Which alternate coins have a future?

[Dervana]

Go through the list and eliminate anything with a block time under 60 secs, because these coins have no real future.

That should narrow it down for you.

Every coin has a future.

Ok, 'potential for long-term sustainable mass-adoption' then...

[FreeTrade]

Ok, 'potential for long-term sustainable mass-adoption' then...

The coins I'm finding interesting are

Infinitecoin (misnomer) - because it has the potential to become genuinely scarce. Assuming you ignore the silly numbers, and focus on the inflation rate. Nearly 0% after 6-12 months.

YACoin - because it is the only coin that will support efficient CPU mining. Efficient mining on existing desktop PCs has the potential to capture the public imagination.

[naphto]

Ok, 'potential for long-term sustainable mass-adoption' then...

You're being too restrictive.
Even bitcoin has NO POTENTIAL for that.

Bitcoin will remain used for buying illegal stuff, exchange some money between countries, buy some stuff on internet (for geeks, because it's more expensive to buy bitcoins, pay fees, and pay with bitcoins that pay with money at the first place...), and give some money to wannabe traders ... It will never be close to massively adopted because (1) confirmations are way too long (2) fees are too high (3) there is not enough security that you can safely keep large amount of money (like what you win for 20 years for example....).