Not to worry. The next time BTC spikes up, altcoins will as well.
Also when the Scypt ASICS go online en masse, GPU miners will look for the next generation of coins to mine. X11
You are right. The only thing to do is holding our coins firmly. And only mine the valuable coins, such as darkcoin.
lol darkcoin is overrated, it won't be adopted and won't go mainstream. I can't see it being adopted by shops. It's name is a failure and will probably used for illegal shit