The word "Alt-coin" should mean "Alternative Coins". And the word alternative in a layman's language should mean having an obvious option. Example, having an alternative plan means I can decide to use Plan B, most especially if plan A may not favour me at that time. Also, Coffee is an alternative to Tea, in this scenario, alternative is a choice and not a measure of importance. In a situation where an alternative is a choice, is therefore means that the Sorrow of one will be the pleasure of the alternative.
Relating this to cryptocurrency, if BTC who is the mother of Cryptocurrencies and who has gained extensive trust ceases to exist today, will altcoins flourish or will it make the people loose total interest in cryptocurrency.
I get what you’re trying to say here. Alright, we all like Bitcoin and most of the people that are coming here are doing so because of Bitcoin, and their first investment goes into Bitcoin before any other cryptocurrency. And even the altcoins that we all see today all took inspiration from Bitcoin, if you have been around when it all started, they were called “shitcoins”.
Most people around the world that are not yet part of the cryptocurrency community have definitely heard of Bitcoin, but it’s less likely that they have heard the word altcoins, not to talk of hearing names like Ethereum, Cardano, Tron, Neo, and the rest of them. Bitcoin’s market cap covers like half of the whole market’s cap. So imagine that you wake up tomorrow and they said Bitcoin is no more, that it has been shut down or something like that. I bet you’re not going to waste time in dumping every altcoins you have. So if something happens to Bitcoin, it’s sure going to affect altcoins and they are going down with it.