ITT = Everyone pumping their own coins.
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OP, don't get confused with the smoke and mirrors.
Don;t spend more than you can afford.
There is only one method, mine/buy yourself some btc and hodl/
If you are going for alts,
look for coins that are older that 3-6 months, with a serious team or better yet various teams behind it,
and not random coindev accounts that will go "undercover" once the coin hits the first exchange.
Coins that are already in the market accepted by merchants in your area so that you can use them to buy
physical goods from actual businesses and not only websites that can be set up overnight.
while many coins are directed at niche markets and maybe could survive in the long term, it is a very long bet,
so i'll just repeat once again, dont spend more that you can afford.
GL