Alternate cryptocurrencies is the second layer of the Inception

[HorseRider]

which are all very slow.
Before the bitcoin itself is in a later stage of the bull market, the alternate cryptocurrencies have no investment value. However, I speculate that at the later stage of the bitcoin bull, the alternate cryptocurrencies may have some sharp uptrend for speculate. This is very similar with the stock bull market. At the first, the blue chips leading the market, then every kinds of stock rise after that, then the bull market die.