Sometimes you get lucky. I bought XRP in 2013 before I put in the hours and ended up with 10x the BTC I would have had I not. I think the alt play is just a high risk reward play for the chance to get more BTC. The shills either have ulterior motives or haven’t done enough research.
@aaalex It’s the most systematic and self sustaining digital asset proven by its abilty to secure itself without some centralized foundation intervening