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Topic: What is Altcoin? (Read 1158 times)

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May 21, 2013, 12:55:14 PM
#12
are alternative coins really worth interest, or are they all copycats started by people that were mad at the rising bitcoin difficulty?

I think that with current hardware rigs, any new money based on sha256 is bound to have a very fast growth, but what about confidence and reliability?

Depends on the coin. Devcoin is an amazing project meant to develop great things, and support starving artists and developers.
newbie
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May 21, 2013, 04:06:12 AM
#11
Looking for some cpu friedly coin, anyone known anything of this?

I'm thinking DVC is probably pretty CPU friendly with 10 minute block times and 5,000 coin payouts... And I believe BQC (BBQ Coin) is also CPU friendly.
  thanks, i'll check them out
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May 21, 2013, 04:00:47 AM
#10
are alternative coins really worth interest, or are they all copycats started by people that were mad at the rising bitcoin difficulty?

I think that with current hardware rigs, any new money based on sha256 is bound to have a very fast growth, but what about confidence and reliability?
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May 21, 2013, 03:46:03 AM
#9
Looking for some cpu friedly coin, anyone known anything of this?

I'm thinking DVC is probably pretty CPU friendly with 10 minute block times and 5,000 coin payouts... And I believe BQC (BBQ Coin) is also CPU friendly.
newbie
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May 21, 2013, 03:44:27 AM
#8
Looking for some cpu friedly coin, anyone known anything of this?
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May 21, 2013, 03:38:11 AM
#7
MINE DEVCOINS.

They are merge mined with Bitcoin, so you get both
They release 5,000 coins per block instead of 7 like bitcoin
They are going up in value
They should be 10 cents, but are 20 per 1 penny
They have been worth $10 each over a year ago


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May 19, 2013, 07:33:53 PM
#6
I suggest you take a look at litecoin. Very much promising.
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May 19, 2013, 07:31:25 PM
#5
Check out this thread https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/list-of-all-cryptocoins-134179.  Its an updated list of all coins.  All the coins on that list other than Bitcoin are Altcoins.
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May 19, 2013, 02:33:03 PM
#4
It refers to the entire ecosystem of alternative coins, growing by the day! Check out 'Alternate cryptocurrencies' forum here for all the action!
newbie
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May 19, 2013, 01:35:45 PM
#3
altcoin = BQC =P
legendary
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May 19, 2013, 01:04:03 PM
#2
alt coin simply means alternative coin.. just basically means bitcoin thats not bitcoin like litecoin.terracoin..ppcoin.. and all them XD
ofr
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May 19, 2013, 01:02:39 PM
#1
I am attending bitcoin 2013 where people keep mention altcoin. While I can't find the official website for altcoin. Can anyone spot some useful resources for me?
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