Quote from: andhovesyan on January 28, 2018, 04:16:08 AM

doesn't it mean that people started paying more attention ta altcoins and so alts eventually becoming more "independent"?

People (newcomers and investors) have started to pay attention to altcoins because they found out they can make quick money in the short-term thanks the pump and dump schemes. "independent"? not really, take a look at the charts today, the sea of red wasn't caused by XRP or ETH, BTC went down and altcoins followed.

Quote from: andhovesyan on January 28, 2018, 04:16:08 AM

I don't think it will happen this year or even next, but don't you think that some top altcoins may bypass bitcoin in the near future?

If you mean by market cap, then yes, a few alts can take the #1 spot from Bitcoin, but other than that, alts will always be secondary.

Quote from: cpfreeplz on January 28, 2018, 04:21:37 AM

Nobody likes the $10-$20 fees to send a transaction, and it makes the whole thing seem pointless.

what's actually pointless is your comment. What $10-$20 fee are you talking about? you can literally send a tx with just 10-40 sat/B fee and it will get comfirmed in the next 2 or 3 blocks.