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full member
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February 04, 2014, 02:18:56 AM
#46
A lot of people just made 8-10x their investment with VTC.

Alt coins are worth spending some time investing. Spend time reading about new ones and find someone doing something new.
sr. member
Activity: 490
Merit: 250
February 04, 2014, 01:15:30 AM
#45
Altcoins are similar to online gambling in my opinion. Just a different type of risk.  That being said, its a free market isn't it?

You'd have to be stupid to not do some altcoin trading i think.

Just never put forth more than you're willing to lose.

Cryptsy is a very easy place to make money.

sr. member
Activity: 476
Merit: 250
February 04, 2014, 12:44:22 AM
#44
Viva la revolución!

Tell you what........................................................................... ......

You run the revolution.

I'll run my miners.

We'll see who comes out on top.

My $.02.

Wink

What an asshole old man.  It's your generation that let the world go to hell on your watch.  Now you're on the deck of the Titanic trying to grab as many bars of gold while the ship sinks, as a bunch of autistic programmer kids from the basement repair the engine bays.


Thank you for your kind and polite input!

Wink
legendary
Activity: 1260
Merit: 1000
February 04, 2014, 12:19:08 AM
#43
Viva la revolución!

Tell you what........................................................................... ......

You run the revolution.

I'll run my miners.

We'll see who comes out on top.

My $.02.

Wink

What an asshole old man.  It's your generation that let the world go to hell on your watch.  Now you're on the deck of the Titanic trying to grab as many bars of gold while the ship sinks, as a bunch of autistic programmer kids from the basement repair the engine bays.
sr. member
Activity: 476
Merit: 250
February 04, 2014, 12:11:21 AM
#42
Crypto was CREATED to be about money.

Crypto IS about money.

Crypto will ALWAYS be about money.

My $.02.

Wink

Yes, but it should be a revolutionary form, not just a get rich quick scheme for idiots.

Viva la revolución!

Tell you what........................................................................... ......

You run the revolution.

I'll run my miners.

We'll see who comes out on top.

My $.02.

Wink
hero member
Activity: 672
Merit: 501
February 03, 2014, 05:27:58 PM
#41
One can not exist without the other. This is true with just about everything in life. You think a drug company would make the next best drug without the urge of profits?
sr. member
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Merit: 250
February 03, 2014, 04:30:54 PM
#40
Not to be flip but if you want to change the World, join the Peace Corps.

If you want to make money, get into crypto.

My $.02.

Wink
full member
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February 03, 2014, 03:18:42 PM
#39
Obviusly some alt coins have incredibly useful features. Problem is that speculators start some childish black marketing against all the coins in which they didn't invest... Eventually they(or most of them) will give up and admit that these features will be part of the revolution. 
legendary
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February 03, 2014, 02:42:34 PM
#38
Can't believe I read through two pages of replies, covered with lots of "Hero members", and not a single person has a grasp of why altcoins are needed and HAVE to exist.  Let me quote myself:

Anyone that supports bit-fascism/authoritarianism, meaning Bitcoin as the only dominant, official currency, can't be trusted as far as you can throw them.  Centralization of power created in that manner is no different than the system we already have now.  What happens if Bitcoin is the only currency and the govt takes it over?  They can appoint Ben Bernanke to lead it, force new fork updates to inflate the number to Dogecoin levels, redirect transaction fees to be sent straight to the IRS wallet, etc.

Bitcoin as the only currency has the potential to be a more Orwellian nightmare than the economic system we have now.  There has to be lots of competitors to have a free market, to prevent government from monopolizing it.

Beware of the current Bitcoin devs/Satoshi wannabes.  Their outward hostility to any coin besides Bitcoin truly shows they are either completely corrupt, or oblivious to the point I make in the paragraph above.  They cannot be trusted for this reason.
legendary
Activity: 896
Merit: 1000
February 03, 2014, 02:06:27 PM
#37
Crypto was CREATED to be about money.

Crypto IS about money.

Crypto will ALWAYS be about money.

My $.02.

Wink

Yes, but it should be a revolutionary form, not just a get rich quick scheme for idiots.

Yeah, but let's be honest, the masses aren't interested in a revolution. Most people are just interested in having the status quo that they are comfortable with, but at the same time doing what they can to get a little more of the piece of the pie.

And sometimes, clear stupidity gets the better of people. Just look at how many MLMs have succeeded in the past...
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February 03, 2014, 02:04:20 PM
#36
how many of you are still using the first version of windows (or iOS or first distro of linux) that you ever used? do we still use visicalc on DOS ? or maybe some have upgraded to a new version of MS Excel?

crypto is software. and software always has an upgrade and new version in the pipe as well as competing 'clones' that accomplish the same purpose. if bitcoin is still being used 30 years from now with no Major upgrades or revisions or competition from other versions, it would be the first time in software history.
i think people who are "bitcoin purists" and believe all alt coins are "the work of the devil" either don't understand software or maybe they just think this will be the first time ever that a piece of software stays on the original version and doesn't get successfully cloned or improved upon by others.
it will happen with time no matter what
theirs really no other way rite now for new devs to get their hands on this software and work with it to find new/useful ways to utilize it than to make their own coin and go from their
learn from experience

the question is how flexible the bitcoin dev team will be with implementing new idea's
legendary
Activity: 896
Merit: 1000
February 03, 2014, 02:03:41 PM
#35
Unfortunately, because there is so much saturation with all sorts of alt-coins, the instinct of getting money or recapturing ROI tends to bubble to the surface as the main priority since it costs money to mine. That's why people are so easy to say that the markets will sort out the winners and losers, but this isn't necessarily the case as people have mined and dumped coins with some innovation.

There have been several coins that have brought something new to the table, but as many of us know, innovation isn't the only driving factor. Fundamental sociological and psychological aspects are also key market drivers.

That being said in terms of a financial motives, yes, alts unfortunately serve the basis of being somebody's profit mechanism. The problem is that with the influx of alt currencies, people can't help but drift away from the revolutionary aspects of cryptocurrencies and instead use it as a means of profit.
hero member
Activity: 756
Merit: 500
February 03, 2014, 01:57:16 PM
#34
how many of you are still using the first version of windows (or iOS or first distro of linux) that you ever used? do we still use visicalc on DOS ? or maybe some have upgraded to a new version of MS Excel?

crypto is software. and software always has an upgrade and new version in the pipe as well as competing 'clones' that accomplish the same purpose. if bitcoin is still being used 30 years from now with no Major upgrades or revisions or competition from other versions, it would be the first time in software history.
i think people who are "bitcoin purists" and believe all alt coins are "the work of the devil" either don't understand software or maybe they just think this will be the first time ever that a piece of software stays on the original version and doesn't get successfully cloned or improved upon by others.
it will happen with time no matter what
theirs really no other way rite now for new devs to get their hands on this software and work with it to find new/useful ways to utilize it than to make their own coin and go from their
learn from experience
full member
Activity: 182
Merit: 100
February 03, 2014, 01:56:09 PM
#33
Litecoin is not a scam , It's has a real dev team. All these pump and dump coins copy Litecoin and add nothing new.

What other coins besides litecoin isn't pump and dump? What about Peercoin and Worldcoin?

peercoin was one of the first with the revolutionary idea of PoS mining implemented. Lower power use and a safer network. completely fair start as well. No buy-in a-la NXT.
WDC is one of the first fast coins, in 50 seconds you usually have 1-2 confirmations.

Alt-coins are a breeding ground for new idea's Smiley
Some coins will survive and thrive on their own, and probably some idea's will feed back into btc.
sr. member
Activity: 658
Merit: 250
February 03, 2014, 01:50:35 PM
#32
how many of you are still using the first version of windows (or iOS or first distro of linux) that you ever used? do we still use visicalc on DOS ? or maybe some have upgraded to a new version of MS Excel?

crypto is software. and software always has an upgrade and new version in the pipe as well as competing 'clones' that accomplish the same purpose. if bitcoin is still being used 30 years from now with no Major upgrades or revisions or competition from other versions, it would be the first time in software history.
i think people who are "bitcoin purists" and believe all alt coins are "the work of the devil" either don't understand software or maybe they just think this will be the first time ever that a piece of software stays on the original version and doesn't get successfully cloned or improved upon by others.
sr. member
Activity: 369
Merit: 250
February 03, 2014, 01:43:01 PM
#31
Wow, when I see threads like this, I always feel so good about myself because others must have the IQ of a goat.

Either that or the trolling in the alt section is glorious.
newbie
Activity: 56
Merit: 0
February 03, 2014, 01:39:54 PM
#30
Just don't be on the wrong train when it stops.... :p
hero member
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Merit: 509
February 03, 2014, 01:18:35 PM
#29
Crypto was CREATED to be about money.

Crypto IS about money.

Crypto will ALWAYS be about money.

My $.02.

Wink

Yes, but it should be a revolutionary form, not just a get rich quick scheme for idiots.
full member
Activity: 204
Merit: 100
February 02, 2014, 10:54:07 PM
#28
Litecoin is not a scam , It's has a real dev team. All these pump and dump coins copy Litecoin and add nothing new.

What other coins besides litecoin isn't pump and dump? What about Peercoin and Worldcoin?
hero member
Activity: 770
Merit: 500
February 02, 2014, 10:32:32 PM
#27
Litecoin is not a scam , It's has a real dev team. All these pump and dump coins copy Litecoin and add nothing new.
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