Cryptocurrency: Altcoins & ICO's discussion over beer

Bitcoin is on a tear. It was at a mere $1000 USD at the start of the year, and it's currently at $8300 USD. Bitcoin has proved time and time again to be one of the best and certainly the most consistent cryptocurrency. But can this growth be sustained, or will other cryptocurrencies start to overtake Bitcoin? Bitcoin has no shortage of issues it has to overcome: long confirmation times and high transaction fees (about $10 CAD/transaction) just to name a couple. There are well over 1000 alternate…