Each altcoin is promising. The only truth about it knows only devs. In my opinion, building portfolio simply by selecting promising projects isnt enough. Like people say, everything must be balanced. Not only you should divide funds into several altcoins and not invest everything into one, but you must also trade them. At least try or know basics. Simply buying and holding wont really work. It works only with Bitcoin.
Why do you think passive investing is not suitable? it's less risky I think.
