These altcoins have a great potential indeed to increase in price within a short time frame. This applies specially to Minexcoin due to its limited supply and attractive parking rates. Given that current rates per year for MNX is 70%, I'm sure that demand will increase for it over the long term. As such, MNX would be worth buying and holding for the long term.

On the other hand, NEO offers the possibility for you to earn "GAS" for smart contracts just by holding them into your wallet. The best thing is that you don't need to leave your wallet open 24/7 to receive rewards, which is quite revolutionary in my opinion. Tron is also good for buying and holding, as it could easily rise in value once it starts gaining traction in the mainstream world.

Other altcoins that I would like to add to the list would be Cardano (ADA) and Kucoin Shares (KCS). The first one, is extremely cheap these days, and it could skyrocket in value once it implements its revolutionary PoS consensus algorithm. And finally, the last one (although not an altcoin) is a good token to buy and hold for the long term, as you'll be able to receive daily "dividends" which are based on trading fees from KuCoin exchange. It's really good and serves as a nice passive income stream that would allow you to earn money without doing anything at all. Just my opinion

Yes. There are many good altcoins in the market that would surely survive in the future. Practically, any altcoin which has a large userbase will continue to be actively traded on the market for years to come. Look at Dogecoin for example, which is a coin that lacks development and innovation, but it has managed to survive since there are many people using and supporting it. With this in mind, you can see that even those altcoins which are abandoned by their devs (not all of them) can survive in crypto land for quite a long time.

As well as you do, I hope that most altcoins would shine again soon as many have been falling in price over the past months. It's been a slow year for cryptocurrencies, partly due to events in the mainstream world such as regulatory pressure, among others. Many altcoins follow Bitcoin's price movements, and if the pioneer cryptocurrency rises in price, then altcoins will rise too.

Until now, I believe there is no doubt that promising altcoins like Ethereum, Cardano, NEO, and Litecoin will survive in the future. If they manage to keep up with constant development, and promising features, then there would be nothing stopping them from becoming huge in the long term.

Yes. The comeback of Dogecoin developers could mean that in the future, DOGE would get back on track in terms of development and innovation. Maybe, the dev team would allow DOGE to shift into an ERC-20 token within the Ethereum network to grasp the benefits of greater security, and interaction with other smart contracts. Or, Dogecoin could continue its course as a separate blockchain with additional improvements such as SegWit and Lightning Network.

Whatever it is, I believe that Dogecoin still has a future since many people are using it over time. This cryptocurrency has managed to retain its place in the cryptocurrency markets, and it could survive for quite a long time. Given that it provides many benefits to the people that use it, Dogecoin is an excellent payments system for anything you could imagine. Where Bitcoin cannot be used for certain areas such as micropayments, and tipping, Dogecoin takes the lead as it's inexpensive and easily accessible by anyone in the world.

Nevertheless, only time will tell us if we would be able to see Dogecoin alive or not within the future. In crypto land, anything could happen so it's best for us to keep our eyes peeled, just in case. Just my thoughts

Agree. ZCash is often good for privacy, as it was the first implementation of Zero-Knowledge Proofs in a cryptocurrency. While not perfect, it solves Bitcoin's problem of fungibility by a long shot. Of course, zk-SNARKS require a trusted setup, which is a threat to decentralization. But, if ZCash adopts the new zk-STARKS technology, then there would be no need for trusted setups, allowing for greater privacy and improved performance on the cryptocurrency.

One thing for sure, is that ZEC has been quite slow in development when compared to other leading coins in the market. Most anon coins like Monero have an official GUI wallet and cross-platform support, while ZEC is having a hard time to do so. Despite this, it has been slowly increasing in value, which means that it could become worth $1,000 and beyond over the long term. The competition would be fierce among many known privacy-centric cryptocurrencies like Monero, ZCash, Komodo, and Dash. Only those which have leading technologies are most likely to succeed in the long term. Just my opinion

Yes. Bean Cash is good and I've achieved excellent results with it. Since, it's extremely inexpensive nowadays, it's one of my PoS coins of choice. On the other hand, Delegated Byzantine Fault Tolerance coins like NEO are good because you get to earn "GAS" by holding NEO into your wallet with the difference that it doesn't need to be open all the time to receive "stakes" (unlike many PoS coins out there).

I've started putting some money into NEO to see what results I'll get over the long term. If it turns to become extremely profitable by then, it'll be one of my favorite PoS coins to invest.



Accelerator Network token is extremely profitable indeed, which could not be ignored by any cryptocurrency enthusiast. Considering the rewards you're going to get over the long term, it makes me wonder why it's so undervalued? The reason for this could be lack of marketing, but it could be easily solved if its community or development team puts an effort towards achieving mainstream recognition.

It this ERC-20 token takes off, then it could make many early adopters of the same wealthy. Another token which gives you nice rewards when staking is POSToken and it's extremely undervalued nowadays. Considering the limited supply, and decent rewards it has, it could've been more valuable in the market. It's was the first implementation of "staking" in an ERC-20 token which I believe it's quite revolutionary.

Nevertheless, I hope that many more interesting PoS coins would come into crypto land, that would offer high returns over the long term.

It's very easy to pay with digital currencies using your smartphone or tablet, rather than taking out your wallet and count the physical cash yourself. Being cashless, means that you'll never need to carry physical money with you, allowing you to make quick payments in a hassle-free way. As such, our world is slowly adapting towards becoming cashless in the future.

Right now, we use credit/debit cards for our everyday purchases which are cashless payment methods. But, they would cease to exist just like physical fiat, as digital currencies would be superior. Credit/debit cards can be stolen, while digital currencies (although they could be stolen/hacked too) are much secure than them. It's only a matter of time before governments start rolling in their digital currencies for the masses to use in the mainstream world. Perhaps, in the future, these digital fiat currencies would operate on individual private ledgers maintained by central banks, or within a universal ledger like Ripple.

Eventually, people would have to get used to cashless payments for a cashless society to become a reality in the future. Over time, the shift will take place from physical fiat, to digital currencies backed by governments worldwide. And we should be prepared for it. Just my thoughts

Exactly. I think that Satoshi never intended for Bitcoin to become centralized with specialized mining equipment such as ASICs. In the whitepaper, it states: "One CPU, one vote", which means that anyone in the world could mine Bitcoin with just their CPU (like it was in the early days). Now, Bitcoin mining is partly controlled by a Chinese hardware mining manufacturer called Bitmain which has the most hashrate on the network. At any moment, it could perform a 51% attack whenever the company pleases to do so (due to political interests, etc), and destroy Bitcoin before we know it. They're releasing new miners for other cryptocurrency algorithms which were known to be ASIC resistant by design.

A new Ethereum miner is on the way, as well as a CryptoNight miner for Monero. Luckily, the Monero team did the right thing to put an end to ASIC mining via a hard fork, as ASICs would centralize the mining process by leaving small miners (which are those who use CPU and GPUs) out of the equation.

Bitcoin could do the same by hard forking into an ASIC resistant algorithm, but given that it's practically impossible to reach consensus (like the scaling event), I doubt that Bitcoin would make the shift anytime soon. As such, Bitcoin mining would become more centralized as Bitmain takes the lead over ASIC miners. It would become unstoppable and manipulated by Chinese government's interests in order to destroy Bitcoin in the long run.

Other than that, Bitcoin would be completely decentralized where no single entity (regardless of mining hashrate, political influence, etc) could gain control over it. That was Satoshi's vision in the first place, where one CPU would be one vote. Hopefully, we could see a more decentralized version of Bitcoin in the long term. AFAIK, Bitcore is a fork of Bitcoin which has implemented an ASIC resistant algorithm called TimeTravel which is hard for ASICs to come by. Finally, Ravencoin has also an ASIC resistant algorithm called X16R which serves such purpose.

Therefore, there are a few cryptocurrencies out there which are far more decentralized than Bitcoin in terms of mining. Only time will tell if Bitcoin would do the right thing to put an end to mining centralization provided by Bitmain. Just my opinion

I think that volatility is one of the good characteristics that Bitcoin has. It enables us to make profit from it within a short time frame when compared against other stable currencies like the Dollar. Of course, it has its risks since the price would decline all the way to zero. But, the instability in price makes it good for you to apply the buy low and sell high techniques, to help build your profit in the future.

It's important to remember that the price of each Bitcoin doesn't tell if it’s either alive or dead. What really determines its death is if many users stop supporting it, and it stops trading over the market. However, seeing that nodes are increasing every day, and people are becoming more interested in owning the pioneer cryptocurrency, it's hard to tell that it will die anytime soon.

Despite all of this, if another better cryptocurrency comes in which solves many of the underlying issues of Bitcoin, and it's backed by many governments and central banks worldwide, then the pioneer cryptocurrency could die by then. It's would be up to us, to make Bitcoin stronger each day by spreading the word about it, and supporting it with nodes, miners, and even development (if you have programming skills).

Nevertheless, only time will tell what lies ahead for Bitcoin's survival in the mainstream world. Just my thoughts

Yes. While Bitcoin may never replace the Dollar due to this factor, it could become a nice addition to it in the future. People can either choose to secure their money in a store of value like Bitcoin or choose to transact in a trusted currency like the Dollar for their everyday transactions. Since Bitcoin is decentralized and has instability in its price, it's impossible for it to replace any kind of fiat currency issued by a government.

Until now, Dollar has been the most solid currency in the world which explains why it's used as a reserve currency. On the other hand, Bitcoin is known as the reserve cryptocurrency in crypto land, since many altcoins depend on it to rise in value over the long term. Even with the introduction of the Lightning Network for Bitcoin, it will be far from overcoming traditional fiat currencies we know today.

Maybe, in the future, we'd get to use a single unified currency where everyone in the world would use it for their everyday transactions. It could be the digital dollar, digital euro, or even digital yuan which will be used by any country in the world as a universal currency. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies would still exist by then, but the worldwide centralized currency will dominate the most as it will be backed by governments and central banks around the world. Just my opinion

Agree. Like it or not, technology is shifting the way we handle everything in our life such as money, identities, properties, and more. Since cryptocurrencies has been on a rise recently, it shows that in the future we would all be subject to digital fiat currencies issued by central banks worldwide. The benefits provided by such a system would be too hard to ignore for any government in this world, especially if they want to enforce control over every citizen by being able to track every transaction made on their ledgers.

As such, we might say goodbye to physical fiat, as well as credit cards, since we would be able to pay for anything in the world via the use of digital currencies. It could be either by using implants or our everyday devices to make payments at a local store or retailer. The world is shifting towards this new era of information, and sooner or later, everything would be self-autonomous powered by AI and Blockchain technology. Digital currencies would be used as "GAS" for nearly anything you could think of from refueling (or recharging) your car, to seeking medical attention. As such we would pay any amount in digital currency (since they'll be used for micropayments) to use these services in a simple and hassle-free way without middleman.

Nevertheless, only time will tell if a cashless society would be introduced at a fast pace, or it would take its time before people get used to it. Just my opinion

One thing for sure is that Bitcoin is one of the most complex technologies in existence today. Even if we had been some time researching it, we won't be able to know everything within a short time frame, since the blockchain technology underpinning Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, involves many other subjects such as cryptography and distributed systems, for you to gain a deep understanding of how they actually work.

Of course, we start to learn about Bitcoin at a slow pace, but as time passes by, we get to become experts of it. In my opinion, this forum is the best resource you'll ever find towards learning how to use Bitcoin, and understanding the blockchain ecosystem for cryptocurrencies. What was once extremely difficult for me to learn, is now much easier thanks to people in this forum who helped me every step of the way. Joining a signature campaign within your early steps would be the wisest decision you'll ever make, as it allows you to explore the forum and learn new things every day.

Nevertheless, I'm glad that more people are joining Bitcoin to make it stronger in the future.

Exactly. Bitcoin could replace PayPal in a few years from now, if it manages to improve in terms of transactions costs and capacity. Considering, that it serves as a means to transfer payments to anyone in the world without middleman, it has a huge potential of becoming a competitor against PayPal in the future. While I believe that PayPal would still exist by then, Bitcoin would've gathered a large mass of users due to its underlying benefits (when compared against centralized payment systems like PayPal, Visa, and MasterCard).

Therefore, it's only a matter of time before the Lightning Network becomes widely used on the Bitcoin network. Once that happens, most merchants and businesses would make the switch towards the pioneer cryptocurrency as it provides freedom unlike PayPal. However, Bitcoin still lacks regulation, and the inability to revert transactions, will leave PayPal as the ideal option when transacting with large amounts of money.

Despite this, we never know what will happen with both Bitcoin and PayPal, but one thing for sure is that Bitcoin is growing every day in terms of development and user adoption. With this in mind, it could rise in traction in a faster way than PayPal ever did since its inception, or it could fail leaving PayPal as the ideal option for businesses, merchants, and corporations alike. Just my thoughts.

Yes. We shouldn't be tempted to sell our Bitcoins even if its price massively declines within a short time frame, as we would be making the worst decision in our lives. I have the feeling that this year would be better for Bitcoin as it starts adopting the Lightning Network for payments in the mainstream world.

Once Bitcoin becomes practical to use with its cheap fees and fast transaction settlements, it will increase in price for sure. If by the end of the year, Lightning Network becomes widely used in the Bitcoin network, then I expect for the price to rise within $25,000 and beyond. Therefore, the best thing we could do is to buy Bitcoin while its cheap and hodl it no matter what.

Hopefully, this year would end in a bright way like the last one for Bitcoin. It's only a matter of time before that happens and we should be prepared for it.

Exactly. Altcoins may only survive in the future if they manage to gather a huge level of support from their communities and development teams. By delivering promising features, and constant innovation, their demand will rise for the long term. However, they need to keep up with the latest technologies if they want to succeed in the markets, as their competitors could quickly gain traction.

Once the "next big thing" comes up, people would switch from one altcoin to another, making the first one worthless if it doesn't come up with a new strategy to attract people back again.

Despite this, I believe that many altcoins within the top 10 market cap rankings will survive in the future. Ethereum, Cardano, and NEO are the most solid cryptocurrencies in the market because they have provided innovation to crypto land. However, there are many more coins like Litecoin and Dash which will remain in crypto land for years to come. Just my thoughts

Agree. You should focus more on recovering your investments within the shortest time possible than building your profits. Once you've made back your investment, you can start multiplying your capital by putting extra money into other promising assets. The most important thing here would be to never put your eggs in a single basket.

This means that you would need to diversify your investments into multiple assets to reduce the risks involved when investing into a single asset. In crypto land, there are a wide variety of options available for you to devise your own investment strategies that would pave your way towards financial success.

In this case, you're better off making your own investment strategies, rather than following strategies from other people. This is because an investment strategy might work for someone but not for you. It all depends on the level of understanding that you would have in order to execute that strategy properly. Among the basic strategies, there is the rule to buy low, and sell high any asset or cryptocurrency you've invested into. However, it doesn't always work, so you would need to figure out how to minimize your losses when doing such practice. Just my opinion

Yes. DMD is extremely cheap right now, considering the limited supply it has and the features it provides such as masternodes, among others. Since most altcoins have been in a bloodbath in price, it's the perfect opportunity to grab a stake of DMD and start holding it to achieve great results in the long term. Personally, I believe that DMD is quite undervalued right now, as it is much scarcer than Bitcoin, as well as it has an outstanding development team and community dedication. With masternodes and PoS, you can earn high rewards with this altcoin.

Another altcoin which is worth investing into right now is Bean Cash. This coin is very effective at staking, allowing you to obtain quick results by staking a few coins. And best of all, the more you stake, the better as rewards will accumulate over the long term. There's a sprouting calculator available for Bean Cash for you to check out how much money you'll earn every month. Among the many PoS coins in existence, these two (Bean Cash and DMD) have worked out fine for me in helping me achieve good ROI in the shortest time possible.

Lastly, there's NEO which allows you to earn "GAS" without the need to open the wallet at all time. This is like passive income as you'll be virtually "staking" your NEO to achieve huge rewards over the long term. Since prices have been on a downfall, NEO is quite a bargain these days.

Exactly. Most altcoins are just pure speculation and do not deliver real uses cases in the mainstream world. There are many altcoins which are alike in terms of technology and usage such as NEO, Ethereum, and Cardano. While they implement different algorithms and extra features, they're much of the same because they're all smart contract platforms. In the end, none of these altcoins would be able to replace the original cryptocurrency which is Bitcoin, since they lack market recognition, and resilience unlike Bitcoin.

Bitcoin is getting stronger each day, and has the most hashrate in existence, making it the most secure cryptocurrency to date against any external attacks. (compared with most altcoins in existence). Of course, there's the concern about Quantum Computing attacks against Bitcoin, but I believe that it would upgrade its algorithm eventually to prevent such risks. Given that most altcoins depend on Bitcoin to succeed, it'll be hard for another cryptocurrency to take its place as king of cryptocurrency. The only possible situation would be for Bitcoin to fail, and another cryptocurrency with a better technology than the blockchain would come up in existence.

Despite all, we will continue to see Bitcoin as the top cryptocurrency in the market for years to come. Just my thoughts

Yes. It is often best to do your own research about a specific altcoin project instead of making your decisions based on other's opinion. Many ICOs that come up for new altcoin releases, look promising, but not all of them are legit since crypto land is full of scams. But those which are legit, and have a well-defined roadmap with their long-term plans, will most likely succeed leaving you with great returns on your investment once they launch for the public.

Right now, there are promising ICOs which are worth investing such as EOS, and Streamity. They have good long-term propositions, and most of all, outstanding technology that will allow their demand to soar once they're open to the public over the exchanges. Of course, EOS is actively traded on the exchanges now, but it's price hasn't soared yet because a stable version of it hasn't been released. Once EOS launches its mainnet, then things would get interesting for early adopters of the same.

Other altcoins which have a lot of potential in the future are NEM and Cardano. These cryptocurrencies have declined massively in price making them a bargain these days to hodl for the long term. Given that they have dedicated development teams and promising technologies, I believe that they'll become much more valuable in the future. NEM with its planned Catapult scalability upgrade, would allow it to rise in value over the long term. On the other hand, once Cardano implements its PoS algorithm, along with a diversity of wallets for different platforms (especially Light wallets) then it would increase in value as well.

These days, while many altcoins have been declining in value, it’s the best opportunity for you to buy the most promising ones and hodl them for the long term. We all know that as soon as Bitcoin rises in value exponentially from $20k and above, other alts will follow, leaving us with more money in our pockets than what we've ever imagined. Just my thoughts

Agree. It all depends on the users of Bitcoin to help spread the word about it, allowing others who're new to join it. The more people get into Bitcoin, the more its value and demand will rise. As such, we should to our best to help make the pioneer cryptocurrency grow into an unstoppable cryptocurrency, free from external attacks or interference. What really helps Bitcoin achieve this, is the number of nodes and miners available in the network, as well as the level of development and innovation within it.

Now that SegWit has been activated (ever since last year) and the Lightning Network is taking its first steps into the mainnet, we could see a much better Bitcoin in the long term. Given that there's a large user base supporting the cryptocurrency, it's safe to say that it will have a very bright future than most altcoins we know and love today. Maybe, in a few years from now, Bitcoin would remain as the king of cryptocurrencies, as it becomes more valuable and scalable during time. Of course, there are some issues that Bitcoin would need to fix to achieve a greater future (like mining centralization), but time will come when such issues would become mitigated to help Bitcoin maintain its place in crypto land for years to come. Just my opinion

Yes. Dogecoin is and will always be one of the favorite altcoins to use for tipping and micropayments within many crypto enthusiasts. While it lacks development and innovation, there's nothing stopping Dogecoin from being actively traded on the markets, and used by anyone worldwide. What keeps it going is its large community supporting it every step of the way. There are still nodes and miners running within the DOGE network, which makes it hard to say that it would fail anytime soon.

Considering the time that has passed ever since DOGE was created, and it's still actively traded on the markets, I believe that it has a bright future ahead of it. Maybe, by then, another developer or development team would take over Dogecoin to make it better than ever before. Perhaps, DOGE would be migrated to a smart contracts platform like Ethereum, Cardano, or even NEO to grasp the benefits of these blockchains, or maybe it would upgrade its codebase to the latest standards and support SegWit along with the Lightning Network.

Whatever it is, we might never know what exciting things lie ahead with this cryptocurrency, and we should do our best to support it for the long term. Spreading the word about Dogecoin's advantages over most cryptocurrencies out there, will help bring more people into it, making the cryptocurrency soar to new levels in terms of usage and adoption.

Nevertheless, Dogecoin will continue to be used in crypto land for quite a long time. Just my opinion