If you are new to cryptocurrency, please be careful with altcoins, one of the biggest mistakes of a newbie in crypto are having too much attention to altcoins. I am just giving you a warning.
Can anyone recommend which one is better among Tezos, Algorand, and Near for long-term hold?
Btw, speaking with your concern, it seems you got a lot of good choices here.
This is my first time to saw NEAR, and I just recently researched it and found it this protocol is really developer-friendly.
NEAR protocol is still very early for me. But Tezos and Algorand are both extraordinary altcoins too, what if you will divide your funds and have an allocation on these altcoins?