I think ADA is a good long term investment. Buy a bag full and hodl!!!

The most popular coin isn't always the best coin to invest in. I try to invest in something with a purpose (whitepaper road map) that I can buy cheap and get a bigger gain. a great example in my opinion is ADA. I believe this coin has a big future that will get me 5,000 times its current price per coin within 5 years.

EOS for sure. Tron has had a lot of bad publicity (white paper scandal) as of recent and I'm not sure that it isn't permanently damaged from it.

ADA, Onion, XLM, KMD, Stratus, XRP, VEN, CRW, ect........ The Key is to not put all your eggs in one basket but buy enough in each to have big gains.
Good Luck.

Depends on how much you are wanting to invest. I like to start out wit cheaper coins to get a higher reward. Such as Cardano, XLM and Deep Onion. In my opinion, those are the ponies to ride in 2018.

I bought enough ripple to make a sizable profit if it hits the $5 buck range. I think it will be a good long term hold as they have handshakes with the banks.

I downloaded the wallet when this coin first launched and planned on mining it. Something didn't sit right with me and I just ignored it. Boy am I glad I did. It would surprise me if this coin actually turns out to be legit.

In your opinion, What will be the top 5 alt coins to shine in 2018?

What details should I be looking for to try and detect most scamming ICO or scams in general?