Any kind of Alternate crypto currency is almost a sure shot sinking ship
There is a common trait among highly successful people. They can adapt or change themselves to the next best opportunity. They are not emotionally stuck anywhere
unless they can introduce some game changing upgrades
Monero infact is not an upgrade, heck not an alternative even.
Its a complement to the public ledger called blockchain. Its the anonymous system for the well needed stealth transactions. Its not based on bitcoin codebase, its coded from scratch. Uses a different protocol, the cryptonote protocol.