Well, this wouldn't be an issue if the clone coins were actually innovative. Instead we have a crop of clone coins spurring other people to make a quick buck, now the pot calls the kettle black. Now every clone coin maker thinks that they need to cooperate and pump there own brand of clone coins leading to nothing. Just die already so we can either focus on an established innovative coin, or make one that's not just x4 of currently existing coin running scrypt.
I hear where you're coming from, as a free market guy, I just can't relate. You can't control what's created, you can just focus your energy on the projects you believe are worth spending time on. I could sit here and try to explain how the community behind a product is equally as important as the perceived innovations, but I won't bother. I understand this is a younger crowd and it's basically a waste of my time.
The FTC community will continue to grow and make our mark. I remember hearing about how we should 'just die' when we had less than a 100 members, it's quite a bit different now. I hope everyone finds something they enjoy and watch that blood pressure. If the crypto community dismisses us, it probably means we're making the right moves out of it.
What is saving your coin is your willing to fix it. Lets say you just ignore what was going on or happened... your coin would be dead now.
If we 'died' as the kids say, we deserved it... the market tends to take care of these matters. It's not just the hard fork, it's all the hard work in the community. Now that we have a solid infrastructure with our teams, we're now able to focus on value with potential clients. Sorry PWC, I didn't mean to hijack the thread.
I just never understood why people waste so much time on things they don't like. If I was a merchant outside the crypto community and accidentally stumbled into alt currency, I'd run... fast. It's not because of all the coin announcements, it's the bickering like freshman in college. I wouldn't put my money here, I just wouldn't.
Each coin has an opportunity to take some part of the market. I know there's quite a few central planners around here that want 1 coin to rule them all.. that's fine, you're just not on my radar.
The Feathercoin community wishes all coin communities the best of luck, please let us know if we can assist in anyway. We have quite a few miners, pool operators, artists, musicians, programmers and business types that hang around our forum. Again, we accomplish more building bridges.