It's hard to call the year 2018, the year altcoins, because you need to add that 2018 is the year of the fall of crypto or altcoins in general. I think that this should attract people very much after such a catastrophe with prices.
2018 is a year of suffering, tears, butthurt, and attempts not to sell the rest coins in a rage! Awful year! Hopefully, the bear market will end soon, and we shall drink champagne and go out on our yachts next year.