I kinda realized how pointless most alt coins are when I realized that all I cared about was their BTC value. To be honest, it seems like the main reason alt coins get popular is due to how they tend to be (hopefully) profitable to mine, compared to BTC who is now deep into ASIC land in terms of mining, for actual security this is actually a good thing as it makes the BTC network very hard to 51% attack, but the average miner can't ever hope to get a profit. People might find it a controversial opinion but... IMO this makes bitcoin to have a safe and secure future compared to most altcoins.