The alt community should focus all its might on getting Litecoin going as a true BTC alternative, and I will share with you why. Litecoin was gaining major ground against BTC when the flood of scamcoins happened.
I was speculating about recent shenanigans in general on IRC when I was messaged on IRC that from someone who would definitely know that some of the flood of altcoins is being done purposefully by BITCOIN-ONLY adherents in a Machiavellian attempt to discredit Litecoin...as Litecoin was getting close to MAJOR acceptance as *THE* BTC alternative - it was no coincidence that it was at that time the scams hit the alt community like a mack truck!
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Dude - i know a little bit about politics and policy , i have seen nastier politics at the all girls soccer club. a couple of things:
1. when did you get the email? i thought we all kind of assumed that's what the policy was?, ah , why wouldn't Bitcoin / ASIC owners attack an alternative ? , friend that's a part of the market as well.
2. look to the top of the page - is says "
bitcointalk.org" - should i continue..... i mean you get the point i'm making right?
3. My opinion of LTC is that is just flew on the wave on the back of the flawed/compromised and pre-mined Bitcoin. - i don't see anything particularly special about it on the acceptability side of things, it was the first Scrypt design no ? that in its self is revolutionary from a technical stand point , but its ... not going to change the world.
4. This is not TV world , so you know have a cup of tea, breath a little, Bitcoin's market is allegedly its aspects of design based around the "freedom" and "etc etc" as soon as it steps away from that its a Donkey. in fact its probably a Donkey anyhow.
5. if BTC goes to TV land that's fine , about 15 alternatives will appear , and be accepted , 5 guys dont decide that , you or i don't , government institutions don’t , the market does.
6. Spam coins are funny and irrelevant in all except , driving the innovation off the Bitcointalk Forum, especially since they decided to not organize them, so if these "Master Chess players" {lol} wanted to drive all the Alternative innovation to a different place , well, ah ok, none of this really matches up to a big win anywhere?
7. just because someone told you something that was already pretty apparent , does not mean that it is A ) totally true or B) even a problem.
8 Gox is just an exchange – exchanges are not exempt from the principals of the market and supply and demand. – Many more exchanges will pop up, come go, so what.