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Hypothetical time. The bull run's over, everything is bleeding, and you have to put your entire altcoin bag into a single coin to hold for the next 2-3 years of crypto winter.

Bitcoin and Ethereum are off the table. It has to be an alt.

What project has the tech, the team, and the community to actually survive and come back stronger? Which coin are you betting on when all the hype and tourist money disappears?

Don't just shill your bag. Defend your choice. Why will it live while others die?

Monero. It solves, or at least drastically improves, two real problems which are plaguing both Bitcoin and other altcoins -- privacy and fungibility. It is also one of the most decentralized altcoins. While there were instamine accusations, there was at least no overt premine.

There are also historical reasons: XMR has performed better in past bear markets than most other altcoins, and is the only older altcoin from pre-2020 which are relatively close to their previous ATH in this cycle.

The community is active and constantly develops new decentralized tools to counter the delisting on CEXes. This shows that despite there being some regulatory risks, there are also solutions.

PS: Please provide also your own opinion. ;)

What is an alt in your mind and definition?

Altcoin is alternate or alternative cryptocurrencies which imply all cryptocurrencies that are not Bitcoin, should be considered as altcoins. With this classic definition that does not need to be changed by anyone, Ethereum is surely an altcoin, in the past, the present and the future.

If I have to pick an altcoin to hold, it is Ethereum, and if you force me to pick another one, it's BNB, nothing more to hold in my cryptocurrency bag. Other altcoins are shitcoins that are very weak and vulnerable to death callings from bear market.

Let me say it clearly too. Bear market is not cause of altcoin deaths and the reason is actually from their founders and developer teams which don't have enough capability as well as dedication to keep their projects alive over time.

I will pick USDC or DAI instead, no stress in winter season. :D

It's better that you move this topic to the altcoins board because that's where it belongs to. First of all, the bull run is not over yet and until bitcoin dips to $40k before I can agree with you that the bull run is over. Secondly, I don't see any altcoins that is worth investing into since you can't predict their future, and they're more like gambling to me. I stick to holding only bitcoin. I will buy more Bitcoin in the bear market.

Ethereum is also an altcoin. Bitcoin is the only cryptocurrency that isn't an altcoin.

To be sincere I can't really tell since the lifespan of altcoins are mostly short term.
I'd pick Monero for being decentralized and the need for privacy hasn't died yet in fact it is needed now more than ever.
So it has a reason in being bought rather than hype.

@Frankolala the OP specifically said hypothetically, so never said the Bullrun was over.


Yeah it should be moved to altcoins discussion board.

Bitcoin is the only coin that is not an altcoin. Every other coin aside from Bitcoin is an altcoin.
I am the type of person to limit my risk as low as possible in the crypto-currency space so if I wasn't going to take Bitcoin my next pick would have been ethereum but according to you that is also out of the question.
Well I will go for BNB because they have been doing well and they have actually withstood some difficult bear market and have to an extent proven themselves.

Nice move. This avoids being hit by the crypto winter if it comes. And this allows to have a better flexibility during that time and we're free to buy at any level or price for the desired altcoin that we want to buy.

But why do topics like this always like to remove Bitcoin as a choice when it's always been the smarter choice than the others?

Many of us will do this choice after having the budget to buy converted into stablecoins. It's not just a wise move but also an economical move every bear market.

Probably HYPE because it has real use case, real user, real volume, real profitable vaults and so on.

The other altcoin are just selling narrative, but HYPE value really derived from the fact that the DEX was such a success and I expect DEX to only grow bigger and bigger.

I trade some of my altcoins during the winter or bear season. It's probably the safest coin in the bear market, and I buy back coins that I sold when there is a shift in the market.
At that time, these coins were already at their floor price, and repurchasing them would give me a good profit.
I tried to avoid having an attachment so I could employ the best strategy for maximum profit, as not all altcoins are safe in a bear market. 

This is great. While others are selling at a loss during a bear, you there is still selling for a profit. This is a real definition of a win-win situation. But "the best strategy" can depend on the coin and some coins do well in the long-term.

Others might feel sad because you don't share those good alts you are talking about but I think you are also protecting them because it is also possible that if more people know about them and profits with them, their powers will eventually worse off :) . Another thing can be positive here is that you won't look like you are shilling them because these alts are probably less known. The same type of alts/tokens that are being shilled the most.

In my opinion, all coins with the exception of Bitcoin are alternative currencies, so I think I would go for Ethereum, which is pretty much a time-proven coin when comes to bear markets and also bull markets.
Either that, or I would simply swap all my alt coins for stablecoins like DAI, which is the most decentralized one when compared to USDT and USDC.

Also, there is the possibility of going all in with Dogecoin, which always seems to come back in the bull market reaching new highs, thanks to the enthusiasm of its holders and meme fans. But it would be a risky move, indeed, compared to Ethereum and Dai.

Probably UNU SED LEO, because it's not just the tech or team behind it that is valuable. Even with best tech there's just not enough use cases to justify price getting any higher, nor it's even optimal when it needs to be cheap to use. UNU SED LEO probably won't be lifting off with rest of the alts next time, but it has intrinsic value and tokenomics actually make sense, compared to most investments. And there's legal commitment for the buyback burn mechanism without some 50% max cap in it. I am honestly quite baffled why more people aren't into that. It's not normal crypto that is solving anything, but it's not supposed to be.

When looking at what coin/token to choose, I will have to know what exactly I'm going to be looking at, like the team behind the project and what they have to offer. Do they actually have full control and can decide how I spend the token I hold for a long time? Can they migrate and leave old holders in the dark to suffer a fate they did not prepare for? Well, if I'm to think about that, I will likely go for XMR, a privacy coin with so much to offer. Irrespective of how governments have been after and against it, it still retains a high value in the market, and with time, when there are fewer attacks on privacy tools, it will flourish more than it is right now.

I will also choose HYPE. A real token with real utility and has got volume to boast with. Compared to other utility tokens, they don't have much volume at all. But with HYPE, it's not just a hype that we call but it's actually with real people contributing to the volume that it has got. It also has been hitting new ATHs although there is some correction from that but, the price of it is still comparably better than it was a few months ago.

most of the time i swap out some of my altcoins during bear markets and usually for the safest coins... then buy back those same coins at their lows when things start looking up

The Only Altcoin That Earns Its Place in a Bitcoin Cold Wallet

When the bear market comes, most alts die from three wounds

    No oxygen (devs abandon ship)
    No bloodflow (liquidity evaporates)
    No skeleton (tokenomics collapse)

TEXITcoin is built differently. Here’s why it survives

The Unbreakable Core
    Geographic loyalty (Texas adoption is territorial, not speculative)
    Mine-locked supply (90% U.S.-held prevents offshore dumping)
    Founder skin in the game (Bobby Gray’s reputation is Texan collateral)

The Bear Market Advantage
    Miners can’t quit (physical infrastructure demands upkeep)
    Community grows when price drops (independence movements thrive in hardship)
    No VC overhang (9-mine limit prevents distressed sell-offs)

This isn’t just another altcoin, it’s a hard asset with a blockchain attached. When the bear market burns the rest to ash, TEXITcoin survives for the same reason Bitcoin did in 2018: real people, real infrastructure, and zero exit doors for the weak hands. Hold this, and you’re not betting on a dev team,
you’re holding a stake in the only crypto project that gets stronger when the market bleeds.

Actually all tokens outside of Bitcoin (BTC) are altcoins, including Ethereum (ETH), but since $BTC & $ETH must be excluded, my pick is Solana (SOL). The reason behind my choice is because of the strong community & many projects in the ecosystem so capitalization is more stable when winter comes. If I had to choose another option besides Solana (SOL), I think I would go with Monero (XMR).

As I'd like to choose the Ethereum for reliability but would try to explore on other else. So I'd pick DOGE coin to since I think this is somehow less picked coin which I think have huge potential to pump in future.

We already see some good price changes happen before and there's huge possibilities that those situation would gonna happen again especially that meme coin hype together with DOGE exposure didn't end.

DOGE remain relevant for many years and I believe that it still have solid support from their community.

I would pick SOL too because it's great to eco with lots of potential.

The other pic would be LTC.

It's definitely hard to answer though, because:

#1 - every bear market is different, just like in the previous bull run, when games was the trend, but today it's no longer what investors wanted
#2 - only prime mover coins will still remain like Ethereum, but you said it's off the table

Yes, there are several projects before that was really the biggest during their shilling days. But now, it's totally down and dead and no one remembers them and maybe those who are late might have regret their decisions.

^ Wouldn't you choose some big cap that is well-known and probably will be there even in a decade or so?