it's a waste of time to wade through the altcoin garbage in my opinion.
Not only in your opinion... In opinion of Bank for International Settlements as well:
"Fragmentation means that crypto cannot fulfil the social role of money. Ultimately, money is a coordination device that facilitates economic exchange. It can only do so if there are network effects: as more users use one type of money, it becomes more attractive for others to use it." https://www.bis.org/publ/bisbull56.pdf