Topic: Hello :) What's everyone's favorite Alt Coin? (Read 1255 times)
Ltc
I think for any alternative coin to work it needs acceptance in the real world - like bitcoins. I feel there is more and more places accepting btc.
What are your opinions on ripple? I know it's not open source but when there is money making involved people usually have a big drive to make it work and develop applications for it.
What are your opinions on ripple? I know it's not open source but when there is money making involved people usually have a big drive to make it work and develop applications for it.
It is going to be made open source in a few months. Ripple's architecture is almost perfect, and a very significant improvement over Bitcoin, except for its distribution method. An alternative is going to be developed by people who like Ripple but don't see its distribution practice in good light. I expect both of them to compete against each other over the next 10 years, with neither winning over the other.
NVC
Yacoin, since it's the first altcoin to be preannounced, and the most fair start of an altcoin till now. Also you can still solo mine it. I won a block solo an hour ago.
CNC xD
I think for any alternative coin to work it needs acceptance in the real world - like bitcoins. I feel there is more and more places accepting btc.
What are your opinions on ripple? I know it's not open source but when there is money making involved people usually have a big drive to make it work and develop applications for it.
What are your opinions on ripple? I know it's not open source but when there is money making involved people usually have a big drive to make it work and develop applications for it.
Litecoin. Now looking at YaCoin.
XRP (Ripple), but it needs a derivation with an actual distribution algorithm, maybe based on misterbigg's idea, https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/decentralized-xrp-distribution-147700, and the currency being derived from MC2's / Netcoin's and Decrits' advantages.
MC2 / Netcoin, as it seems like a significant upgrade to Bitcoin.
Decrits, even though I don't yet really understand it. It seems to be inflationary, which is a problem.
MC2 / Netcoin, as it seems like a significant upgrade to Bitcoin.
Decrits, even though I don't yet really understand it. It seems to be inflationary, which is a problem.
For me, it's LTC. But I've been keeping an eye on some of the "newer" coins to see where they go. Avoiding the (obvious) pump & dumps, though.
ltc
Litecoin
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any coin with low difficult
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any coin with low difficult
My vote for ltc
BBQ... of course
Litecoin, if the creator will cancel the mandatory fee(0.1LTC).
That's actually going to be quite expensive if LTC hits GOX
Litecoin, if the creator will cancel the mandatory fee(0.1LTC).
i see lots of value in BBQcoins
Of the ones I've looked at I like Peer Coin the most. I think, long term, its economics make it more likely to be a useful real world currency. It's still a work in progress but the community seems quite good.
What I'm not into is these Johnny-come-lately altcoins that offer little in the way of difference to the coin they were spun of from and cannot make any compelling argument for why they are better.
Getting in to coin for speculation may be interesting, perhaps even useful to a point but I'm most keen on a coin which would have real world use in a global economy for the extent of my life and far beyond.
What I'm not into is these Johnny-come-lately altcoins that offer little in the way of difference to the coin they were spun of from and cannot make any compelling argument for why they are better.
Getting in to coin for speculation may be interesting, perhaps even useful to a point but I'm most keen on a coin which would have real world use in a global economy for the extent of my life and far beyond.
It's a good way to inch profits a few 5 or 10% per week on BTCE
I'm a Litecoin fan. I think it has the greatest chance of success among all of the alt-coins at this point in time. Bitcoin is great (and of course the most valuable), but the transaction times drive me crazy. Earlier, I made a transaction and it took almost two hours to complete (six confirmations). Litecoin's faster transaction times give it a distinct advantage, I'd say, when it comes to actually being used as a currency.
There are other, more innovative alt-coins out there and I do think they deserve some recognition. Unfortunately, however, the general population does not look at the technical merits of what lies under the hood of a coin. They seem to look only at its value and utility.
There are other, more innovative alt-coins out there and I do think they deserve some recognition. Unfortunately, however, the general population does not look at the technical merits of what lies under the hood of a coin. They seem to look only at its value and utility.
Of the ones I've looked at I like Peer Coin the most. I think, long term, its economics make it more likely to be a useful real world currency. It's still a work in progress but the community seems quite good.
What I'm not into is these Johnny-come-lately altcoins that offer little in the way of difference to the coin they were spun of from and cannot make any compelling argument for why they are better.
Getting in to coin for speculation may be interesting, perhaps even useful to a point but I'm most keen on a coin which would have real world use in a global economy for the extent of my life and far beyond.
What I'm not into is these Johnny-come-lately altcoins that offer little in the way of difference to the coin they were spun of from and cannot make any compelling argument for why they are better.
Getting in to coin for speculation may be interesting, perhaps even useful to a point but I'm most keen on a coin which would have real world use in a global economy for the extent of my life and far beyond.
What is the diff between Litecoin and Bitcoin? I know LC is a fork of BTC but is there any benefit to one over the other or is it just hype?
What is the difference between USD and EUR?
A currency is about the people supporting it. You can't just say "oh, this one have this [cool feature] so it gains +5$!". It's not about features, it's about the network of people supporting it.
Litecoin is gaining ground simply because GPU miners are still alive. They want to mine, and if Bitcoin can't keep them around, they'll simply go somewhere else. GPU miners are slowly migrating towards Litecoin since it's the only currency that is similar enough to Bitcoin while being on another algorithm to protect them from the ASICs. More different people are getting Litecoin (by mining or buying) so the network gets bigger, giving value to the currency.
As for the other alt-currencies, I wish them good luck. The failure rate is pretty high since most of them are too focused on the spec sheet without giving any taught to develop the network of people supporting it.
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