weeeeeel Phil, think again!
btc is one and only completely accepted as crypto currency.
all the rest are nothing but imitations and "wanna be btc" coins.
value of BTC is defined by economics. you know acceptance, usage, demand....
and value of other cryptos is defined by bitcoin.
take ltc for example. ltc was always like 2.5-3% of btc value.
btc goes up, ltc goes up.
btc goes down, ltc goes down.
and no matter how high or low it goes it's always 2.5-3% from btc value.
this is one example and if you look at initial value jump for every new crypto on the market like dogecoin, at the end it allways end up in some fixed % value from btc.
so if you think about it Phil, there is nothing to debate.
I have thought about it. Like I say that may be right...and I would probably bet on that too. But to dismiss all coins as lame copies is just factually incorrect. Now of course it takes more than coin 'quality' to impact a price of course. Community support, wide acceptance impact greatly. Bitcoin is way ahead....it was the first to gain wide acceptance. But it has flaws.
Cheers