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Alternate cryptocurrencies => Altcoin Discussion => Topic started by: Walter Rothbard on April 23, 2013, 09:00:54 PM



Title: Altcurrency interest index
Post by: Walter Rothbard on April 23, 2013, 09:00:54 PM
I took a snapshot of threads on the first page of this subforum today and counted what currency was involved in each.  For threads involving multiple currencies, I split proportionately.  (i.e., a thread about an exchange between two currencies counted 0.5 for one currency and 0.5 for the other).  Then I normalized to create an "interest index," giving a vague quantification to what currencies are currently taking up most of the discussion here:

FC: 36.73
LTC: 18.40
BQC: 14.81
FRC: 6.28
NVC: 5.38
TRC: 4.42
XRP: 2.69
forked bitcoin chain: 2.69
DVC: 2.69
StableCoin: 2.69
MC2: 2.69
BTE: 1.92
BTC: 0.90

Total threads considered: 38

I have no idea how you could use these numbers, but I thought they were interesting. :)

(I'm also interested in why my sum came out to be 103 instead of 100....)


Title: Re: Altcurrency interest index
Post by: 2Kool4Skewl on April 24, 2013, 07:05:43 AM
No PPC??? Wow


Title: Re: Altcurrency interest index
Post by: jubalix on April 24, 2013, 07:24:04 AM
No PPC??? Wow

yeah very few people undestand PPC atm....to much effort....think of PPC being at where BTC was three years ago....

PPC uses a host of unique and novel features, that the proof of work models may have to emulate....makeing PPC the new BTC

I would not be surprised to see PPC  go to parity or above BTC.

For one people haven't cottoned on that there are almost no coins being minted now if I am reading the graphs right



Title: Re: Altcurrency interest index
Post by: Walter Rothbard on April 24, 2013, 06:05:19 PM
Interest index for 2013-04-24:

Threads considered: 77

LTC: 28.72
FC: 28.01
XRP: 10.06
BBQ: 5.19
NVC: 3.90
FRC: 3.29
TRC: 2.92
PPC: 2.60
MC2: 2.16
BTC: 1.84
NMC: 1.56
scrypt: 1.30
mining: 1.30
SmallChange: 1.30
ICX: 1.30
GoldSilverAltCoin: 1.30
DVC: 1.30
forked bitcoin chain: 1.30
BTE: 0.65



These numbers are interesting, but probably useless. :)

Edited to account for threads marked ???


Title: Re: Altcurrency interest index
Post by: wmikrut on April 24, 2013, 06:14:49 PM
Interest index for 2013-04-24:

Threads considered: 77

LTC: 28.4632034632035
FC: 26.8398268398268
XRP: 10.0649350649351
BBQ: 5.19480519480519
NVC: 3.8961038961039
???: 3.8961038961039
TRC: 2.92207792207792
PPC: 2.5974025974026
FRC: 2.5974025974026
BTC: 1.83982683982684
scrypt: 1.2987012987013
mining: 1.2987012987013
SmallChange: 1.2987012987013
NMC: 1.2987012987013
MC2: 1.2987012987013
ICX: 1.2987012987013
GoldSilverAltCoin: 1.2987012987013
DVC: 1.2987012987013


These numbers are interesting, but probably useless. :)

Statistically fun to look at!

If I have a conversation about BQC with someone, it's 6x more important than BTC... but only half as important as an FC conversation! 


Title: Re: Altcurrency interest index
Post by: master-P on April 25, 2013, 05:03:07 PM
BTE looks dead already :)


Title: Re: Altcurrency interest index
Post by: Walter Rothbard on April 25, 2013, 05:04:55 PM
BTE looks dead already :)

Heh!  My prediction is that BTE will go through a short to mid term lag in interest, possible attack, crash, etc., but long term will ramp up to be something quite substantial.

And my prediction is worth exactly what you paid for it. ;)


Title: Re: Altcurrency interest index
Post by: Walter Rothbard on April 25, 2013, 10:04:53 PM
Interest index for 2013-04-25:

Threads considered: 113

LTC: 35.69
FC: 20.46
BBQ: 8.34
PPC: 6.46
XRP: 5.31
FRC: 3.64
DVC: 2.06
TRC: 2.02
NVC: 1.77
MC2: 1.59
BTE: 1.27
MNC: 0.98
mining: 0.88
human-mined: 0.88
cgminer: 0.88
bitmessage: 0.88
TrueCoin: 0.88
StableCoin: 0.88
SmallChange: 0.88
GoldSilverAltCoin: 0.88
GUIMiner-scrypt: 0.88
Coiledcoin: 0.88
BTC: 0.77
SMC: 0.44
NMC: 0.17
LinearCoin: 0.06
FCPPC: 0.06
BTC0: 0.06


Title: Re: Altcurrency interest index
Post by: swordfish6975 on April 25, 2013, 11:40:04 PM
And my prediction is worth exactly what you paid for it. ;)

going to have to start using this people are asking me for predictions at work now...


Title: Re: Altcurrency interest index
Post by: AgeraS on April 25, 2013, 11:58:19 PM
Interest index for 2013-04-25:
Threads considered: 113

I like pictures  :)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8259/8681246449_2dcd45e1f6.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/95243420@N02/8681246449/)


Title: Re: Altcurrency interest index
Post by: BTC4Amazon on April 26, 2013, 12:28:24 AM
Interest index for 2013-04-25:
Threads considered: 113

I like pictures  :)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8259/8681246449_2dcd45e1f6.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/95243420@N02/8681246449/)

Pictures make everything better :P but I think we are forgetting the fact that there are millions of threads on this forum based on btc so btc really does have about 75%+ in "interest" we're the other crypto currencies can split apart the other 25% or less. Just my opinion but I do love this thread it's nice to see what people are interested in.... Also would be nice to see what people were talking about say last month compared to this month.
That would be a lot of work tho


Title: Re: Altcurrency interest index
Post by: CoinHoarder on April 26, 2013, 12:51:10 AM
You should enter these into a spreadsheet.

- have a column for each update
- also a column with the averages
- a nice graph with the average at the bottom

Good idea btw,

Cheers,

Ch


Title: Re: Altcurrency interest index
Post by: Walter Rothbard on April 26, 2013, 01:27:18 AM
Interest index for 2013-04-25:
Threads considered: 113

I like pictures  :)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8259/8681246449_2dcd45e1f6.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/95243420@N02/8681246449/)


Sweet!


Title: Re: Altcurrency interest index
Post by: Walter Rothbard on April 26, 2013, 01:30:07 AM
but I think we are forgetting the fact that there are millions of threads on this forum based on btc so btc really does have about 75%+ in "interest"

Yes, BTC only makes it into this count when it shows up in this alternate cryptocurrency forum.  And the counting is not (and cannot be) an exact science, I'm afraid.

Btw, this last count included BTC0, which is my name for Bitcoin Testnet.


Title: Re: Altcurrency interest index
Post by: Red on April 27, 2013, 06:38:18 AM
Thanks for adding [StableCoin] into your list even though it is a discussion topic and not an actual coin implementation. I'm thrilled to have so many new people to bounce ideas off of. Please send me more!