The following factors have guided investments into alternative crypto projects other than bitcoin over the years.

- Team (important)
- Project value proposition
- Community (important)
- Tokenmetrics

I might have missed a few things but these are the key areas to start doing your research from. In every aspect, we want to ask how and why questions - For instance: How is the Tokenmetrics defined? Who gets what and when? Questions like this will help provide some path to understanding the project and coming up with a final decision.