With the experience with BC, I doubt any alt is more than one-time p&d with occasional jumps on the way down. There is no alt that has broken the pattern so far. Shit - I learned the hard way. Could have become rich selling a few alts at peaks, but have almost nothing now

EDIT: It might change when the next BTC bubble starts, but who knows...
Same here kiddo. I could have made a lot of money, but instead trusted in the HODLING method and lost a shitload of BTC along the way. Yet, now that I've got nearly nothing, I suppose I may as well keep holding my coins as I'm afraid that I'll just lose more via trading.
I just hope that BlackCoin really does pick up. I seriously do...
It will, once it becomes used.. I know some player (Jabulon, Vizique) are doing a lot to get merchants on board. We just should do the same.
We have our own Bitpay now (
www.cointopay.com) so it's real easy.. we just need BC to be used now. Getting merchants on board etc. and gaining user base.
PS: Only reason BTC became big is because it had killer service :Silk Road. We need killer service or real use.. else its only speculative value..