so at some point in the next months or years there's likely to be another genuine bitcoin bubble. i don't mean anything that's happened since 2013. there've been rallies but no bubbles. and bubbles ain't really a good thing but it's as natural to humans as needing to eat.
i disagree with all of this.
a bubble is a fake price rise which is huge too and it will only benefit a few not everyone.
besides i doubt that it can happen again with bitcoin aparat from a small 50 to 100 dollar max bubble.
in this scenario what happens to alts? we all know what happened to them in 2013. even total junk like novacoin went to the moon. this year so far there've been absolutely insane bubbles while bitcoin's done squat.
would a bitcoin pump push alts a long way up or would it become clear that bitcoin's ascending to the next level and most alts can't push up much further? is there alt fatigue? would there be bitcoin gains to be made if bitcoin itself was that much more valuable? that's the only reason i've ever dabbled in alts.
what does everyone reckon?
your assumption about bitcoin and having pump is wrong.
but this is true about altcoins that they will always have pumps and that will always remain irrelevant to bitcoin and how it moves.