I’m Alice Chittenden (not that wonderful artist, sorry). I study Economics Science in my University and I’m about to start my master thesis.

Me and my professor are very interested in Future of Money, so we’ve decided that my work will be devoted to cryptocurrencies.  As one of my colleagues has already started bitcoin research I gained the work on alternative coins.

The theme of my research  is: “Fundamental factors affecting alternative cryptocurrencies prevalence”

I really have googled and read a lot.  For example here (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=134179.0) and on cryptocointalk , on TED and everywhere else.

But I’m still need some help.
How do you think what is the most important thing about alternative coins and their performance?
From what point should I start my research?

Thanks in advance for your answers!