So the coins that are likely to succeed are those with:

1. Trusty developers. This is the most important one. Without trust, the coin is doomed. (check out this thread for POD ratings: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=568166.0)

2. Features. Does the coin offer something else than bitcoin? Does it have any unique features that makes it stand out? Does it have a solid roadmap for upcoming releases? Does the devs live up to their promises?

2. An active community. If noone has faith in the coin or is interested in it besides making quick money, it will never grow.

3. Marketing. To reach a bigger audience it needs marketing. This can be both from the devs or the community.

I chose my coin investments by those criterias. Trying to "game" the market and make a quick buck is just gambling, and it is mostely rigged by pump and dump groups.

I chose XST as my primary coin to invest in, but you may have your reasons and biases for choosing your investments. What is clear is that if bitcoin fails, for security or other reasons, altcoins will quickly become very very popular and only the most promising ones will be adopted.

That is beautiful.

Need more exposure. I believe in this coin!

XST is the best bet right now. Look at the developers and how stable it has been.

2015: Bitcoin lost traction after initially being banned in most countries. Money moves to altcoins after the economy is more and more based on corruption.
2016: Evolving countries quickly moves into altcoins to be a part of the global economy for the first time. The ones with the best features and developers rises to the top.
2017: 99% of altcoins are dead. Stealthcoin rises to the top. Economy collapses, people loose all faith in fiat money. Stealthcoin has a marcetcap of 1million USD per coin.
2018. Hondo becomes ruler of the world. Stealthcoin now dominates every transaction, anonymous, fast and free. Palaces are built in his honor. Early investors are now trillionares. All who dumped coins for short term profits has killed themselves. Holders from 2014 now lives like kings.

Mintal + over 200 reddit subs get ready folks.

The most important thing about alts is the devs. Great to see stealth getting its recognition it deserves.

Stealth is life.

Hello there. What is the future for SSD?

This is THE coin to invest in right now. I am new here but to me this seems like the best decision for now, compared to other coins. The reason why is that the devs are delivering and making this coin stand out. We have almost the size of reddcoin in marketcap, but this coin has had very little exposure compared. Reddcoin has 22k reddit followers while stealthcoin is under 200.

When we reach 200 we will get more exposure and this coin will grow huge.

In hours, how long to mintpal? Need to buy popcorn.

Haha, this is awesome! Stealth is showing its resilience! I believe. Btw first post, hello everyone.