Bitcoin.
Ethereum.
Nxt.
Monero.
I'm still on the lookout for anything else to add to this list.
Oh, I forgot that the internet only has 4 players. It must be the "network effect".
This is no longer a serious discussion...
When Google, Amazon, Apple, the banks start to play Crypto Currency for real...
Nothing coming out of BitcoinTalk will matter.
strong statement. for comparison i think chinese communism started in a shed. apple started in a garage and dell started in a dorm room.
I think there's something to be said for this technology being developed "in a garage", so to speak. It takes the profit motive out of it. If Google created a coin it would surely have an angle that benefited them, removing the altruism and fairness that can be achieved by a healthy community.