[pixie_]

Tulips can be created by anyone with some dirt. Mineable crypto is super difficult to create yourself. Tulips are also hard to distinguish, difficult to transport, ephemeral.

Understand that and you'll understand why most of your arguments above are poor.

[imtringued]

Anyone can create new crypto coins. Did you forget about the ICO craze?

[pixie_]

Different cryptos are not compatible with one another. And the value is each is determined by a myriad of intrinsic properties. At the moment I'd say LTC is the most attractive.