You've done the work. You understand fiat. You understand miners, nodes, and private keys. And then you open an exchange and get hit with 20,000 other cryptocurrencies — coins named after dogs, coins promising to be a world computer, coins claiming to be faster, cheaper, smarter, and better than Bitcoin in every measurable way.

It's a fair question. And how you answer it will determine whether you protect your purchasing power over the next decade or lose it chasing a mirage.

In this episode of the Bitcoin Well 101 series, Zach breaks down what altcoins actually are, the trade-offs they don't advertise, and why Bitcoin doesn't just lead the crypto market — it exists in a category of its own.

Chapters:

0:00 Intro: The Altcoin Question

1:37 What Is an Altcoin?

2:02 The Blockchain Trilemma

3:40 The Founder Problem

4:27 Altcoins on Trial

4:34 Ethereum

6:09 Solana

7:16 Litecoin

8:38 Bitcoin Cash

9:28 XRP / Ripple

10:03 Dogecoin

10:42 Stablecoins

11:23 So How Does Bitcoin Scale?

12:18 The Lightning Network

13:03 Why Bitcoin Stands Alone

13:54 The Lindy Effect

14:26 The "Next Bitcoin" Trap

15:00 Price Altcoins in Bitcoin

15:51 Why There Will Never Be Another Bitcoin

17:04 Outro

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