Underrated Coins (Underlooked Coins, Niche Coins, etc.)

[Quack69]

As title suggests, anybody know any coins that are not in the spotlight right now? After a tumultuous 2017, I decided to jump into the cryptocurrency game after seeing bitcoin go up massively, but I feel like it's too late to jump onto the bitcoin wagon at the moment. I'd appreciate it if I could get some tips, advice, and some information about some relatively unknown or niche coins.

Thanks!

[Saimabutterfly]

I recommend you to buy XP coin. Its very cheap at the moment and currently its ranked inside top50 couns as per the market cap.

[biophil]

Are you familiar with Lunyr (LUN token)? Little startup project that's apparently about to move into Beta; they're trying to build an incentivized Wikipedia-type system using Ethereum smart contracts. They have about a $60MM market cap right now. I'm involved in their private Alpha and I've been seeing nice steady development of the platform, which makes me optimistic.

Of course, just like anything, when the air finally comes out of bitcoin, it will probably come out of every cryptocurrency -- so buying anything at the moment should be considered extremely extremely risky. It could all come crashing down at any moment.

[Quack69]

@biophil:

I haven't heard of that coin, but I'll check it out! Right now, my budget isn't extremely high (just $1000 at the moment), so hopefully I can snag a few and watch it grow. Is there anything specific I need to know about it?

@Saimabutterfly:
I looked up XP coin and from what I can gather from it, it seems like a relatively easy coin for a newcomer for me. I just downloaded the wallet, so wish me luck! Thanks for the suggestion!

[biophil]

@biophil:

I haven't heard of that coin, but I'll check it out! Right now, my budget isn't extremely high (just $1000 at the moment), so hopefully I can snag a few and watch it grow. Is there anything specific I need to know about it?

IMO, its main drawback is that it's trying to run a real-world app on Ethereum, so its transaction costs will vary a lot and could be extremely high sometimes.