Topic: [ANN] The JokeCoin Project: Not-So-Serious Altchains Galore (Update: PornCoin) - page 2. (Read 2506 times)
April 18, 2013, 07:46:33 PM
Can we preorder BFLCoins?
April 18, 2013, 07:36:55 PM
I was thinking it would be fun to release GoodCoin and EvilCoin just to see which one becomes more valuable.
Or: JesusCoin, AllahCoin, BuddhaCoin, VishnuCoin, AtheistCoin, etc. Who will have the most followers?!?
Or get national with: USACoin, ChinaCoin, JapanCoin, EUCoin, etc.
The coin author would set a date to evaluate the final results and declare a winner. That would also reinforce that these coins are not meant to have any long-term value so noobs are not tempted to buy and hoard them.
Or: JesusCoin, AllahCoin, BuddhaCoin, VishnuCoin, AtheistCoin, etc. Who will have the most followers?!?
Or get national with: USACoin, ChinaCoin, JapanCoin, EUCoin, etc.
The coin author would set a date to evaluate the final results and declare a winner. That would also reinforce that these coins are not meant to have any long-term value so noobs are not tempted to buy and hoard them.
April 18, 2013, 07:28:25 PM
I was going to hold off on this for a little while longer and get the idea a bit more developed first, but with the recent foaming-at-the-mouth speculation, minor revival of RUC, and launches of several new altchains (not to mention the criticism of them in a recent thread), I'd say this is a good time as any to make the announcement of...JokeCoin!
Basic premise is simple: A lot of altchains turn into pre-mined pump and dump scams which harm users and the overall health of the cryptocurrency community. Even if they are legit and not premined, some of them (arguably) still add little in the way of positive growth, being little more than clones of existing coins. At the same time though, creating new coins is an interesting project, and some altchains have introduced beneficial new ideas not first considered by Satoshi. What this project will aim to do is separate the "silly" and potentially "scammy" coins from "serious" coins by establishing a well-defined moniker for currencies obviously intended as a project - or even as a joke, as the name "JokeCoin" implies. The core intent is to keep the creativity of new coin development alive (with a dash of humor thrown in for good measure), while at the same time hopefully reducing the anger and number of scam accusations flying around this subforum these days.
As a simple proof of concept, I'll be updating the following blog with new JokeCoins as it unfolds. The proof of concept for the first of these coins is also posted to the blog. I sadly have nothing in the way of source code for it yet, hence why I wanted to hold off for a little while longer, but plan on releasing something for it relatively soon. Hopefully within a week.
I'm also planning the second JokeCoin (there's a few different ideas I could use for that one, thanks to far too many hours spent in the Trollbox) to be online fairly soon. Reader suggestions for new coin ideas is also very welcome. So far, ideas include:
What are their defining characteristics? You'll have to wait and find out!
Should there be enough interest in this and/or the blog get enough hits, I'll see about expanding this from beyond a mere blogger page. This is, again, still in proof of concept format just to test the waters. I have several ideas for expanding outward and would love for the opportunity to make them happen.
As a final note: I hope this helps resolve - or at least poke fun at and make light of - some recent controversies we've seen in the cryptocurrency community recently. This project is not intended to cause offense to anyone or anything in particular; instead, it's merely to introduce some humor into the altcoin world.
Basic premise is simple: A lot of altchains turn into pre-mined pump and dump scams which harm users and the overall health of the cryptocurrency community. Even if they are legit and not premined, some of them (arguably) still add little in the way of positive growth, being little more than clones of existing coins. At the same time though, creating new coins is an interesting project, and some altchains have introduced beneficial new ideas not first considered by Satoshi. What this project will aim to do is separate the "silly" and potentially "scammy" coins from "serious" coins by establishing a well-defined moniker for currencies obviously intended as a project - or even as a joke, as the name "JokeCoin" implies. The core intent is to keep the creativity of new coin development alive (with a dash of humor thrown in for good measure), while at the same time hopefully reducing the anger and number of scam accusations flying around this subforum these days.
As a simple proof of concept, I'll be updating the following blog with new JokeCoins as it unfolds. The proof of concept for the first of these coins is also posted to the blog. I sadly have nothing in the way of source code for it yet, hence why I wanted to hold off for a little while longer, but plan on releasing something for it relatively soon. Hopefully within a week.
I'm also planning the second JokeCoin (there's a few different ideas I could use for that one, thanks to far too many hours spent in the Trollbox) to be online fairly soon. Reader suggestions for new coin ideas is also very welcome. So far, ideas include:
- JinkiesCoin
- BoozeCoin
- BoobCoin
- BFLCoin
- HypeCoin
What are their defining characteristics? You'll have to wait and find out!
Should there be enough interest in this and/or the blog get enough hits, I'll see about expanding this from beyond a mere blogger page. This is, again, still in proof of concept format just to test the waters. I have several ideas for expanding outward and would love for the opportunity to make them happen.
As a final note: I hope this helps resolve - or at least poke fun at and make light of - some recent controversies we've seen in the cryptocurrency community recently. This project is not intended to cause offense to anyone or anything in particular; instead, it's merely to introduce some humor into the altcoin world.
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