You'd think with all the current issues with Ethereum popping up that people would be looking at blockchain alternatives right about now. Yet Stratis and others (like Lisk, UBIQ, etc.) are all stalling out. I suppose a lack of progress is to blame, as by the time any of the blockchain alternatives actually deliver something, Ethereum will likely have made its own progress (Metropolis, Serenity, Raiden, etc.)?

Well, except for Antshares, but I think that's just because it's China focused and there's a lot of big/new money there.