So, I just read this article about Hayek, which is supposed to be a coin backed by gold and it will take on Bitcoin.
All altcoins are built and designed to take on Bitcoin. If not, they're setting their goals and aspirations way too low. imo
Take Litecoin for example, its goal is to hang on to the #2 spot and that's one of the reasons it will fail. Imagine if Michael Jordan had set out to become the second best basketball player ever.