I read somewhere that the average Stock (not crypto) gets flipped on average every 4 months - where as in the past people would hold for a average of 2 years. times have changed... in sports, in finance, in medical fields... everybody wants instant results, throwing cash to solve problems when not necessarily needed.

tried that but they said to extract the Chain in the application nexus support folder which for whatvever reason doesn't exist on my laptop... (mac  user)

GBYTE
XEL
ITNS
ELIX
TNT

you're welcome

syncing... at snail pace. wish me luck. Looking forward to this year though

Elastic (XEL)
Main net launching this year. underdog compared to SONM and GNT and RLC -
Already has Bittrex listing
New website coming soon along with much much more

Mkc: 44M - Prediction: 40x by the end of the 2018

fixed it for you

CMC says circulating supply is 1.18Mill - WP says otherwise... could someone shed some light on this?

will keep a close eye on this one

Intense Coin (ITNS)
Blockchain backed VPN network, anonymous sending + VPN browsing. Monero code base
current Mkc 10-12M  - prediction 10-30x this year.

Mirrax already said which ones to watch out for in 2018 - TZC, UIS, UFO, NXS - might already be too late for some of them

but here is my newly found pick - Intense Coin (ITNS) - it is a Blockchain backed decentralized VPN network - Stakers operate as an exit node in exchange for ITNS.

no, just no - Kik is a terrible app with a terrible reputation for attracting child predators and sexual exploitation - don't you've been warned. they will take your money and run away with it

already have it - i have been meaning to get some waves, it just keeps slipping my mind

I see Nexus as a fail safe in case SHA2 encryption becomes obsolete (just hedging my bets)

Byteball is definitely a better pick overall - Price is scaring people away though

Been Hodling Elix for a couple months now 

I'm very exited about Intense coin (potential rebranding Q1) - White paper is what sold me https://intensecoin.com/whitepaper.pdf

I have a few more coins as well, these are just my recently acquired ones High Risk high reward right?

I have been in this space for a few months now and would like to share my crypto picks for the coming year.

The theme for 2017 has been use case, scalability, and/or privacy

I think 2018 will be much of the same, with perhaps a bump for 2nd and 3rd Gen cryptocurrencies.

Nexus(NXS): Mkc: 300M -- Price: $5.44
 - Why? : - Next level encryption (SHA3),
               - No reward halving for miners (exponential decay curve),
               - Core LLP and LLP : protocol templates to create new protocols with less programming. (simpler smart contracts)
               - 3 ways to mine/mint - CPU/GPU/POS
               - Upcoming feature: Trust Network will allow for a sync-less wallet
               - many more features coming including eventual satellite launches to maintain the blockchain in space away from governments or
                  nefarious human beings.

Trezar Coin(TZC): Mkc: 13M -- Price: $0.14
 - Why? : - NeoScrypt PoW - BLAKE2 for hashing (MultiAlgo)
              - 0% Proof of Stake, instead of giving a fixed annual return your hashing power is determined by your coin weight        
                (max weight is total Coins x 15)
              - Orbitcoin Super Shield, retargets mining difficulty to protect from multi pool mining.
              - fast transactions
              - fast blockchain syncing

Intense Coin(ITNS) Mkc: 12M -- Price: $0.03
 - Why? : - attempting to produce a VPN network powered by the blockchain: "the Intense wallet will allow any network user to act as a VPN exit
                 node in exchange for ITNS" (more in WP) --> excellent use case
              - PoW/PoS - staking will be required to act as an exit node.
              - Anon transactions + VPN network in one coin
              - Devs are super responsive and of high caliber (currently switching to Monero Code base)

ByteBall(GBYTE) Mkc: 430M -- Price: $665
 - Why? : - DAG tech (iota, xrb anyone?), super fast transactions (one Tx cost me $0.00037) cheap
              - smart contract feature (ahead of Iota on this one) + KYC Compliant ICO's (no more scammy BS)
              - Blackbytes (as of right now the only anonymous DAG coin)
              - Working oracles (betting, flight insurance)
              - In wallet atomic swaps for 0.75% fee
              - Many more features and updates coming this year DYOR
              - IMO this is a Sleeping Giant

This is it for now, I may Add some more later - Let me know your thoughts

Update Jan 24th 2018

Elastic(XEL) Mkc: 45M -- Price: $0.51
- Why? : - Cloud super computing demand is growing
             - XEL has underperformed due to small team and Anon team.
             - New website and Main Net due to launch in due time
             - Has own programing language (both a pro and a con)
             - Has many more exciting features

https://medium.com/byteball/distribution-to-verified-users-and-referrals-ed00b9b2a30e

sorry its $20 but you spend $8 for verification so a net gain of $12, you can have one wallet verified and one anonymous

and theres a referral program

Byteball (GBYTE) - smart contracts, DAG tech (no blockchain), infinitely scalable, working oracles, private send (thru black bytes)
---> its basically Ethereum + XRB + (*insert privacy coin) - its market cap is still only 500 million.
currently running a special for new users, $20 dollars for signing up i think

NEXUS - next level encryption (SHA3) - will eventually launch satellites to protect the blockchain from governments and such.

thats a stretch. current top 30 is 1billion mkc - as highlighted in IntenseCoin's white paper:

" global SSL VPN market is projected to grow 7.5% annually [CAGR] and increase
from $3.08 billion in value to $5.33 billion from 2017 to 2023 [1]. Mobile VPN demand
is projected to grow at a staggering 21.1% from 2017 to 2022"
- not to mention VPN is a pretty competitive industry, i know ITNS might have an edge due to blockchain

 but to take 1/3rd global market share of the VPN industry would be quite insane.

thanks, i appreciate the quick response