Two quick questions.
1. Who are bitbays competitors?
2. Does any altcoin have any type of ownership? It's just a token used to transfer funds. If bitbays technology was bought for some reason. The bitbays tokens wouldn't really change in value? Just thought technology is bought.
1. very few coins boosts such a robust coin with a decentralized marketplace built on top of it
2. Any cryptocurrency is based on possession of the corresponding keys: no keys no coins it is as simple as that. Bitbay is open source there's no hidden tech behind it, but Bay has one of the best dev around.
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1. Currently there is only one competitor equivalent to David's Halo tech, and what I mean by equivalent is that it is trustless.
Shadowcash has also decided to utilize trustless escrow. I don't know how far along they are with their Client UI though, they will have limitations compared to Davids design, and I don't know how they will be able to match any rolling peg tech similar to BitBay, because anon tech has its setbacks when it comes to adding new features to it. David's Halo Tech Client UI currently works for BitBay, Bitcoin, and Blackcoin. So as far as I know those are the only 4 coins that have trustless setup built into the Client UI. BitBay's main difference will be that it will include a rolling peg to remove the volatility factor that plagues cryptocurrencies and thus hindering adoption from merchants. Most merchants can't afford to lose profit on their sales so they immediately transfer any crypto transaction back to fiat. With BitBay's rolling peg stabilizing price, yet still allowing for price movement, we hope to eliminate this final piece missing from the puzzle for mass adoption for merchants!
2. The tech is decentralized. If you want ownership you can buy the coin. After David completes the core build we will continue innovating because he also designed the first "user friendly" decentralized voting system built into the client! However, it's only fair that the more coins you own the more voting power you get. But the point is that we will not become stuck in gridlock like Bitcoin currently is. It seems Bitcoin is at a point where they will only change when it means life or death. BitBay's voting system is mainly based on determining the pegged value of the coin, yet it can be used for anything. For example, imagine in the future we have a team of developers, and the community makes a list of innovations they want added to the coin - we'd simply announce a vote for what innovation should take precedence over the others and then have the developers get to work on it! So the gridlock enigma Bitcoin faces will not be an issue for us in the future!
edit: And unlike Bitcoin - since BitBay is Proof of Stake, we actually have a much more lucrative ability to fund future developers!
Hope this helps!