Well I see Waves decentralized platform as better than Ethereum decentralized platforms, the only thing is that Ethereum is well know and adopted more than waves.
maybe this can happen in the future but I am still doubting which altcoin that could be, because Bitcoin is a principality in the cryptocurrency world, If any of such will happen, that will be in decades.
In the current market now I will not say Ripple is still competing with Ethereum because it has overtake Ethereum, although Ethereum might beat it again, but I am looking at Stellar and Bitcoin Cash.
Well, Bitcoin Gold can have a future, although it seems to me that it is currently shaking, but I also know that Bitcoin Gold is still not old like Bitcoin itself. However, it will have a future.
I don't only believe in a bull run, I know that a bull run will surely come some day, the difference is that i cannot tell exactly when the bull run will happen, but it must surely come.
I don't see anything we can do, unless you are among the whales, then you can talk of what to do. it is only God that can tell what 2019 will look like, every other saying is just assumption.
I don't have anything serious about next year, but I think with the way the market is low, it shows a sign of whales starting off next year, that is the only assurance I have for next year.