I am not including BTC for now simply because I don't have the money to buy a significant amount
of it in order to make profits. I still have a student loan to pay so BTC is too far right now for me.

I'd like to diversify among a bunch of coins without giving up on depth and BTC won't allow me to do so.

Personally, I believe more in platforms than in currencies. Let me get this straight: in order to get cryptos into
mainstream adoptions, you need to attract companies and retails to use blockchain platforms to provide their services or
products for customers. Only then people will be encouraged to use cryptocurrencies to purchase services and products.
This process will further fuel mainstream adoption and legalization.

But for now, real economy sees cryptoworld as a no man's land, as a mysterious bubble where you can only lose money.

I'm in both for profit and for sustaining decentralization.