$4.5 billion in [circulation]? Lol, who writes this stuff?
I've written to dozens of billionaires but not Novogratz.
I'll try to find him on twitter and give him my "iXcoin will kill Bitcoin and takeover the World" spiel. Haha! Who knows, it only takes one of these guys to change everything for iXcoin.
And he sounds like a technology investor: If he likes Bitcoin's "technology" at $500 per coin, what's not to love about Bitcoin's Twin [iXcoin] at 5 cents?
This is what I don't get from guys like the Winklevoss twins who keep saying Bitcoin's technology [Payment System] is worth that much ["$400 Billion"]. What? iXcoin is better in some ways and exactly like Bitcoin in every other way, so are these people lying to everyone or have they really NEVER heard of iXcoin?
Well, I'm shoving iXcoin down their troaghts. lol, just in the last 24 hours I wrote to Charlie Shrem and Brock Pierce.
Unless I'm totally crazy [and that's entirely possible] one of these guys should have an: "Oh Shit", moment.
Haha, that's what I'm hoping for. One big - "Oh Shit" - Moment!
I think anyone whose been on coinmarketcap should know something about ixcoin or taken some type of interest in it considering how it has been immune to a "typical pump and dump". Something most other coins can't claim, or at least it's been stable during the time frame I've been looking at it for (granted that hasn't been for very long). You are right it would take only one of these guys to change everything. I suppose despite bitcoin's blemished record, the fact that it's used as a payment method to some degree is what gives people faith in it. There's no reason why this couldn't happen with ixcoin, but I guess it's a case of some psychological value bitcoin has as being first, which makes people all for it. People know, like, and trust it to a degree because of that.
The problem ixcoin faces imo is lack of hype to drive demand and raise the price. A lot of coins have had some gimmicks that have given them a lot of traction (though I'd say it's a good thing ixcoin isn't gimmicky). Blackcoin has had its multipool, Auroracoin had it's airdrop/being the first nation coin what have you, and for doge it was a meme of all things that got people into it. Price can be driven up for any coin rather quickly regardless of whether or not it's sustained. I think auroracoin and vertcoin are very good examples even if they are pumps that lead to dumps.
I remember going on coinmarketcap and seeing vertcoin at somewhere around $5-7 dollars and I had never heard of it the day before. Now darkcoin is becoming a big deal because of how anonymous it's supposed to be because of the darksend feature (at least that's my assumption I don't actually know or understand why darkcoin is popular). Not a techie so can't make any claims about how functional any coin is from that standpoint, but I guess a coin just needs something that makes it seem like it is standing out on its own even if it isn't and everything is open source and features can be copied from one coin to another.
It is interesting that people are so willing to buy fractions of bitcoins, but don't want to touch/never heard of ixcoin when it's only 5 cents and has a secure network. It is a very easy coin to get in on, even more so since it hasn't been dumped to oblivion. I think hype and "new innovative developments" is what ixcoin is lacking which keeps the average person away from it. I do agree with you on the security of a network playing more of a vital role than innovative features that can just be copied and pasted onto any coin, but things like that seem to serve as a fix for some people that drives demand for a coin, even if that demand is only temporary. Of course demand in the long term is the most important thing and should bitcoin need to be tripped over first before people can get into ixcoin then so be it.
You can see NautilusCoin right now. Brian Kelly is the creator/founder and the coin has a volume of $84,934 on coinmarketcap in the last 24 hours and is valued at 25 cents.