Could you explain more about the aspect you said there are some alts that has better properties than Bitcoin? perhaps you can give the example of the alts that has better properties than Bitcoin, honestly speaking, to me the only coin worth investing is Bitcoin because in the cryotcurrency Bitcoin is like a backbone were as all other crypto depends on it growth, so other cryptos could fail but Bitcoin will never failed, with the love I have for Bitcoin I make sure I invest on Bitcoin on monthly basis because I trust and believe it potential and will always choose Bitcoin as my first choice in times of investment.

Most are centralized, or partly as those run on ETHEREUM Chains. There are still other decentralized coins arround.

They never plan to deliver anything, they put the raised money into their pockets and fake activity for a few months until it becomes acceptable to silently abandon the so-called project. This is the destiny of nearly all tokens and altcoins. And the so-called community that hypes the so-called project is just a bunch of hired bounty hunters.

This is why nothing equates experience. It humbles us. One with experience is wiser than one without it. I remember that year I came into this industry and was full of hope and excitement of easily hitting a goldmine. Well, the goldmine almost happened for me if not that I continually shifted the threshold each time I was close to target. Greed did me in many times as I wouldn't sell off. Was always expecting more, thinking of turning a $100 investment to $2,000,000 just like that. Most of those tokens dipped beyond recovery, and thereafter died off. Many of them should be in my Imtoken wallet (that was the most popular ERC enabled wallet then), bag holding them.

Yes, I agree with you that Bitcoin is the surest of all the cryptos to buy. However, make sure not to buy it during the bull season if you're to hodl. Now is the right time to buy Bitcoin for anyone desiring it. The next good time to buy after this year will be in 2026. Next year is halving and that's possibly going to push it into a rally for a fresh ATH (expectedly in 2025).

Holding a large portion of altcoins that will eventually become shitcoins will certainly be very detrimental, but haven't you done research first on why you have to hold shitcoins that will have no price and are mostly abandoned.

Bitcoin is indeed the main choice, but some of the top altcoins are certainly alternative choices that can provide profits like ETH and it is clearly the king of all altcoins at the moment. ETH and Bitcoin both run simultaneously.
you are too lulled by the altcoin hype and don't get out when the price is high.

The higher the risk, the higher the profit, everything is proportional to each other. Bitcoin is indeed the top safe choice in the cryptocurrency market but in terms of profits it cannot be compared with altcoins. Investing in altcoins is extremely risky, the win rate is very low, but in return if you choose the right coin, the profits will be huge. Depending on each person's taste, there is a suitable choice. Those who are not willing to accept large losses should stay away from altcoins and stick with bitcoin. On the contrary, those who are willing to take risks can try altcoins.

Well, I believe that a greater percentage of us who were not opportuned to discover Bitcoin in it's very early days; will sure have similar stories as one shared by the op' to tell..

And one that have stuck in my mind while reading through this thread was and is student coin, I invested not just money, but my time as well in that project, invited alot of people to invest in the project too, all this people are feeling like i scammed them today, student coin raised over $70 million dollars in their ico, but the price of the token has continued to be shit ever since it got listed, though the token is still actively trading on a few exchanges, the price remains shit, and chances of return on investment is still very much low .

Yes, in some ways, investing in altcoins can be called a kind of gambling, except that we can throw out the part that connects gambling with entertainment. What I have noticed in general in my environment, but also on the forum, is that there are a lot of young people who are still supported by their parents, and who still do not appreciate money in the way that they might appreciate it one day when they start earning it themselves.

There prevails the old saying that roughly says "easy money is easy to spend", and with all these social networks that young people use today, they are very easy targets for scammers. Some people know how to deal with risks, but the majority are completely unprepared and therefore have nothing but financial loss in the long run.

But you're a full member of the forum, so that goes to show you have been around for quite some time 🤔. Anyways, even before I got to join this forum, I have always been careful with the coins I choose and I only try to invest in the coins that are top on the list, especially the top ten or so. I buy majority of Bitcoin, and the remaining amount can go into ETH, ADA, and other top coins. But Bitcoin is always my top choice.

Bitcoin is the best and stands at the top of all currencies in the crypto market the price of altcoins rises depending on the price of bitcoin. Security is considered one of the most important things you need to take care of when making money from cryptocurrency. Many believe that all cryptocurrencies are as safe and secure as other currencies but this is not true each digital token has a different level of security but you only get the best with bitcoin. Bitcoin can provide you profit in long term and short term and that is why it is considered to be the safest available. Also Ethereum BNB is the best investment among altcoins it is better to stay away from new currencies and proceed after researching the market well.