These are alts I had followed, read up on, and I actually either hold or held them in the past. They are all projects that promised something that seemed innovative, or had features which appealed to me. But I'm calling time on these alts for various reasons: inexperienced teams, unable to deliver on promises, poor marketing, unable to keep up with new developments. In my opinion, they are either pretty much dead or not performing to their potential, and risk falling to obscurity since there are so many other alts that can and will do what they promised to do for faster/better/cheaper. Feel free to agree or disagree, or add to the list!
1) Einsteinium (EMC2) -I was new, I fell for the concept. Glad I dumped this when their big announcement - widely teased to be an exciting partnership - turned out to be masternodes. Nothing against masternodes, but it's kind of like promising the moon and delivering a wind-up torchlight.
2) B3 ( now kB3) - RIP. 'nuff said. WTF was I thinking
I took a hit but it was relatively small, let's call it a learning experience.
3) ETN - I've written a lot about how I really wanted to believe in ETN, before their Failure To Launch. Maybe it was just too early to try and bring crypto to the masses. Or maybe there's just gross mismanagement. In any case, I'm glad I got out of that one.
4) Spectrecoin/ Verge / Deep Onion / (PIVX?)/ add your privacy coin here - I really believe that privacy coins are a highly important part of the future of crypto. But there are so many that underdeliver or just... fizzle out once the hype and airdrops stop. And the shilling. So.Much.Shilling. Which ones are still worth supporting? My bet's on Monero
5) Raiden Network Token (RDN) - Buterin didn't seem too keen on the ICO, but mentioned it as a possible path toward scalability earlier this year
https://blog.ethereum.org/2018/01/02/ethereum-scalability-research-development-subsidy-programs/. Anyone have any updates on this? I'm not feeling that optimistic about this one.
Which alts have you bought that you are either dumping or have already dumped??