#altcoins are nuanced. We have:
Protocol coins
Utility tokens
Security tokens
Non-fungible tokens
But to an investor, there's only 2 types. Oscillators and Degenerators.
You can spot them on the entire market.
The vast majority of alt-coins are Degenerators. Their price chart has a measurable half-life, like radioactive decay. Plotted on a log chart, it's a straight line down. Only a small handful are Oscillators.
Oscillators are proving store of value (SoV) properties. To qualify they need to keep up with BTCUSD gains. To find them, plot their BTC value. It must oscillate around a horizontal line, for at least one full bull-bear cycle (around 4yrs). More cycles are better.
Let me bring up this Oscillator. It's DOGE, a coin that was created as a joke, it has had no active development for years. It's a humour fork of Bitcoin offering no technical innovation.
And it's a freaking oscillator.
DOGE achieved SoV because of Lindy Effect. It's listed on nearly all exchanges, it's supported by most wallets, it has a liquid market.
Note I didn't say it has cutting edge technology, scaleability, fancy smart contracts, governance, or has solved sharding. I point this out to mock the common thought train that you need innovation and cutting edge tech to build value in your coin. These are monetary instruments, they build value with economic network effects.
If you plan on being in altcoins here's my rules of engagement:
It's critical to determine a Oscillator from a Degenerator.
Oscillators are good to enter and exit to stack more BTC.
Never HODL a Degen, period. GTFO.
Be careful on the coins younger than one full cycle.
Source: https://woobull.com/the-two-types-of-altcoins-an-investors-view/
