Which altcoin will succeed ? - page 2.

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Quote from: BitcoinPorn on October 13, 2011, 03:20:45 PM

Quote from: Adamlm on October 13, 2011, 03:01:49 PM

I created this poll for alternate coins only because I'm totally sure that Bitcoin will remain #1 digital coin. Despite this I think there's enough space for another coin which will become a real alternative to BTC. Not competition but an alternative. Something like gold and silver.

I did want reiterate though, I only mean the Alternate Cryptocurrencies subforum. All other forums seem to either not recognize the existence of anything but Bitcoin or enjoy living by a haters gonna hate sort of lifestyle, it's hard to tell if there exists anything other than those extremes. .

I think overall Bitcoin would still be #1, but it would be an interesting peak into how strongly people here feel about the other currencies

I'd say -most- of the support for any current alt-chain is fueled by pure speculation. Every alt-chain so far has offered massive profit over BTC during the first few days of an exchange being open IF you were lucky enough to mine a few blocks at launch.

If a new chain were to be launched which had significant design improvements over Bitcoin, the alt-chain subforum wouldn't be able to contain it's newsworthiness.

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Quote from: Adamlm on October 13, 2011, 03:01:49 PM

I created this poll for alternate coins only because I'm totally sure that Bitcoin will remain #1 digital coin. Despite this I think there's enough space for another coin which will become a real alternative to BTC. Not competition but an alternative. Something like gold and silver.

I did want reiterate though, I only mean the Alternate Cryptocurrencies subforum. All other forums seem to either not recognize the existence of anything but Bitcoin or enjoy living by a haters gonna hate sort of lifestyle, it's hard to tell if there exists anything other than those extremes. .

I think overall Bitcoin would still be #1, but it would be an interesting peak into how strongly people here feel about the other currencies

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Quote from: BitcoinPorn on October 13, 2011, 02:53:49 PM

I wonder how the results would look if Bitcoin was a choice.

my answer would still be the same; none of them.

realistically, the likelyhood of btc succeeding is extremely small (and the chances of an alt currency succeeding are even smaller than that).

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I'd say in the long run we have a >50% chance that any fork will succeed (except namecoin this has pretty much been established by now if you view it the way as it was intended to)

I am skeptical that it will be any of those, without hesitation I vote for Litecoin if any. I think that it is likely that we get another iteration in a somewhat larger timeframe.
Especially the disadvantage of the necessity of pools hasn't been addressed yet but it could take a while till a solution emerges.

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Quote from: BitcoinPorn on October 13, 2011, 02:53:49 PM

I think the Alt Cryptocurrencies subforum here is obviously a little more open minded to all coins, I wonder how the results would look if Bitcoin was a choice.

I created this poll for alternate coins only because I'm totally sure that Bitcoin will remain #1 digital coin. Despite this I think there's enough space for another coin which will become a real alternative to BTC. Not competition but an alternative. Something like gold and silver.

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I think the Alt Cryptocurrencies subforum here is obviously a little more open minded to all coins, I wonder how the results would look if Bitcoin was a choice.

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Quote from: Adamlm on October 13, 2011, 02:20:31 PM

Quote from: evolve on October 13, 2011, 02:14:05 PM

absolutely none of them.

but what about newbies & CPU miners, people who don't want to invest in fast GPUs, they started too late for getting a decent amount of bitcoins so CPU currencies are their chance now

i would certainly advise all newbies away from ACs. .....and cpu mining has absolutely nothing to do with the longevity/lifespan of the coin.

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Quote from: Adamlm on October 13, 2011, 02:20:31 PM

Quote from: evolve on October 13, 2011, 02:14:05 PM

absolutely none of them.

but what about newbies & CPU miners, people who don't want to invest in fast GPUs, they started too late for getting a decent amount of bitcoins so CPU currencies are their chance now

If/when it becomes profitable to invest specialized hardware into mining a CPU chain, everyone without the funds to keep up won't be able to.

Also, the amount of bitcoins you receive (due to the difficulty of those with higher end GPU's) is irrelevant. It doesn't matter if I mine 1btc a month @ 1000 USD, or 5 a month @ 200 USD, or 20 a month @ 50 USD - it all comes down to the purchasing power of said coins.

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Quote from: evolve on October 13, 2011, 02:14:05 PM

absolutely none of them.

but what about newbies & CPU miners, people who don't want to invest in fast GPUs, they started too late for getting a decent amount of bitcoins so CPU currencies are their chance now

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absolutely none of them.

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I am just curious. For which coin it's worth to invest your pc power, what do you think ?

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