I don't think Startcoin will replace bitcoin anytime soon (if ever), but if any coin has a fighting chance, then this is the one. Most coins are focused on some technological advance, usually not important enough to warrant the large valuation these coins have. Startcoin is not like this. The technology is relatively unimportant even though it has faster transactions than bitcoin. Remember that 99%+ of the population don't even understand the technology behind bitcoin, even less so the so the more advanced concepts.
StartCOIN's selling point is instead marketing towards to 99+% potential crypto users that don't know shit about crypto currencies, but has lost confidence in government policies and banks. There are a lot of those, but the crypto community has shown no interest in spreading the concepts beyond the already informed geeks. Startcoin/startjoin attempts to do do something about this, and involvement of some well known protest leaders like Russel Brand is one way of spreading the coins to a larger public who can instantly used their new crypto to fund projects for their cause. The premine ensures that free coins can be given off to those who contribute to the startjoin ecosystem, and to reward new ideas. The concept would not work without this premine.
Startcoin seems to be still under the radar of most of the crypto press (exept Keiser Report), so its not so well known as many other coins. This might change any time however.
What Startcoin already have:
- Its own crowdfunding platform
https://www.startjoin.com- Its own Mastercard debit cards
https://www.startjoin.com/anxcard- Its own "TV station"
https://www.youtube.com/user/startjoinTV (with in the UK a well known politician and the worlds best snooker player)
- The full backing of Max Keiser and Stay herbert with frequent mention on RT (Russia Today) international TV news.
- The backing of The Trews
https://www.youtube.com/user/russellbrand https://www.startjoin.com/trewsprojects with the intent of making Startcoin their "revolution currency"
https://www.startjoin.com/Trewscratchies- The backing of latin americas largest bitcoin exchange.
- The backing of Karl Gray, a very large bitcoin investor
https://twitter.com/paradimeshift- The backing of BankToTheFuture
https://bnktothefuture.com with the intent of integrating Startcoin into the bank
- and lots more, please add to the thread
The future? Stay tuned.
