I would much rather consider it as bitcoin's son, following on it's father's footstep, i.e., bitcoin's footstep and is on it's way to greatness and moon really soon.Smiley
But for a beginner altcoins, we could not rely on it surely, unlike Bitcoins which are already stable and known in the market eventhough its price and value is not that stabilized. And still, it is one of the leading coin in the market cap.
Personally, I am a HODLER myself and I invest for long term profits which is why I feel that many of the coins that I purchased recently are highly undervalued at the moment and will skyrocket once the entire market starts to rally in the near future.
You're lucky if you invested to those coins that has a marketing and group of developers that are very active doing something to promote and make that coin valuable.
I just want to verify how many of us have experienced waiting for a long period of time to get our coins. Don't get me wrong, i do trust the managers and what they say.