People are in it to make money and they will continue to create coins if people keep buying them.
Real investors will invest in bitcoin and maybe a few high profile altcoin. When I talk to my friends about bitcoin they understand that is has uses and that is popular.
When I mention someone also created a coin called frycoin or burgercoin they just laugh and it put them off even trying bitcoin.
I guess the only way to stop new stupid coins is to stop people buying them and maybe some sort of regulation on the exchanges. Regulation in the free crypto world somewhat defeats the objective that is first set out to do though.
The proof of dev things ( what ever it's called ) is a good idea, but if people really want to find a way around it, they will.
Look forward to seeing what some others have to say
When I mention someone also created a coin called frycoin or burgercoin they just laugh and it put them off even trying bitcoin.
I had the same experience with my friends with suarezcoin (with its stupid icon) and hashcoin.
I guess the only way to stop new stupid coins is to stop people buying them and maybe some sort of regulation on the exchanges. Regulation in the free crypto world somewhat defeats the objective that is first set out to do though.
Regulation on exchanges seems a little hard to implement. And there isn't any RULE that we can't have any rule for cryptocurrency world. A few basic rules won't hurt.