What is the best alt-coin now?

[esillwe]

For most profit (mining): WDC
Long term proofed: LTC
Experimental: YAC

[Malawii]

i think novacoin

[Coreyok96]

Well, obviously litecoin is the best altcoin. It is one of the most mined coins and has been stable price wise for weeks now, after the jump from 50 cents, and everyone simply regards it to be the silver to bitcoin as gold. It was also launched October 9, 2011, so that shows that it's hanging around.

Otherwise, it depends what you want. The most profitable to mine, as of now, is Powercoin. The most CPU friendly is still YaCoin (out of coins that aren't regarded to as 'dead'. The highest price out of all altcoins is BitBar and the second highest is Novacoin. You decide.

[bvt]

I wouldnt sit on all this altcoins. I recommend dumping

[ChronoX5]

I'm planning to stay with bitcoin at least for a few years. If some alt coin really picks up speed, it will be all over the forums anyway.