Everyone can look at a coin that has been pumped and say "damn I wish I had invested in it". There are good reasons why a lot of people refrain from investing in Aurora and Maza. Sure they are great short term investments and if you got a few bitcoins laying around they were definitely interesting enough to put into it as speculation, but long term they have absolutely zero chance at survival.
Auroracoin will plummet into the depths of obscurity once the airdrop of reality hits. Most smart investors know this and will dump it way before.
Mazacoin would've been interesting *if* the Lakota people actually had any chance of using it! The Lakota indians represent 55 000 people, and the vast majority of them are beneath the poverty line without internet...
To me this is almost cruel, giving these people who has zero comprehension of cryptos a false hope that they'll be given tens of thousands worth of this "something" and then reality is that the dump will arrive here too.
This new trend of NationCoins is a breath of fresh air into a suicide-inducingly boring clone war, but so far none of them show long term promise.
I will write articles with a more in-depth analysis as well, but this topic just jumped into my head today. Like I said in the article, I believe that microCoin is a great long-term investment, which is why I am holding onto them without worrying about any short-term fluctuations. I just feel that many people were interested in both Auroracoin and MazaCoin after their historic rally yesterday.
I agree that the air drop is going to hurt Auroracoin, but the coin itself may have a chance of survival if the citizens of Iceland don't all dump it at once.
Considering that MazaCoin is based out of Canada, it does raise some questions about who is really benefiting from it. I never considered how the Lakota people would actually use the coin, as most don't have access to the Internet.
You have certainly got me thinking, as you bring up some valid points.
Which coin do you feel has the best long-term investment potential? I would be willing to write an in-depth article on it.