I there is anything close to bitcoin currently then it is ethereum only and no other alt can compete them. I think ethereum is really good currency and it is being liked by many of us day by day. Moreover it moves as the bitcoin is moving in the market. The direction is straight and the set up is running with full speed for ETH. Also more and more people are getting into ETH mining as they think it is more simpler than bitcoin due to the difficulty of former. So it is worth investing into ETH now a days as it will bring nice future towards us real soon.