Thanks for some very wise inputs. I am sure more will roll in.

Speculation apart, the 2000 odd me-too clones have spent 6 years bouncing. Lets forget the Gates and the VCs of this world (they talk and change their talk depending on where their money is currently stuck, and charity is always done after receiving the net profits; never the other way round). Do we want to give the clones 60 years to demonstrate their possible upmanship over bitcoin ?

In the meanwhile how about "officially" classifying all altcoins into a "For R&D or Manipulation or DayDreaming purposes only" category? Because that seems to be their sole purpose, going by practical market reality.