I'm fairly new to this space but this is something I've been trying to understand for several months.  In the long-run, as long as BTC is used as a base to convert altcoins to fiat, can alt-coins surpass the growth rate of bitcoin?  I find that hard to believe because BTC is always being used as the base to trade in and out of non-coinbase alts.  On days like today I'm seeing BTC regain strength while altcoins are falling in comparison.  But when BTC falls most altcoins fall even harder.  I feel like unless there is a huge news driven event that pushes an altcoin higher, BTC will eventually catch up in the long run until the fiat conversion dynamic changes.

I'm thinking about purchaing the onGcoin pre-ICO but I'm a little concerned with the site development itself.  It appears that the site has been live for a couple of years.  I tried to create a profile and I didn't even receive an account activation email.  I tried to open a "support ticket" but the link too was down.  I also saw a typo in the "Legal" subject heading for the ICO information link (not the white paper) which put up a red flag.  The white paper seems interesting, but given the fact that the website has been live for some time I find it concerning that worthofweb gives the site a valuation of roughly 10k.  Thoughts anyone?