Topic: The future of altcoins - page 2. (Read 750 times)

The future of all doesn't look good.
But some are going really well.
I'll continue to support them.

The problem with the regulation is of course that it will work only in so many countries. Situation now is out of hand, I agree. After regulation there will be altcoin & ico launches from non-regulated countries and surely some people will try to put their money on them anyway. So future of altcoins will be more Third World based, maybe resulting in poor quality. Probably those altcoins launched early before regulation will flourish. That's what I think will happen.

I think there will only be some altcoins alone that can survive and the new altcoins are only stronger at the beginning and the longer will slowly be forgotten, and in the end the old ones will survive.

I can agree with your sentences. But 50 coins to survive is tough guess. I am sure there will be more than 250 or even 500 coins still on surface. But in the end I am sure smart money will return back to bitcoin, ethereum, neo or other better coins.

I think when bitcoin will go into long-term FLET, it will be altcoin time

Bitcoin will always have a future. Many people believe altcoins will die out and in most cases they will, but if you invest in an altcoin with a plan and strategy I believe they will only get stronger. All ICOs have to started somewhere and some survive and some don't. It is all about weighing your options and doing your research.

The future is on sidechains most likely, since they will be backed by bitcoin, but there's still room for experimentation outside of what sidechains will offer. If someone could come up with a true bright idea, it would have a space as an altcoin, the problem is, most ideas out there aren't that bright, so you are better off holding bitcoin and spending a small % on speculation in the booming altcoin market.

TThere are a number of coins with a value of 1 satoshi. There are no buy offers on the exchanges,only sell orders, so they are being traded. The exchanges will drop these coins. Survival of the fittest.

In short: there's no future for altcoins, not like it was before.

Lately I'm not paying much attention to news or the threads created on bitcointalk, but in my opinion we're witnessing what I was expected to happen: Atlcoins and ICOs are destroying each other. Several years ago you could have launched a coin, make some fancy logo and promises, and voila - you make easy money. But back in the days there were no 100s of billions $ involved on a monthly basis and scammers were not affecting the market this much. How about ICOs? I'll call these guys "dreamers". They are a hybrid/crossbreed between a scammer and people who think that they will change the world. And whats even worse - many people believe in that. 

Nowadays you can pretty much raise millions of $ in 5 seconds on "ideas", which (if you at least try to think harder) doesn't have a practical use. And when the time proves it, the ones who took money for their "ideas" are saying "We tried" and the masses are dumping. But you don't have to be a genius to see that this "system" is already exhausting. Also, you don't have to be a genius to listen that the word "regulation" now sounds louder. 

Guys, only several altcoins will stay, because this is what I also expect to happen:

1) Bitcoin is already regaining its dominance and it is a matter of time to explode ($5300 is still a joke).
2) Regulations are coming and most of the alts will die.
3) People won't be allowed to launch new projects, even if they have invented the tap water.

I will try to speculate and state that soon there will be no more than ~50 digital currencies.