When LTC took off on that big run, it had nothing to do with a huge breakthrough, the tech or a sudden rash of believers and hodlers who thought it was a problem solver.

The tweet in the image below from Ari Paul on December 12th was spot on. Most people, simply, had no clue what they were buying at $350 a coin.

Below his tweet, you'll see Ripple being bumped up to the #3 spot in the indexes as of this morning. Gains are gains, but if you're new to the space, do not deceive yourself despite the memes and hype. There have been too many insta-vestors who've recently learned about Ripple and got their first altcoin after spamming Every. Single. Group. on facebook asking, "Where can I buy Ripple?" instead of just using google. They are a big part of this run. Ripple is not the "new BitCoin". It has nothing to do with bitcoin or Ethereum for that matter.

Much like Ari Paul's point on that LTC run, I think polls would show that the average new person in crypto, who is throwing money into XRP, has no idea what it is or how it works. A good test of this will be when it corrects, and we see panic selling.

Most of us would never sit down for meals everyday and be blindfolded to eat some kind of mystery meat. That's absurd. Isn't it? Do not treat your crypto portfolios this way or any investments for that matter. When you know the how, what and why of what you're investing in, it makes things a hell of a lot easier. That's just my two sats...

Long Live The Blockchain!