Obviously I am a crypto currency newbie and I am looking for the right blockchain tech for a project. Now I have done some reading and what I am looking for is something like Ethereum.
1) Smart contracts
2) Low transaction fees
3) suited for micro transactions
What would be helpful if I can use Java as the programming language. Ethereum ticks point 1 but its transaction fees are too high. I am looking for really low fees as volume will be higher.
NEO might be the best alternative at the present time because it is in or around the top 10 in market cap and seems to have a good development team.
I hear that IOTA may one day get into smart contracts and they have no fees because they dont use a blockchain but rather a Tangle which is a type of DAG.
Waves is supposedly a decent project as well, but it is not as well known and I dont know what their fees are like.