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Nobody debates that. In fact, the alternatives are worth mostly jack and very few will take off. It's really not a technical question. Bitcoin came first, it h
by skriticos2 13y ago
Nobody debates that. In fact, the alternatives are worth mostly jack and very few will take off.
It's really not a technical question. Bitcoin came first, it has the traction.
Getting traction into another chain is possible, but much more difficult than with Bitcoin. (Which only involved creating the first of a new, disruptive technology).
Simply said, why would I want to buy any of the alternate coins? As long as you can't give me a satisfying answer to that, your argument is moot.
- EGreg 13y agoBecause you'll be an "early adopter" and there may be a good chance they'll go from $3 to $1000 eventually just like bitcoin, if they are subject to the same network effect as bitcoin -- namely that the more merchants accept them, the more valuable they become. It may take longer but you'll make more $, etc. So you'll buy them because of speculation. Hence the proliferation of these various currencies, the latest of which -- QuarkCoin -- is probably going to surge tomorrow on Bter.com and other exchanges :-P