The alt coins I most appreciate are:

Etherium, Litecoin, Tron, Po.et, Cindicator (good night for this one), Ripple, Stellar Lumens, Waves, Neo, DeepOnion

This post last month? wait.

Today?  Today is the day you've been waiting for.

this is a very thorough look

I would never recommend coinbase to anyone for getting the coin at startup unless they are not concerned about the short term trading.

I have friends who use cryptopia to buy in and swear by it.  I have not personal experience there, but am told it's cheaper than Coinbase.

Also, I have acquaintances who buy their coin privately to not involve a bank at all.  This is about a 10% fee on the coin they buy, but they remain more anonymous this way.

Each may have their drawbacks when it comes to fees, but while a fee is a worry, the gain is likely the goal - so if

My current 2018 bets:

1. ETH
2. BTC
3. TRX
4. POE
5. Deep
6. SUB
7. ADA
8. CND
9. XRP
10. XMR

Am interested in getting into NEO and XRB.  Also today is the first day I have gotten into Deep.  After hearing its capabilities it seems promising