Oh boy! you should rethink before you make the biggest mistake of your life,saying no shitcoin is wrong infact we have too many shitcoins and i doubt they will be profitable in the next altcoin season,if you are holding any useless tokens its not too late to readjust your portfolio

I think you are wrong,can you compare ETH with BOMB token?of cos not,the difference is marginal,shitcoins will always be shitcoins no matter how low their supply is,i even have few tokens i earned from bounties that implements burning,after all the burned token bias the project token is still useless so coins and tokens supply doesnt have major role to play at all.

If you are looking for a more reliable and balanced exchange you wont get a answer than binance exchange itself,there are few other strong exchanges like huobi and coinbase but not enough reputation like that of binance on my own list,after binance i will pick coinbase but for now binance triumph over other exchanges even withstanding recent hacks defined how strong the exchange is.

After bitcoin i will choose ETH over all other altcoins because i believe its the best coin for long term hold,just because its facing some challenges for now many investors sold theirs for bitcoin and some strong holders still holds,even if ETH goes down to 50dollars i will keep buying,vitalik is a good dev and the team will do their best for a better ETH future,ETH has my 100% full support,im not in crypto for short time profit and ETH is one of the strong altcoins i belief in.

Since you are not comfortable with your research you shouldnt have any regrets,your friend might even joined the bounty out of just trying sake,crypto is really unpredictable and all you can do even after good research is to just try your luck,you will see projects with not too good teams doing better than projects with good teams,its so unpredictable

If you have some new Nvidia GPUs like gtx1080,1070 or the new gtx2080 you should point your mining rigs to Ethash algo to mine Ethereum,the price might be low for now but mine them and hold cos there is probability of price increasing in near future and since ETH is a very good old altcoin its more reliable than mining new coins that might turn dead anytime

Old bounties have better advantages over new projects,promoting old bounties you can easily predict how much you will earn but with new bounties you wont know what you will get even after the token get listed on exchanges and you will have to worry about price dump as well,too many new bounties always end up losing value due to dumps

I think Cryptonight coins are very easier to build than ETH Erc20 tokens because 99% of cryptonight coins i mined are all dead now,i started mining the following some months back and now they are all dead.
1.TOKL
2.FEST
3.SnOWFlake
4.ReCoal
5.Bbs coin

I mined this coins back then because they are new and new coins always have low mining difficulty thinking to myself that the wuickly i start mining new coins the more quantities i will owned but i was wrong, any advice will be fine thanks

Great teams who are professionals and have enough before building any projects because  ive come to understand that most new project's team are focusing on the money they will earn from the Project ICO or IEO.

Make sure the bounty project is worth your time and energy,the bounty must have working product or else look else where

Few IEO projects refused to come out in the open and talk against Idax act of scamming IEO projects,xcrypt was among but i was disappointed that xcrypt teams refused to go against idax exchange until CryproMarketAds faced them and xcrypt voiced out then but its too late for xcrypt

If you know how to avoid useless projects you wont have any problem or whatsoever, i know real projects with real products do fails but the failure will be limited unlike when choosing projects with no research  experience,if you come across any project thats not making sense just stay away from them

If there is any investor on here that havent buy altcoins for hodl or build a nice portfolio for themselves this is a good time to start buying,after bitcoin lose 1k off the 11k price altcoin market took an unexpected turn leaving all altcoins in red zone like ive never seen before,this present market is offering a chance yet again to accumulate some costly altcoins before its too late

Reasons why i think eterbase is not a scam
1. Ongoing productivity
2. Listed on exchanges and available  on track apps like blockfolio
3. Better volumes on listed exchanges
4. Its listed on insta swap exchanges like switchdex
I see no proof that this project is scam yet until it actually turn to scam

Understood,but bittrex exchange is a very good exchange and if you are disappointed because you are in loss after investing in a IEO project from bittrex i think its your fault,what bittrex has to be sure of is if the project is real and genuine not if the project if good enougj to return ROI to all investors,you cant blame exchanges for this,you are the one to be very careful

Too good to be real investment are RED FLAG only for those who thinks deeply,they arent greedy and they understand what been fair means,many newbies coming into this space without learning are those falling victims to 'too good to be real investments'.

To earn profits from Mining you must have spend thousands of dollars on mining rigs not to talk of someone who wants to offer you some unrealistic profits with no actual working product backing it up.

If you are in worries about your personal data ever getting exposed to danger or darkweb i suggest you keep using changelly or dex exchanges,you wont have to go through any identification  process that will demand for your I.D or home address,i clearly understand  why but we still have exchanges that you can still trade on without submitting  any form of KYC for example

Stex exchange
TradeOgre

Holding a coin is a big deal for those who don't have other source of surviving in real life that's why i recommend offline or online jobs,most times it can take up to 4years before we see another bullrun and presently its a different move entirely if we are to compare last bullrun with this present bullrun,they are different and altcoins are still struggling to keep up

Thanks for your reply but i want you to know that many people have different  type of understanding  about REAL USE CASE for example

We know how popular deflationary tokens are now since early this year starting with BOMB token, but too many people on here thinks that all deflation tokens are tokens with real use case just because  of their deflation abilities which to me is nothing compared to the definition of Real use case

Note: This is not about how to identify good coins to HODL
This is about how you can be a good long term holder

1. You must have another source of income
Either in crypto space or outside crypto space you must have other source of income,there was a time when i used to rely on coins i hold for monthly income but most time they failed me because some altcoins takes more than a month to add value. You can learn trading or find a better job to get constant income for your daily needs.

2. Not all altcoins are good for long term holding
Some altcoins are too weak to have better value overtime,these coins only add value to price once in a blue moon,WHY?because the power of demand is too low and they have no working product,i belief that working product is what makes a coin have many more investors

3.HODL Only Altcoins With Real Use Case
There are different categories of coins with use cases,many use case are weak use case,for example using fashion  designer to back a token is a weak use case to me because it means you can only use the token to buy the designer wears and many will call this a real use case? no it wont do very well.
Make sure that the real use case of every altcoins you hold will be very reasonable,the products backing them up must be something that is different and will catch the eye of investors,the usefulness  must be outstanding .

4. Stay Updated Always
Opportunity comes but once as many know it,so always stay updated about crypto,read crypto news online and keep tracks on your altcoins so that you wont miss future updated or even token swaps,some altcoins i hold have already switched to MainNet and im glad i dont missed the opportunity,you can use blockfolio app to track your altcoins.

Altcoin season is what many are waiting for,even new projects are waiting for altcoin season to return before they get listed on exchanges,im sure of one thing and that is good things dont come easily,today is bitcoin turn to reign and one day altcoins will have its day as well.

You can easily increase your altcoins by
TRADING: with trading you can easily earn good profits and use the profits to buy more altcoins but make sure you know how to trade very well before trading because  you can easily lose your funds

MINING: with mining you can also earn good profits but mind you not all mining setups are profitable and this will cost you lots of money,the best way to earn through mining is investing in Bitmain Asicminers,go for the latest asic miners

Prove of Stake Coins: if you have some money you can also invest in POS coins and earn good rewards for holding them in your wallet,it doesnt require any technical knowledge like mining rigs does.