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Topic: What is the point of Litecoin if Bitcoin is THE cryptocurrency? - page 4. (Read 8097 times)

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Devil's advocate time.  Wink

- The hashing algorithm Scrypt makes it considerably more resistant against ASICs.
In what way is it "considerably more resistant" ? Are you arguing that manufacturing cost is the reason there are no litecoin ASICs for sale right now?

- Faster confirmations. We live in a 'time poor' world, getting something done quicker is a definite advantage.
Very misleading. Confirmations coming twice as fast offer half as much security. This is not an advantage.

- Competition is always good in economic markets
Copying Bitcoin doesn't automatically make you competitive. And "good" in what ways, for whom or what?

- Gives people who missed out on Bitcoin early adoption a second chance
No one has missed out on Bitcoin early adoption. But this reasoning is definitely a not an argument for Litecoin. "Litecoin is good because sour grapes."

- Ultimately, scarce things are given value by people. Litecoins are provably scarce and people are giving them value and creating services around them... at the end of the day that's all that matters.  Cheesy
Scarcity alone is a pretty weak argument for value. But by this argument, why not continue to branch the bitcoin code in insignificant ways a million times over. You can make the amount of coin for each one even more scarce than LTC or BTC. By your logic, each copy should become valuable.

There may be very good reasons to invest and support Litecoin. I don't see them in your post.
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- It's always good to have an alternative. Remember the bitcoin hardfork recently? If Litecoin stays one version behind Bitcoin we will have Litecoin as a back up and Bitcoin as a test network.

Ummm.... speaking of the hardfork, has a version of Litecoin been released yet that fixes the problem?

If it's a rhetorical question, that's OK.

If not, I am worried.
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- It's always good to have an alternative. Remember the bitcoin hardfork recently? If Litecoin stays one version behind Bitcoin we will have Litecoin as a back up and Bitcoin as a test network.

Ummm.... speaking of the hardfork, has a version of Litecoin been released yet that fixes the problem?
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- The hashing algorithm Scrypt makes it considerably more resistant against ASICs.
- Faster confirmations. We live in a 'time poor' world, getting something done quicker is a definite advantage.
- It's always good to have an alternative. Remember the bitcoin hardfork recently? If Litecoin stays one version behind Bitcoin we will have Litecoin as a back up and Bitcoin as a test network.
- Competition is always good in economic markets
- Gives people who missed out on Bitcoin early adoption a second chance
- Ultimately, scarce things are given value by people. Litecoins are provably scarce and people are giving them value and creating services around them... at the end of the day that's all that matters.  Cheesy
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Bitcoin will probably hit it's maximum transaction limit by early next year. At that point in time, we'll need alt coins to be able to reliably transact.
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The slogan should be changed to "Litecoin: For butthurt GPU miners."


How about "the coin for everybody not just elitist pricks."
LTC is still being used for a pump and dump - so yeah those people certainly aren't pricks ............
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The Bitcoin wiki is very harsh to Litecoin, did anyone try to edit yet and see if the changes stick?

Litecoin needs his own wiki, or a general cryptocurrency wiki
the Litecoin part of the Bitcoin wiki gets heavily edited by Luke-Jr* every time someone tries to put some truth there, the "Litecoin community" gave up on editing it..
the Litecoin section should be removed and Litecoin have its own wiki





*know hater of alt-chains
Well yeah ... except that the Bitcoin wiki itself is a joke due to that retard filling it full of his personal warped opinions and FUD.
So I wouldn't think it would be worth caring about the content - the retards edits in there indeed makes Bitcoin look like a joke.
... and whoever the fool is who runs the wiki, obviously has some sort of inferiority complex that they let that crap go and wont stop it.
There's no way I'd recommend anyone to read it.
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The Bitcoin wiki is very harsh to Litecoin, did anyone try to edit yet and see if the changes stick?

Litecoin needs his own wiki, or a general cryptocurrency wiki
the Litecoin part of the Bitcoin wiki gets heavily edited by Luke-Jr* every time someone tries to put some truth there, the "Litecoin community" gave up on editing it..
the Litecoin section should be removed and Litecoin have its own wiki





*known hater of alt-chains
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it used to be there back in the day  Wink
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Is "Litecoin is to Bitcoin as silver is to gold" some sort of official slogan for LTC? I've seen nothing like that on Litecoin.org, or anywhere else for that matter.
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The slogan should be changed to "Litecoin: For butthurt GPU miners."


How about "the coin for everybody not just elitist pricks."
legendary
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yes
if only mtgox were to support LTC ^^

Create your own Gox.
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if only mtgox were to support LTC ^^
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The Bitcoin wiki is very harsh to Litecoin, did anyone try to edit yet and see if the changes stick?

Litecoin needs his own wiki, or a general cryptocurrency wiki
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The Bitcoin wiki is very harsh to Litecoin, did anyone try to edit yet and see if the changes stick?
-ck
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Ruu \o/
The slogan should be changed to "Litecoin: For butthurt GPU miners."

Disclaimer: I wrote cgminer.
legendary
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Litecoin is to Bitcoin as silver is to gold.

I like this comparison - very effective. I will use this! Thanks Deslock  Grin

That s the LTC slogan  Roll Eyes
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No problem, FatMagic... spread that idea far and wide. :-D
legendary
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Quicker confirms, yes. Also, no ASICs, at least not yet, so GPU mining remains viable. Litecoin is also an excellent hedge if you wish to trade bitcoins without reverting to bankster paper. Some retailers do accept both coins too.

I'm a fan of both BTC and Ł. Heck, even namecoins may find their niche one day.

This is why I love LTC also. Also there are more and more merchants accepting LTC everyday. I accept it on my businesses website (http://www.allthingsluxury.biz). I might add proudly.
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Litecoin is to Bitcoin as silver is to gold.

I like this comparison - very effective. I will use this! Thanks Deslock  Grin
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