I find altcoins to be far too unstable, even the more established ones like LTC. Hence why I'm converting to BTC rather than getting a bunch of altcoins, waiting for an uptick in value, and cashing out to fiat directly. I'm not looking to play the speculation game, I'm just trying to get BTC without needing to purchase them or mine them directly. Perhaps certain altcoins will increase in value over time, but until one of them increases in value independently of BTC, I'm not really interested in investing in any of them as anything other than as a means to get BTC.