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hero member
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March 21, 2017, 02:28:36 PM
#37
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They all offer a unique way to take your money :p
If they are not unique it is most likely created to make a quick buck


Hey buddy, Dont forget even we are making money with this altcoins ,not the developers alone.  We make money by trading this coins . Dont forget that. For example in the present situation , people who are trading ether are making money.
jr. member
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March 21, 2017, 11:54:53 AM
#36
There is basically:

Premined shared equally vs premined coins sold vs premined acquired by burning coins vs no premined.
Coin Limit vs no limit.
No demurrage vs demurrage (% of your money) vs Demurrage (X% of total coins goes back to the system, each user lost some % of this X%)
Transactions fees vs no transaction fees.
Proof of work vs proof of stake vs proof of X vs proof of Y.......
Amount of coins mined is always the same vs increase over time vs decrease over time.


And more....
legendary
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March 16, 2017, 07:34:54 AM
#35
The copycats have value in being unnoticed. If a whale puts it's BTC into it, there is no competition and nobody to slash the price down. Pretty rational imho.
sr. member
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March 15, 2017, 12:53:17 PM
#34
According to coinmarketcap.com there are 668 coins on their site all trading.  Do they all do something different or are there a lot of copy cats and if so,  what do the 100% copycats have value?

Please show example if you can

Even though I am a noob when it comes to the issue of coins but with my little understanding, I don't see any difference in what this alts are offering simply because they all have the same objective which is to dislodge bitcoin so either way they have in achieving that objective, to me its still the same thing afterall.
sr. member
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March 15, 2017, 12:49:06 PM
#33
Lets' see.

Ardor, blockchain as a service:

* designed to be ~35x more scaleable than Bitcoin.
* green proof-of-stake technology: no wasted electricity - a node can be run on a RPi3 at a negligible cost, no disputes with miners because users are miners.
* built-in versatile business tools: asset exchange, marketplace, voting, phasing, account control, coin shuffling, encrypted chat, rich API.

To be launched in Q3, 2017.
Currently in testnet: https://nxtforum.org/nrs-releases/ardor-v2-0-2e
hero member
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March 15, 2017, 07:47:15 AM
#32
Most of the coin doesn't offered anything special some of the developer just try their luck to launched the coin so it exactly copy paste from other coin, but some of the coin offered an unique feature like zcash focus on anonymity, but most of us just used alt coin for trading
that's the true most of the alts only been seen as a trade advantage we don't look on its feature anymore just looking for an opportunity to earn coming out from that particular project, i seen PSB which wanted to cater overseas money transfer from several countries to Philippines they wanted to lessen charges but its not been seen by most Filipino's hopefully they will and start to use it.
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March 15, 2017, 07:36:26 AM
#31
Some offer very unique ways to scam investors such as DASH,

you can learn more about the dash scam here: http://www.nasdaq.com/article/op-ed-a-closer-look-into-dash-part-1-cm760740
sr. member
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March 15, 2017, 07:33:14 AM
#30
Most of the coin doesn't offered anything special some of the developer just try their luck to launched the coin so it exactly copy paste from other coin, but some of the coin offered an unique feature like zcash focus on anonymity, but most of us just used alt coin for trading

but I see most of the starters that make the coins and go make a thread ANN for ICO, but it seems there is no privilege in coin whatever they make, so I think all the coins nobody really be great in it but just luck took us No to create and trade on altcoin.
hero member
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March 15, 2017, 05:35:13 AM
#29
According to coinmarketcap.com there are 668 coins on their site all trading.  Do they all do something different or are there a lot of copy cats and if so,  what do the 100% copycats have value?

Please show example if you can
Around 95% of altcoins are copy cats.Very few are unique.Monero is famous for its anonymity.Decred is the most under valued coin.Golem coin has been introduced based on a totally new concept.Doge coin and ethereum are other unique coins.
legendary
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March 15, 2017, 04:29:14 AM
#28
Most of the coin doesn't offered anything special some of the developer just try their luck to launched the coin so it exactly copy paste from other coin, but some of the coin offered an unique feature like zcash focus on anonymity, but most of us just used alt coin for trading
hero member
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March 15, 2017, 04:05:21 AM
#27
Only one thing they have Unique. Background story, but in the end they want the same thing.
Maybe few have some unique features like mentioned in post above most are clones of clones of some coin, but other then this i dont think they can have anything unique anymore.

That's true they offer something interesting story come with the idea to replace the bitcoin. But mostly is just created for shitty pump and dump scheme and disappear soon from the scene and let people with huge bags.

Exactly, daily we see many coins launching with difference cause of developments and with different unique thought. But it is not possible for us to predict which one has a great feature. In the beginning, everything seems to be great and when days are passing coins getting to scams.
hero member
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March 15, 2017, 03:28:38 AM
#26
According to coinmarketcap.com there are 668 coins on their site all trading.  Do they all do something different or are there a lot of copy cats and if so,  what do the 100% copycats have value?

Please show example if you can

Yes. For example, doge coin offers a funny dog meme and bbq coin offers an innovative bbq theme.
hero member
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March 15, 2017, 03:06:27 AM
#25
According to coinmarketcap.com there are 668 coins on their site all trading.  Do they all do something different or are there a lot of copy cats and if so,  what do the 100% copycats have value?

Please show example if you can

They all offer a unique way to take your money :p
If they are not unique it is most likely created to make a quick buck
copper member
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March 15, 2017, 03:01:20 AM
#24
They are mostly created to attempt money laundry, or pure quick cash grab, if I "develop" a coin and list it in some low life exchange site then going there day after day hype it in troll box and pay a few people to talk about it and use a bot to buy and sell from and to myself just to fool the unsuspected newbies and even if 10 people each buy $10 worth of my coin every day then I could earn $100 guaranteed and with 100 coins some easy $10,000 daily, is that a bad thing?

Yeah sure they offer many things just not for communities but for a few selected group.
legendary
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March 15, 2017, 02:37:08 AM
#23
So on copycat coins why would they have value if there a 100% duplicate or clone of a coin.  What would make somebody like yourself by a coin that's 100% clone
Well, they aren't really 100% copies. Take litecoin as an example. It has block size, mining and halving but the amount of litecoins is 84 million, whereas there is only 21 million of bitcoin possible. But yeah, these are minor changes.
Ethereum and Byteball are among coins really different from bitcoin and its clones. Ethereum is a platform with a variety of possibilities which can still be created.
Byteball doesn't even have a mining system and yet the amount is increasing with time due to the code. And both offer smart contracts which are hard to be performed with btc.
hero member
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March 15, 2017, 02:14:10 AM
#22
According to coinmarketcap.com there are 668 coins on their site all trading.  Do they all do something different or are there a lot of copy cats and if so,  what do the 100% copycats have value?

Please show example if you can

All altcoins in real are copy cats,LOL Grin, if you are going to observe their features it came at the same way they will only change few things only but still obvious no originality. Wink
hero member
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March 14, 2017, 09:28:22 AM
#21
The developers of all these coins claim that they are different with some unique features. But infact many are clones .There are some geniune coins also like ethereum and monero. If you are planning to invest in altcoins just be very carefull and have a thorough research about that coin. Otherwise one day you will wake to know that exchanges have stopped trading that particular coin.
sr. member
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March 14, 2017, 08:49:20 AM
#20
Hi OP, ofcourse they need to make every new coin offer something better and unique to other coin or else people will not patronize it.
legendary
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March 14, 2017, 08:46:06 AM
#19
Of course they do, they all offer a unique community.  No 2 coins are distributed the same.

Next silly question in 3.....2.....1....

bump THIS ^

There is still alot of junk, also the mingling of ICO non-coins (assets class).

If crypto is going to be 'decentralized' then there need be 100s if not 1000s of independent block chains.

The BTC-maxi-pads can huff and puff but the ALTs are here to stay, and there will be more.

The issue is shit that pumps for 3 weeks then fades to black.  Slowly that is being mopped out.  There are dozens of fair enough launch and release projects that any solid 'community' can maintain and keep online.

It takes active participation.  If you are just looking to passively throw money at a project then stay in the top20 and good luck!
legendary
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March 14, 2017, 08:16:19 AM
#18
out of those 600+ coins there will be a lot of rubbish, a lot of coins just copied and released in the hopes of making a quick buck.  There are also some coins which offer something unique, examples others have listed above and one of my favorites right now WBB yet to prove itself but if it does it can be big.

The only way to really know as people will have different angles and opinions is to click through to the forum and have a quick read of some of the coins, you will quickly learn to identify a scam coin just by reading the op in the ANN section.
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