DOT

noviwu97

DOT and ADA is the definition of hype only

WIRED_REFLEX

I had to look, you didn't disappoint. This is theft🤣 Crypto Withdrawals (to External Wallets) Revolut Service Fee: £1 (or equivalent) for XRP, XLM, DOT, SOL, AVAX, XTZ, ALGO, ADA £3 (or equivalent) for most other cryptos.

cutcoturge1

Every coin other than BTC and ETH seems to just wither away and die. LUNA, ATOM, JUNO, DOT, ADA... lost my butt on every single one. Now I'm just down to BTC after I consolidated a couple years ago and I'm holding in an offline wallet, locked inside a gun safe. Will check back in 3-4 years time.

KateR_H0l1day

Cronos is definitely one of those undervalued, it’s done a lot in 2025, probably too much, and to spread out through a scatter gun approach. Projects are still coming through, but little value being seen unfortunately. However, a few weeks ago they hired a new CEO to run their Lab division, this includes Onchain (DeFi) and the Exchange, but specifically excludes the main App, which is basically for beginners. The App acts like a money exchange you see in Airports, making profit by basically trade fees for buying and selling, but it is also the place where their card; banking & stocks are available. So, it is useful, but not around a blockchain and innovation type projects as per the OP’s original question! The new CEO is going to focus on high value projects and innovation for Cronos, including attracting external companies to build on Cronos. Established projects, I see HBAR leading the way, but DOT is still one of those long odds outsiders that could really overtake a huge amount of the field. So, it becomes a potential $Value growth opportunity, utilizing JAM and Web3 as a catalyst. But, much depends on your thoughts around Web3 and its application and adoption for the future. From an investment perspective it is a gamble, but perhaps worth a small, less than 10% $Value of the total gamble , risk appetite is high for this though, just IMO of course 🤷‍♀️

iOCharts_

or relatively safer long-term learning, look at established projects like $ADA, $MATIC, $DOT or $LINK. Still volatile, but not hype-only

Darqwatch

Might want to look at Polkadot (DOT), which is growing rapidly!

MountainGrape6816

Just dumped losers ADA, DOT, ALGO, AAVE, ATOM, MANA. Needed some long term (since 2021) writeoffs for 2025 tax purposes to offset other gains. I held these way too long, because there was a lot of "don't be a paper-hands" bullying going on. Still holding POL/MATIC, LINK, AVAX, for now. These seem to still have at least some activity. They'll go in case i need more writeoffs in 2026, or if they make any kind of a comeback. But to be honest i don't have much interest in Alts any more. Anything i do, like ZCASH, will be relatively short term and I'll be quick to take profits and cut losses. I don't need any more skeletons in the closet

Admirable_Ad_3316

I think alt season ever happen again, i bought DOT at $40 back in 2022, and people back then just say hlod 🤣

No_Giraffe_4647

This is not only a Cardano issue all main blockchain are following same trend especially alt coin like AVAX DOT ATOM HBAR you name it. The time was really bad for crypto market as greed and fear indicator is at the top which means investors are very careful and reduce their exposure. Some argue that it is because it is worthless some others will say it is golden opportunity just double down on that. On my end I am positioning right in the middle thinking that crypto is still young and need to convince to get mass adoption. However gambling several thousands on a single asset coin (yes I this case it is gambling) is not a wise choice on my end I really prefer ETH far more because of the network weight activity ( it charges gas fee that are going back to the network so holder la benefit from it) and it plays a strong role as backbone for DÉFI applications. In my opinion it is better to have same approach as investment you need to diversify on my end I have selected 20 layer 1 assets and putting a few dollars on each every month. But crypto has no guarantee to become profitable and you are exposed to higher risk than stock market you could loose all so be careful only put money you can afford to loose (I only put 4 percent of my investments in cryptos and I stay away from all meme coins and layer 2 projects except chainlink for its interoperability)

noviwu97

Exact same end result as buying "tech" coins like DOT or LRC. But instead of wasting 4 years of your time believing it'll change the world and shilling it, you moved on after a day or two.

Calm_Situation_1131

Zero comments in this thread about the big scaling upgrades finally happening after years of laying careful groundwork. Today, ETH is about 30 tps. The next few upgrades can ~10x this each year, ending at ~3k tps in 2027. The Glamsterdam upgrade in H1 2026 will allow for parallel execution and increased execution time. Hegota in H2 2026 will allow for statelessness. At this point, zk proving will be tested over 2027 which will be the endgame of scaling at 10k+ tps on the L1. This doesnt include L2 tps which will steadily push 100k tps throughout 2026 and 2027. This is beyond Visa scale at 65k tps. ETH is in a great position considering the scaling upgrades, further adoption as the leader in stablecoins and RWAs, and the death of the various alts and ETH killers returning fragmented TVL back to the liquidity on Ethereum. We are seeing the last point already with polymarket moving away from polygon to an L2, synthetix moving back to L1, etc. Then look at the alt L1s that are ghost chains such as DOT, AVA, ADA, TEZOS, and so on.

biba8163

> much Tech, much Wow *Since 12/31/2021* | Crypto | Price | |:---|:---|:---| | ATOM | 🔻 -93.94% | ALGO | 🔻 -93.20% | DOT | 🔻 -93.12% | NEAR | 🔻 -89.56% | ICP | 🔻 -88.48% | AVAX | 🔻 -88.46% | HBAR | 🔻 -62.19%

SoggyGrayDuck

Right now DOT, it has the best tech but being a layer 0 needs other projects and developers before the price will rise due to demand. The slow down or stopping of the bridge hacks hurts (it's such a genius solution to it) but they will always find new vulnerabilities. Acalas fuck up killed all the momentum

biba8163

> the internet of blockchains Dummies were warned that they were getting scammed with the same recycled bullshit narrative. The response always is *"BTC Maxi thinks everything is a scam and doesn't understand the tech because he invested in a dinosaur coin."* *Since 12/31/2021:* Crypto | Price Change | |--------|--------------| | ATOM | 🔻 -93.94% | | DOT | 🔻 -93.12% | > People have been scammed with Interoperability, Internet of Blockchains, Spin up your own Blockchain in minutes and other tech scam hype memes. All these projects did was securely facilitate seperating fools from their money. From the looks of it, it appears people with continue to get scammed it. **(June 2022)** > 2017/18 Interoperability Money Grab Scams > **Kommodo** > Blockchain Interoperability: Connecting Isolated Protocols > https://komodoplatform.com/en/blog/blockchain-interoperability/ > **Icon** > ICON: Network of Networks > https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/7tccuu/icon_network_of_networks/ > **AION** > How AION will become the new Internet of Blockchains with its new superfast and scalable Virtual Machine > https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/7zb4xx/how_aion_will_become_the_new_internet_of/ > **Wanchain** > The Wide Area Network chain, is a decentralised blockchain interoperability solution > https://medium.com/wanchain-foundation/an-introduction-to-wanchain-a2936e25df91 > **ARK** > ARK: Bridgechains, Smartbridges and Deploy a Blockchain in under a minute without CLI > https://cryptopotato.com/ark-creating-one-ecosystem-of-connected-chains/ > https://medium.com/ark-io/what-is-the-ark-smartbridge-and-how-does-it-work-1dd7fb1e17a0 > https://np.reddit.com/r/ArkEcosystem/comments/ckae1q/ark_bridgechains_solving_scalability_and/ > **Blockchain Interoperability Alliance: ICON x Aion x Wanchain** > https://medium.com/helloiconworld/blockchain-interoperability-alliance-icon-x-aion-x-wanchain-8aeaafb3ebdd https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/vob16u/so_this_cycle_we_had_defi_nfts_and_metaverse/ieczhzb/

MountainGrape6816

Just pulled the plug on some long term losers (to offset other gains): ADA DOT ALGO ATOM MANA SHIB Other candidates on the chopping block (some may go before the new years ball drops) POL/MATIC LINK AVAX

hopenoonefindsthis

I worked on one of the biggest projects on DOT. Within a few weeks, I very quickly knew this chain wasn't going to make it.

20_BuysManyPeanuts

DOT. I only hold it because its worthless compared with what I paid for it. if it ever looks like going north of $30 again it'll get sold straight away.

KIG45

I should have bought LINK, but I chose DOT.

AggravatingMusic3916

My 3 biggest bags since 2021 are ADA VET and DOT..im not very good at this

morakanos

ICX - The Korean Ethereum 😂 DOT , ADA and LTC. Was naive in my earlier days believing the hype of most alts.

ScooterMcWTF

DOT - hit 1.80 a few weeks ago. I didn't even bother looking. Shits dead :D

Nearby_Ring_8054

DOT was supposed to be the internet of blockchains but feels more like the intranet of disappointment lol. Still holding a bag from 2021 and watching it slowly bleed out while Gavin keeps talking about "true interoperability" that never seems to actually happen

dlcx99

WTC, Luna, ONE, MATIC, DOT.. feels like anything I touch dies. Sorry

ResolutionSmall3692

DOT

WrathofTitus

DOT has been my biggest regret with Jupiter a very close 2nd. The only difference is that I still use Jupiter everyday. I didn't know anyone who uses the DOT ecosystem.

nicholasnichols0000

DOT vs ADA WHO WINS?

Dazzling_Marzipan474

What I would do. And actually did like 2 years ago or so was sell all my alts and just buy Bitcoin. By the time even if an alt does well you have 3 or 4 others that are doing so bad it is almost impossible to win. I had tons of alts do well ETH did a 3x, ADA a 3x , CONE did like an 8x, MOONS did like a 3x I think, a few others I can't remember. But with ICP, ATOM and DOT destroying a lot of my other gains. I would've been WAY better just keeping it simple and buying BTC

Zealousideal_Rain_79

We are all at a loss with altcoins because most of us expected an altcoin season in 2025. After this cycle, I think I might become a Bitcoin maxi. I DCA’d for four years into four top-50 altcoins and achieved almost 40% gains in November 2024 and January 2025. I didn’t sell because I was expecting an altcoin season in Q4 2025, similar to what we saw in Q4 2017 and Q4 2021. I didn’t anticipate how much the Trump tariffs and broader macroeconomic conditions would impact retail investors, pushing many of them out of the market and making an altcoin season unrealistic. My honest advice is to sell part of your losing positions and buy BTC and ETH when prices drop. I would suggest not selling Polkadot right now; instead, wait until March 2026. DOT is expected to cap its supply, and it will launch the Join-Accumulate Machine (JAM) project, which is designed to succeed the relay chain. Combined with its current ETF, this should generate some profits.

Zealousideal_Rain_79

We are all at a loss with altcoins because most of us expected an altcoin season in 2025. After this cycle, I think I might become a Bitcoin maxi. I DCA’d for four years into four top-50 altcoins and achieved almost 40% gains in November 2024 and January 2025. I didn’t sell because I was expecting an altcoin season in Q4 2025, similar to what we saw in Q4 2017 and Q4 2021. I didn’t anticipate how much the Trump tariffs and broader macroeconomic conditions would impact retail investors, pushing many of them out of the market and making an altcoin season unrealistic. My honest advice is to sell part of your losing positions and buy BTC and ETH when prices drop. I would suggest not selling Polkadot right now; instead, wait until March 2026. DOT is expected to cap its supply, and it will launch the Join-Accumulate Machine (JAM) project, which is designed to succeed the relay chain. Combined with its current ETF, this should generate some profits.

MariachiArchery

Yup. Especially VET, POL, and DOT. There were months and months were these projects were on the front page every single day.

Interpersonal

Rewards were fine for me yesterday and today. Nowhere near 10k in DOT either.

PickledRobot

[staking.polkadot.cloud](http://staking.polkadot.cloud) showing 250 DOT minimum for self stake so it was just a nova wallet or pool issue Backing currently and nominations running as normal

noviwu97

It would have been far better if DOT did a fast rug instead of a slow one. That way, victims don't have to spent 4 years of their life following and believing that it will change the world.

noviwu97

From their treasury spending report, they spent lota of money on social media marketing. So it's hard to know whether someone shilling DOT is paid advertiser or plain dumb suckers

noviwu97

Imagine boasting your number of Github commits. I bet none of you even heard of what Git commit is before buying DOT

Tough-Many-3223

I’m not saying DOT was a scam / slow rug, but if it were, what would have been different?

Alatarlhun

If you haven't fled DOT by now, I am sure this news won't be that wake up call.

tcookc

The absurdly convoluted DOT staking mechanism is what led me to bail. It's just weird how complicated it is compared to others, like the 0 lockup self-custody hold=stake with Algorand.

Altruistic_Split9447

Who cares it’s DOT

KIG45

There has long been no minimum stake for DOT. There are wallets that offer staking from 1 DOT and offer hardware wallet protection.

mrmjd1

DOT

No_Giraffe_4647

If I had to put another chunk like 4000 in crypto it would be like : 2000 BTC 1000 ETH 500 SOL 100 AVX 100 HBAR 100 XRP 100 DOT 100 LINK

JobInternational5805

For better or worse, my long term holdings are XRP (Ripple), SOL (Solana), ADA (Cardano), DOT (Polkadot), TRX (Tron) and a little MON (Monad). Most of these chains are Proof of Work, meaning you're not only hoping for the value of the coin to go up, but they are actively earning you "interest" for staking them. XRP is the notable exception, but even that can be staked in a round about way. I'm holding XRP because I truly think it will start to replace SWYFT in the next decade or so and it has a lot of utility. Some of my holdings have done well, some, like DOT, have lost value, but over time, I feel the interest will pay off. I am not any sort of crypto guru. I'm just a retail day trader that dabbles a bit in crypto as part of my long term investment strategy. If you are looking for a well diversified portfolio, crypto should be a part of that portfolio, but not the entire portfolio. Crypto right now is very volatile and is still a very "young" market, so it is very hard to say where it will go in the future, but it looks promising at the moment.

biba8163

Dummies still haven't learned to count and avoid predatory token dump projects no matter how much you try to help them. > Shitcoins have rug pull tokenomics which are hidden by partnership and technology memes **(April 2023)** > - Avalanche 76 Million to 326 Million since 2020 (330% inflation in 2 years) > - Hedera 6.6 Billion to 30 Billion (400% inflation in 2 years ) > - Algorand 1.1 Billion to 7 Billion (530% inflation in 2 years) > The irony is that people who invest in projects like this think Dogecoin's 4% yearly inflation is too high. These shitcoins last a cycle or two, see IOTA, ICON, OMG, etc, while something like Doge will continue to be around https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/12vattj/are_shitcoin_and_meme_coins_the_same_thing/jhatz9r/ > the market gives you indicators of who the sure losers are: **(August 2024)** > After being -90% since 2021 ALGO, ATOM, DOT, HBAR, etc ....are like another -50% since the beginning of 2024. The thing these chains all have in common is predatory tokenomics without any demand for the token. > Doubling down on losers and buying dying projects from previous cycles is a great way to keep losing more money https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/1elzgdl/what_l1s_do_you_think_have_a_lot_of_potential/lgweq5l/ > - ALGO has 4+ BILLION more in circulating supply since when it was $2. Much harder to reach $2 with that much more supply and that many fewer investors. **(August 2024)** > - Pretty much every single poor gullible soul who bought ALGO since 2019 is at a loss > - When everyone is at a loss, people are looking at a lot of different price points to exit a shitcoin they've been burned in. History shows these shitcoins never reach anywhere near ATHs https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/1el3b04/daily_crypto_discussion_august_6_2024_gmt0/lgrgdyr/ > The Chainlink Cult and hype pushed LINK price to ~$20 in August 2020 at the tail end of the previous bear market. **(October 2023)** > https://coinmarketcap.com/historical/20200816/ > Since then, they have dumped about ~200 Million tokens or 60% more tokens into the circulating supply and bagholders who bought into the hype not only missed out on bullrun gains but are down -60% since 2020. > Sergey Nazarov has 450,000,000 more tokens to dump on the market. Where do you think the price is going to go long term with zero demand and zero utility for the token besides bullshit hype? Token not needed. https://old.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/172kuqq/daily_crypto_discussion_october_8_2023_gmt0/k4041tj/ Lastly, look at at XRP token dump and the price action over a 8-year period. | coin | prev. ATH mkcap(price) | current mkcap(price) | Δmkcap | Δprice | Δsupply |:-----------|------------:|:------------:|:------------:|:------------:|:------------:| | XRP | $141 Billion ($3.65)| $113 Billion ($1.86) | -19.86% | -51% | 56.9%

StonklordBenno

My bags are in ADA SOL DOT AVAX MANA SAND POL

Elendron

Would love to hear your rationale on DOT sir

No-Entrepreneur-1010

lol i still remember the time when i sold all my DOT at 45-50aud now it s 1.5aud lol. If not btc or eth => you re guarentee to lose money

UhUhWaitForTheCream

ETH and DOT will likely dominate the 2026 narrative, let’s see

Valyarian

Agreed, Chainlink and DOT could really balance this portfolio out

Valyarian

LINK, DOT, TAO, PYTH, SOL, UNISWAP, QNT, and another utility coin you deeply understand and your set for life.

mrmjd1

DOT

noviwu97

Everyone said Top 10 or 20 alts were safe. DOT was #5 at one point and it's down 95%. POL was #11 at peak and it's also down 95%+

Express-Memory-9289

here’s a few: any memeshitcoin launched in the last two years inevitably will go to zero except for maybe a handful like Pepe or Doge… DOT or

theridingghost

All the dino coins like ADA, XRP, DOT. They all have basically no users and provide nothing of value in the new cycles

noviwu97

DOT. The only reason you still see people bullposting about it is because they're paying like 50 people $3k-5k each to spam social media. If you're bullposting DOT but didn't get paid, that means you're the suckers that got reeled in by them.

Zaskoda

I've converted about 90% of my ETH holdings to DOT.

Every_Hunt_160

The r/cc favourite threesome special: \*Cries in DOT, MATIC and ALGO\*

KIG45

Absolutely! Last December I could have sold all my altcoins and left tens of thousands of USDC waiting out a bear market. Instead I expected an even bigger spike (plus I didn't want to deal with taxes this year... big mistake), and now everything is blood red. Tokens like Sonic, DOT, CKB and others have lost over 90% of their value since then. This is the second time I've made this huge mistake, but damn, I won't let it happen a third time.

Wide-Cattle-1438

Insightful. I hope we are overlooking DOT. Not sure how to consolidate views on the scale of development with loss of value. Seems like a good time to get in or already too late to get out. I wouldn't roll the house on it, but is it worth leaving with just some of the furniture.....??

Dazzling_Marzipan474

I sold DOT and ATOM both around $7. Paid like $13 or so on average for them. Now both under $2 😳

Tip-Actual

DOT is done. The token still has some utility back then. Now it's not even going to be used for gas fees since the newer DOT 2.0 will allow choosing any token for gas.

binglelemon

DOT will soon be DOTUSD at this rate

Impossible_Soup_1932

DOT wishes it was at its 2022 lows. Down more than 50% from that

biba8163

> I am bullish on Atom 3 years ago, below was my response to someone who fell for the ATOM and DOT scams. Crypto Bros always falling for bullshit Meme narratives. The current recycled RWA Meme is also looking painful. People forget that Overstock.com had a whole subsidiary and launched Ravecoin, their TZERO platform, etc and people fell hard for this bullshit already. > Bullish people have been scammed with Interoperability, Internet of Blockchains, spin up your own blockchain in minutes and other tech scam bullshit hype memes since 2017/2018. All these projects did was securely facilitate separating fools from their money. Nothing has changed. > 2017/18 Interoperability Money Grab Scams > Kommodo > Blockchain Interoperability: Connecting Isolated Protocols > https://komodoplatform.com/en/blog/blockchain-interoperability/ > Icon > ICON: Network of Networks > https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/7tccuu/icon_network_of_networks/ > AION > How AION will become the new Internet of Blockchains with its new superfast and scalable Virtual Machine > https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/7zb4xx/how_aion_will_become_the_new_internet_of/ > Wanchain > The Wide Area Network chain, is a decentralised blockchain interoperability solution > https://medium.com/wanchain-foundation/an-introduction-to-wanchain-a2936e25df91 > ARK > ARK: Bridgechains, Smartbridges and Deploy a Blockchain in under a minute without CLI > https://cryptopotato.com/ark-creating-one-ecosystem-of-connected-chains/ > https://medium.com/ark-io/what-is-the-ark-smartbridge-and-how-does-it-work-1dd7fb1e17a0 > https://np.reddit.com/r/ArkEcosystem/comments/ckae1q/ark_bridgechains_solving_scalability_and/ > Blockchain Interoperability Alliance: ICON x Aion x Wanchain > https://medium.com/helloiconworld/blockchain-interoperability-alliance-icon-x-aion-x-wanchain-8aeaafb3ebdd

xianthus

My bags are super heavy too, but I've given up all hope. I need it to go to 8 to take a small loss. Fuck DOT

ArtichokeOwn6685

Name some that was negative against BTC aside from Solana? Most of crypto is rug pulling even the great projects because the teams created tokens out of thin air and paid themselves first. Look at DOT

Zaskoda

Yeah. It looks like a dying meme coin, doesn't it? That's my point. This is a very active project. The governance body is active and engaged. Governance is run on chain. The development community is active and growing pretty rapidly. None of those things are happening with any meme coins. I'll be honest with you. I don't think most cryptocurrency investors understand what they're investing in. Not really. The art of reading charts is a very advanced way of trying to figure out what everyone else thinks of a thing. And hey, it sorta works. People make money. They contribute absolutely nothing to society, but it's still a profitable practice. Just like trading stocks or whatever. All that is different from understanding a project. A trader is following "mind share" which is just hype. The hype is crowd think as users wander together from platform to platform and from app to app. Where ever the crowd wanders is what appears to be the market winner. Users have no reason to go to a platform that has no apps they don't want to use. Also, users are not very inspired to change platforms if the apps on the new platform offer nothing new or better than the apps they're using now. But they love it when a new app lets them do something they haven't been able to do before. There's not a whole heckuvalotta new things people will be able to do with EVM inspired networks. Building the next new thing will require a platform that does more than the Ethereum or Solana ecosystems can do today. A next generation platform. And if that platform were to arrive right now, this very moment... users still won't care, because there are no apps for that platform. But devs care. They see a new set of tools and they start dreaming of what new kinds of apps can now be built. This is where we are with Polkadot right now. The development community is seeing steady, sustained, rising growth. Polkadot leap-frogged Ethereum. What Ethereum is trying to build with the layer 2s, Polkadot already has. They accomplished this with "Polkadot 1.0". But it wasn't very accessible. It was confusing and overwhelming. Needlessly complex. And then they kept going. Now we're in the final stages of a "Polkadot 2.0" and things are slick. Wanna spin up your own parachain? Just mix and match a set of pallets and you can define exactly how your parachain works. Want native NFT support? Use that pallet. Want your transaction fees to be in your own native currency instead of DOT? Or maybe both? There are pallets for that. And your parachain is automagically bridged with the rest of the network - through decentralized bridges. Contracts can talk to each other across chains. And TPS? The Kasama network recently performed a benchmark that let Solana in the rear view mirror. But that's not even "the thing." Other networks offer multichain ecosystems. I think Polkadot's is the best, but it's not entirely novel. JAM appears to be novel. Gavin has abstracted parts of Polkadot to build a platform upon which arbitrary code can run, including a blockchain. He ran Doom on JAM writing each new frame of the screen to the blockchain and then reading those frames from a client. Despite how impressive this truly is, the community was quick to point out that Cardano ran Doom on Hydra. That's not really the same thing, but the investor community doesn't understand that. So Charles posted a snarky bit about "we did Doom, next time to do Quake"... and that's what Gavin did. He ran Quake on JAM. Not a port of Quake. The original DOS binary. Running on a decentralized computer that can contain a multitude of blockchains within it. This hasn't existed until now. It's new. I have no idea what people are going to build on this. I'm still trying to understand how it works. But I can see clearly that it's a new paradigm and it's going to yield a new generation of apps. It won't be fast. But it's inevitable.

reihuen

DOT ... they're cooking

JarOfNightmares

Keep screaming into the void you pitiful soul. I want to check back in with you in six months on that DOT bag of yours rofl. RemindMe! 6 months

JarOfNightmares

I want you to know I continue to engage this conversation purely because I can see how upset you are about DOT and about the existence of people who oppose Maga and Trump. Your misery sustains me

VicoxLegal

Hi! Good question about these classic altcoins from the previous cycle. In 2025, most are still in the top 30 by market cap and maintain active development, although they haven't recovered their 2021 all-time highs: ADA (Cardano): Charles Hoskinson continues to push upgrades (like zk and partner chains), but the hype has died down and it hasn't delivered on all the promises made back then. Solid in research, but slow in mass adoption. VET (VeChain): They just launched the Hayabusa upgrade (new staking and tokenomics), focused on a real supply chain with enterprise partnerships. It's not exploding in price, but it's advancing in practical utility. LINK (Chainlink): It remains the king of oracles, with CCIP growing and a lot of TVS in DeFi/RWA. Strong partnerships (Coinbase, etc.), probably the most "alive" on the list. LTC (Litecoin): Classic for fast/cheap payments, with ETF filings and some index inclusion. Stable, but without major recent innovations. DOT (Polkadot): Upgrades like Polkadot 2.0 and JAM are on the way for better interoperability, but low price and tough competition at layer-0. Ultimately, they have matured more as infrastructure than as "moonshots," and their future depends on real adoption rather than hype.

noviwu97

DOT was #5 in 2021. Now it's down like 96% and. If you call that "fine", then i don't know what not fine is

Elly0xCrypto

Sol, DOT, Nexo, ETH, monero, ada

xianthus

Just don't touch DOT. It's a shit coin. Source: I'm the idiot that bought DOT and I'm down more than 80%

LargeSnorlax

ATOM is the same as DOT, infinite inflation, zero adoption. It was saved (briefly) by having huge airdrops. Once those died, there was no reason to hold ATOM, and it keeps inflating, so there's only one path it's ever going to go.

JarOfNightmares

Uh yep SOL did an 11x and changed my and my wife's entire economic class, so yeah, SOL. How is your empty dot bag performing? You still a dot cultist while that graph is STRAIGHT DOWN since 2021? Tell me about how DOT improved your life lmao. Because it sounds like you sit around watching right wing incel YouTube videos and scream about trans people into the void, and generally harbor bitterness toward everyone. Look at all the things DOT brought to your life :)

biba8163

> My goodnes...the TECH! I remember warning of ATOM, DOT, HBAR back in 2019... > Don't worry, *a new round of shitcoins will be coming with new hype. Soon people will be shilling about Cosmos, Polkadot, Hydera Hash, Fantom, Radix, etc.* Some of these other coins that are in the top 25 will be gone the way Stratis, Golem, MaidSafe, Bitshares, SingularDTV which were in the top 25 at this time in 2017. **(2019)** https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/bjohvq/daily_discussion_may_2_2019_gmt0/emd4p9j/ ....and in 2023 warning people this shit was going to be dead like all shitcoins > And *like I predicted new shitcoin scams like Cosmos, Polkadot, Hydera, Fantom, etc did pump. And expecting these scams to be around in a few years is just as foolish as those people in 2019 who were expecting Stratis, NEO, IOTA, EOS, etc to be around* **(2023)** https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/17506yp/daily_crypto_discussion_october_11_2023_gmt0/k4ecz87/

Noracleio

The future of these "old-guard" coins like ADA, VET, LINK, LTC, and DOT is determined by whether their continued development and real-world utility can outweigh the market's current hype cycle, which often favors newer narratives. Projects like LINK and DOT are showing strong fundamentals with major infrastructure upgrades (CCIP and Polkadot 2.0/JAM Protocol) and aggressive institutional focus (LINK's RWA data streams, DOT's supply cap), positioning them to remain highly relevant in the Web3 ecosystem despite price volatility.

xarips

> you're holding empty DOT bags because you got rugged hard. How much do you want to bet DOT will be $10 next year, coward?

JarOfNightmares

Yes I agree, it seems like different people have different definitions for it, unless you're talking only about biological women, in which case it's humans who have an XY chromosome. You've asked me a dozen times "what a woman is" in a crypto currency subr3edit in a conversation about how you made some extremely bad investment picks and now you're holding empty DOT bags because you got rugged hard. You're probably also holding MAGA coin and TRUMP coin and the othe other right wing vaporware designed to syphon money away from the rock bottom dumbest trump supporters. If you think you look clever by trying to divert attention away from this toward an argument about your weird obsession with trans women, I have to be honest with you: maybe you deserved what happened to you. Have fun being broke!!

KIG45

Can you share any of the coins you hold, because you seem to know what you're talking about. I also hold and buy some DOT when I can.

Wallet_TG

Polkadot is quietly building the future while everyone else is still stuck debating ETH fees - 2026 might be the year DOT goes from overlooked to unstoppable.

noviwu97

It's extreme great for people holding shits like DOT

AprilsMostAmazing

Don't know how much DOT you held. But I'm going to guess probably 50k. You honestly should have 1000 dot exits at different prices

noviwu97

Nobody can answer this because every DOT shills never used the chain. If they used the chain, they would instantly sell and quit being a DOT shill.

Aggravating-Buy-1695

DOT one of the biggest SCAMS shit coins. OP you’re fucked lol

necropuddi

They're not working for you for free. They're paid by foundation money, which is gained from selling DOT. In other words, you're paying for them by getting dumped on. Now, if what they do amounts to anything you might break even. But at the current trajectory you're on a fast track to zero.

ShinjisFeels

Is there a store of value thesis for DOT?? Serious question as I’m unaware

andys811

You say mindshare and then mention APT 😭, DOT arguably has more mindshare than APT

andys811

What do you think of ATOM? I'm thinking of whether I should ditch it and buy DOT. I do have some DOT but honestly not alot

synthwave_man

If you're bullish on DOT long-term, you should also take a look at this robotics coin in the Polkadot ecosystem: XRT (Robonomics)... They are the OGs when it comes to IOT and robotics. In the space since 2015.

blackcoffee17

Im sure those who bough DOT at $50 and $20 are not overlooking it.

bojacked

I recently got the run down on DOT from a rando pumper newsletter and some of their info was interesting. Can you explain what DOT actually does that’s different from ETH, and BTC, as basic stores of value? Just looking and trying to get my head around some cryptos so I can take a few well educated chips and toss them into the void one day.

Zaskoda

It will no longer be inflationary. I think the change is set to be released first quarter of next year, but there's a supply cap on DOT moving forward. They're also reducing the rate at which DOT is minted.

Impressive_Pilot8415

DOT has awful tokenomics & is Super inflationary. Very unlikely to ever reach ATH again (as with 99% crypto projects).

M30MM100

Your intuition is correct on this. Your $2 DOT will be $60 in the not so distant future.

Zaskoda

It's hard to imagine that one reddit post would pump my bags. I don't have much influence or reach. And I'm fairly confident in DOT in the long run. But I was hoping to invite insightful conversation. I totally get why you would respond in this way. I would likely feel the same way. And there are reasons to doubt Polkadot. For sure. But in all honesty, I really don't think there's anything I could do that's likely to move the price. And the Polkadot community generally doesn't really care about hype. That's part of what I love about it.

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LargeSnorlax

Why? DOT had an infinite supply and provided huge staking revenues permanently. There's nowhere it could possibly go but down. There's very little adoption and infinite inflation.

kakkesugi

I never thought DOT would ever get this low. My God what a shit show. All I can do is laugh lmfaoo