That being said, I mine altcoins like Litecoin with GPU rigs because:
1. I want to participate in the culture of mining, but can't put up $15000 and wait for (maybe) a profitable ASIC miner.
2. I already own the hardware, and can use it for other purposes.
That is perfectly fine. I have being mining or still mining quite a lot of altcoins beside BTC. It is idiotic idea that altcoins will rise in value
because this and that (all bullshits) that makes me attack those promoting such idiotic idea. It is retarded mindset of many here that is
quite disturbing because, you see, those people are members of cryptocoin community and I am member of it as well. I don't find it cool
to be in the same room with stupid people, whos actions will inevitably affect me. It is enough if they become loud and proud on some
stupid shit for complete community to become threatened. People who do not understand divide and conquer agenda will inevitably end
up conquered. Just check it out, it is enough for some unknown guy to [ANN] some stupid altcoin here for horde to start mining it and
having wet dreams! Oh sure, fucktards, you will become rich because you started mining (job as complex as sending man to Mars) early!
The world will invest shitload of money into your prefered stupid altcoin backed up with dozen of 7970s or Avalons instead of just doing,
for example, what most altcoin "developers" did, right?
Mining and supporting some altcoin is just fine and helps in general but expecting riches out of it is just stupid. Game is practically over.
There is no good reason for any altcoin to become even remotely
used as Bitcoin is. That which would kill Bitcoin would kill all altcoins
based on it (speaking of money, time and other efforts required) as well. Most of the things that might add value to altcoins based on
Bitcoin can be implemented in Bitcoin almost overnight. If not, amount of people into Bitcoin and amount of money they have can be
used against any altcoin to utterly destroy it almost overnight, in case it would hurt Bitcoin in some way. Mere closing of this subforum
would have massive impact on all altcoins, and so on.
You are 100% wrong...
One either believes in crypto-currencies or not.
If one is in the former camp...
With the cost to entry for Alt Coin Launch = maybe low 5 figures and UP...
You are going to see 1000s of more and more sophisticated Alts launched...
By small Dev groups, venture backed corporations...
Then by banks, political parties, religious groups and cults...
And by municipalities, regions, and countries.
Because Bitcoin has a development cycle the speed of a snail on thorazine...
5 years from now the Al Qaeda Coin (AQC) or other political coin will dwarf ancient BTC.
The people launching, mining, and trading Alts are at the very leading edge of finance.