fail to reach an exchange.

It has stored value so well it went for $20,000 to $3600. It's an absolute failure in being a store of value.
Ethereum is a global computer - and it's successful at that.
Ripple is a cheap Swift alternative - and it is capable of doing so.
BCH is digital cash - and it's damn good at it.
EOS is a competitor of Ether - and albeit not decentralized it shows amazing throughput.

BTC is the only top 5 coin that fails to do what it's advertised to do by its proponents. Although it also has the most optimistic goal so a higher price is probably reasonable.

Always TRYING and FAILING to move up is definitely a bearish signal. Every larger dump of ETH was preceded by a double or a triple top.
That being said, I'm optimistic long-term.

Of course they should be regulated. By the MARKET.
Don't send money to scammers, it's that simple.
You don't need government to prevent you from donating to scammers, this is just embarrassing.

Well, basic knowledge of why you should never share your private key or mnemonic should be enough for most.
Either print a paper wallet on a PC with no internet and hide the paper wallet, or if you intend to spend - wait for Galaxy s10 with integrated hardware wallet. If the s10 rumors are false - buy a hardware wallet, I own one Ledger, and I've prepaid a Universa HODL wallet, too.

With ERC20 your token is secured by the Ethereum network.
Custom made blockchains outside the top 20 in market cap are easy 51% attack targets.
If your coin does not need its own blockchain I think ERC20 is better.

Low supply coins were absolutely amazing in 2017, because everyone bought everything and low-caps were generally easier to pump.
They were not the best coins around, but they brought the best profit.
Outside of bull markets - I'm not really sure about that.

You don't strike me as the type of guy who'd recognize a profitable non-scam from a non-profitable non-scam. I'd first focus on that.
Otherwise as long as the team behind the project is public, uses real linkedin profiles and attends conferences so you're 100% sure they can be held liable if they scam - you're in safe hands. But without the knowledge to actually know how to pick investment opportunities you'll lose money.

2017 was driven by a combination of greed and stupidity, and I agree that these two traits will continue to be common with people.
But 2017 was the first huge crypto bubble, and people were able to draw their conclusions. I don't think we'll see the same fools making the same mistakes. Bubbles like that will not happen until cryptos are actually adopted globally.

Chainlink didn't lose value in this bear market, it's probably the most successful coin since 2017. And the mainnet is still not launched. Make your own conclusions.

Agreed. I don't see Ether pumping now, unless BTC leads the way with green candles.
But once again it's ETH being reliant on BTC, detatching is not going according to plan 

Very few coins have a bright future ahead of them, and all of them are already priced quite high - you can see them in the coinmarketcap top 40.
I guess there's the occasional hidden gem that can bring larger profits than blue chip cryptos. My money is with UTN-P, although no guarantees there, just hope.

Get rich - highly unlikely.
Make money off crypto instead of holding a day job - sure, why not, but you need talent and nerves of steel. Daytrading works well for now because bots have not taken over.

Nodes require certification so it's quite centralized.
Technically, this is OK for safe smart contract execution, but not for a government-free currency.
Still, UTN is completely undervalued for what it offers, it's a better EOS.

As for TERA, looks like a copy+paste crapcoin with absolutely nothing special to offer. Feel free to point out how TERA actually accomplishes what OP said.

Easy 3x-es nowadays only happen with low-cap low-volume coins where convincing one semi-whale to buy makes the price go x3.
Unfortunately no coin right now can achieve this on fundamentals alone, except maybe ETH.