Dash made a pretty big correction, but so did a lot of alts recently.
A project similar to DASH, at least just as old, and with a circulating supply at about the same range is BLOCK.

Blocknet gained 300% over the span of a month, which is pretty awesome, but well expected considering what they've achieved as of lately, if you choose to follow the project.

Their work on decentralized oracles, read more here: https://blocknet.co/introducing-xrouter-developers-can-now-mix-and-match-any-blockchain-via-the-worlds-first-blockchain-router/

And their DEX, which they where the first project to release, actually prevented them getting on Binance, (Due to Binance not wanting competition, lol).

ARK is up 50% today, so overall a lot of alts is doing well as of recently.

That's amazing! I wonder if this was an OTC deal. Probably was, the Block DEX is an awesome platform to make use of for OTC deals as it's trustless!

True. FOMO is the worst thing you can do. The chart does look extremely bullish though, so it wouldn't surprise me if the price exceeds 25k sat within the next few days, as it did touch 28k just recently.

More and more people seem to want to get in on the next bull cycle, securing a node to cash in on DEX trading fees, no wonder when the DEX itself surpassed a daily volume of more than $100,000 just a few days ago.

Bitcoin is a SAFE hold, but it wont yield the biggest ROI, small cap projects will. There's a lot of risk involved with low cap projects though, which you must accept if you want to invest in these.

Blocknet gained more than 300% just recently, for obvious reasons:

1) They developed the first functional DEX: https://blockdx.com/ - Exceeding $100,000 in volume just the other day
2) They work on decentralized oracles (read up on their XRouter/XBridge tech to learn more)
3) Decentralization is key, this project was launched farily in 2014, and is on it's way back to to the top. Smart money is accumulating BLOCK nodes, to cash in on the next bull cycle. DEXs is ran by service nodes, which profit off of exchange fees, in other words people are accumulating Block nodes to get a nice passive income in the future (on top of oracle fees, and block rewards)

So while BTC is a great investment, there are tons of good opportunities investment wise out there, if you do your proper research right!

DASH and Monero is the industry leaders, and I don't see that changing anytime soon.

A lot of people like privacy coins, because they are private to transact with, but whenever you use a centralized exchange, your identity is exposed (at least for incoming transactions, and how much you hold).

Decentralized exchanges, such as the Blocknet DEX: https://blockdx.com/ goes very well hand in hand, as your identity is never at risk of being shown. No accounts is needed to transact, no KYC is enforced etc.

Moving forward, I believe DEX's will evolve with privacy coins, and both of them being used a lot more than they currently are today.

Never liked Justin Sun. It seems like whatever he does... he does it for attention, gathering a ton of sheeps to "follow him". He does whatever he can to control, and manipulate the market in his own favor, not trustworthy at all.

A lot of people feel this way about him, he had his pump, but it takes way more than HYPE these days for a successful project to evolve.

Decentralization is key. - So many people seem to look for decentralization these days, as most are sick and tired of centralized entities, such as exchanges holding peoples funds as hostage, limiting accounts, asking for KYC, and the list goes on. Same with projects, who's founders exit scams, or dumps huge parts of the supply for their own monetary gain.

Decentralized Exchanges is the future, whether you like it or not. Blocknet increased by more than 300% recently, coincidence? No... Smart money is moving in to collect nodes to make trading fees as passive profits in the near future. Blocknet even saw volume exceeding $100k the other day, which is just the start of what's soon to be the new reality.

Justin Sun, CZ from Binance.. They may be in control as of this very moment, but it wont last, and they know it.

Any cryptocurrency is a "risk", BTC included. I believe use case, and tech is the most important thing to look after when deciding which project you want to throw your money at.
There are so many useless, vaporware projects out there that shouldn't have any value, yet does.

Been eyeing Blocknet for a while, and believe it's one of the hidden gems out there, due to their DEX platform. As a node owner (Requiring 5000 BLOCK), you'll be able to profit from DEX trading fees through your node. Once DEX's becomes the industry standard, you'll be able to make a boatload of money off fees, including their decentralized oracle network (Read up on the XRouter, and XBridge tech for more info on that).

All this combined provides 3 income streams as a node owner:

Block Rewards
DEX Fees
Oracle Fees

Dash will do extremely well over the next coming years, no question about it.
Decentralized masternode network with privacy features. What's not to like here? Scarce supply as well!

Another project to keep an eye on, almost as old as Dash is Blocknet. Masternode coin as well, scarce supply, but with a few other focus points, decentralization being the main one.

Blocknet launched the first functional DEX, and is working on decentralized oracles as well. It performed insanely well the past week, so it's definitely a project to keep an eye on as well!

The Waves "DEX", is not a DEX, its a hybrid, meaning it's got a centralized part of it - Use it at your own risk.

The only real DEX that is worth mentioning is the Blocknet DEX: https://blockdx.com/
Extremely promising project, that also works on decentralized oracle services through service nodes, which makes it the most decentralized network I personally know off. No premine, ERC20 token BS. Oldschool project from 2014.

Doubled in price the past week, and looking bullish still.

BTC
LTC
ETH

And a huge stack of BLOCK (Which performed nicely the past week +100%). Blocknet is probably one of the altcoins I'm MOST bullish on, considering they've got the first mover advantage on DEX developments: https://blockdx.com/
Other than that, their work on decentralized Oracles through their tech: XRouter and XBridge, is pretty impressive as well.
I'm sure we'll see this project back in the top 100 Coinmarketcap soon enough. 

BSV is a joke, that will slowly die in the coming years. The only reason people buy it, is because they follow Craig Wright like sheeps  Believing he is the "real Satoshi", which he isn't, otherwise he would off have proven it long ago.

BSV may have many transactions, but it really doesn't matter, I know of no one who uses it, and it honestly wouldn't surprise me if Craig is sending out the majority of those transactions as "micro transactions" to prove something it's not.

It's basically a trash fork, see way more value in Bitcoin Cash to be honest, and that's saying a lot.

There is only one Bitcoin, and even that is old and outdated - Moving forward I believe projects with actual use cases will dominate even more.
Blocknet and their DEX https://blockdx.com/ is a project I've been following for a long time. Their work on decentralized oracles, and their decentralized structure made the coin double in price the past week, which is showing bullish signs.

Well..... I guess you was wrong buddy... 

Aaand then you wonder how high ALT's will go?  As BTC moves up, alts will follow, and far outperform BTC as seen in the past. (Market cycles, nothing new).

Blocknet moved 70%+ the past week, Dash and a few other top coins has moved by a large percentage as well. Products will real use cases, partnerships, etc will do extremely well no question about it.
I believe BLOCK did so well the past week because they're working on decentralized oracles, and has a first mover advantage on DEX developments: https://blockdx.com/

Besides, it's an old project, completely decentralized unlike most new projects, which seems to be appealing to a lot of people these days.

Overall, I believe alts will make people insanely wealthy, IF you pick the right ones.

Once the market moves again, alts will greatly outperform BTC, no question about it.
I hold a small portion of BLOCK, and it's been rising pretty nicely the past week (+70%), and seems to continue, a few other alts of mine has done pretty neat as well.

Overall, it's all about your timing on these alts, and what you choose to invest in. Blocknet moved a lot because they work on Decentralized Oracles, and got a first mover advantage on DEX developments, which is why investors is buying in now to get their node I guess. (5k coins required). Node owners profit from the oracle services + trading fees on the DEX + block rewards, so it's no wonder this project is on a lot of peoples radar.

Overall, your position in the top 20 alts is not a bad move either, and I'm sure you'll do good

I'm just holding a little actually. However it surprised me it moved so much the past week, and have put a few more buy orders in around 12k sat. I believe it's gonna keep going, as the dump already happened shortly after I posted this yesterday, continued by another leg up, so it's pretty clear that someone is trying to accumulate.

Never buy into a pump though, I agree...

I've been following Blocknet for the past few months, and I'm VERY bullish on it.

Not only are they first movers on the whole DEX area, (Their DEX speaks for itself: https://blockdx.com/), but they are also working on a completely decentralized oracle solution, which frankly is WAY more decentralized than LINK, due to the way it operates. Blocknet was never premined, fair launch, and to be honest, I was impressed with the info you can pull from the XRouter already when I went to their Discord channel to try it out.

If these guys starts aquiring partnerships, you can bet your ass the price is gonna fly.

I believe in the next coming years that DEX's will be adopted on a WAY bigger scale than we've seen today, since they beat KYC, privacy etc.
If the demand for nodes on the network increases, it creates an enormous pressure on the buy side from people who wants want to get in on the passive income aspect of things, as when you run a node, you profit from the DEX trading fees.

What are you guys thoughts on this?

Never heard of any of them, haha! 

I believe the strongest most usable alts will be the BIG winners moving forward. Decentralization is KEY, and therefor I believe a project such as Blocknet will be a massive gainer the next few years, surpringly, it jumped by nearly 100% in value the past month, so I'm pretty bullish on it moving forward.

Their DEX speaks for itself: https://blockdx.com/

On top of that they work on Decentralized Oracles (Read up on XRouter, and XBridge for more info).

As always, do your own research, there is so many promising projects, however projects focusing on decentralization will be the biggest winners I assume!

Why do you even want to know that? I stopped using centralized exchanges awhile ago actually. For large trades I do OTC with escrow, (know few reputable people, which is a must), for smaller trades I use DEX's, which is frankly the future, no doubt.

People who wants to protect their privacy is obviously using DEX's, and their adoption will grow slowly, but surely. Personally speculating on accumulating a few nodes in Blocknet, since I believe they will become extremely lucrative in terms of "profit" in a few years time.

Impossible to predict, but a 10x from here on is EASILY achieveable, especially with it's low marketcap currently.

Well, it's still a project in active development, but true, it's one of the most decentralized projects out there, and while it may be one of the old school projects, it still has some interesting aspects that could make it blow up in price again. Their XRouter is what excites me the most, IMHO.