It was the year of the altcoin... But maybe not for the best reasons.
Altcoins dominated the headlines many times, and they grew like mushrooms every week. Everyone wanted to have a go at their own coin. Most were unsuccessful, but still, they were here and they tried. So yeah, I kind of agree, 2014 was the year of the altcoin
Really? How was it the year of the alt? I didn't even notice any coverage in the media of anything other than bitcoin and when alt coins where mentioned it was usually secondary and in passing to bitcoin.
Mainstream media might talk about almost exclusively about Bitcoin, but crypto related media talked about altcoins many times. During the year we've had big media and social media coverage of coins like Darkcoin and Vericoin. Also, there were many new coins, and that issue was the main topic of many articles I've seen throughout the year... so yeah, altcoins had a massive boom last year, and I think we can say it was a big year for alts.