Jan 15th, 2015. I thought I'd have a look at the activity of some of the altcoins.
Bitcoin- bitcointalk: 10m+ topics
- activity on
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/graphs/contributors - very high
- Comment: lovely old steam engine
Ripple- xrptalk.org: 4,100 topics. forum.ripple.com: 5,400 topics
- activity on
https://github.com/ripple/rippled/graphs/contributors - high
- Comment: like a Japanese bullet train (driven by a team of experienced, responsible and well-trained people)
Stellar- stellartalk.org: 1,300 topics
- activity on
https://github.com/stellar/stellard/graphs/contributors - medium
- Comment: like a Japanese bullet train (driven by a team of cry babies who are prone to throw their toys out of the pram at any moment)
NXT- nxtforum.org: 108,000 topics
- activity on
https://bitbucket.org/JeanLucPicard/nxt/overview - high
- Comment: resist the new world order. Hippies and anti-government cranks.
Dodge- doges.org: 48,000 topics
- activity on
https://github.com/dogecoin/dogecoin/graphs/contributors - dwindling
- Drug train
Darkcoin- darkcointalk.org: 3,200 topics
- activity on
https://github.com/darkcoin/darkcoin/graphs/contributors - low
- Drug train
My personal opinion is that
- Bitcoin is dying and will be dead soon. (Litecoin, which I didn't mention, is dead)
- anyone whose business model revolves around Silk Road Reloaded is going nowhere
- "off grid" hippie movements will die
- those who can straddle the tightrope of business and politics, as well as win the hearts and minds of consumers will win
