The success of Bitcoin has prompted more development of alternative cryptocurrencies, some very similar to others and some with specific use cases. The rise in value and adoption of certain altcoins have shown to be much faster than Bitcoin was initially, particularly if a cryptocurrency has a strong use case. Adoption of cryptocurrencies by developers, merchants, consumers, and institutions is growing rapidly as exposure to the technology escalates.
The success of Bitcoin has prompted more development of alternative cryptocurrencies,
no, bitcoin is indeed succesfull because of its usage and real purpose on why it was built but it does not develop any alt coins or alternative currencies however bitcoin forks and segwits can possibly create and spawn a new born baby called forked coins and segwit coins or they can also be termed as an altcoins.
some very similar to others and some with specific use cases.
most altcoins are actually verry identical and simillar to each other and only few had different usage and characteristics.
The rise in value and adoption of certain altcoins have shown to be much faster than Bitcoin was initially,
no, altcoins are much slower in terms of gains and bitcoin is still much faster when compared to them. although altcoins are much stable and less volatile when compared to bitcoins.