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Alternate cryptocurrencies => Altcoin Discussion => Topic started by: BlazinBeaches on June 04, 2013, 01:01:42 AM



Title: Most important characteristics for launching a new coin
Post by: BlazinBeaches on June 04, 2013, 01:01:42 AM
Lets here your guy's thoughts on the most crucial requirements/details/etc of a coin that enables it's alignment for success.


Title: Re: Most important characteristics for launching a new coin
Post by: markm on June 04, 2013, 01:21:20 AM
Oh that is easy. Just use the forum's search feature...

-MarkM-


Title: Re: Most important characteristics for launching a new coin
Post by: Haze on June 04, 2013, 02:19:18 AM
I think having the ability to attach messages/invoices to transactions would be nice :)


Title: Re: Most important characteristics for launching a new coin
Post by: Caesar V on June 04, 2013, 03:04:35 AM
If you need to ask how to be successful, you will never be successful.


Title: Re: Most important characteristics for launching a new coin
Post by: Barnacle_Ed on June 04, 2013, 03:23:40 AM
1) Fork the Bitcoin repo
2) Change a few constants
3) TADA!!! Your own "new" scamcoin.




In all seriousness: Something that's more innovative than the above, and define a clear useful purpose for your coin.


Title: Re: Most important characteristics for launching a new coin
Post by: markm on June 04, 2013, 03:35:05 AM
One approach that turned out to be extremely successful as far as making the coin valuable is concerned was standing ready to buy your coin at a certain minimum price.

The problem with that though turned out to be it was hard to find miners.

So it is now looking like maybe the important characteristics are not only to back your coin but also to making mining obsolete.

Thus for example maybe the most successful approach is going to be to wait for Ripple server code to be released then base your coin on Ripple code.

That way you can afford to back your coin (since the only way anyone is ever going to get one is if someone gave you something for it, in which case that something is in your reserves standing ready to buy it back) and the lack of miners is not a problem (since Ripple does not use mining nor need it).

-MarkM-


Title: Re: Most important characteristics for launching a new coin
Post by: kelsey on June 04, 2013, 03:39:31 AM
DONT push it onto an exchange in the first few weeks!


Title: Re: Most important characteristics for launching a new coin
Post by: BlazinBeaches on June 04, 2013, 06:02:25 PM
If you need to ask how to be successful, you will never be successful.

I am successful. 8)  This thread isn't about me, it's about all of us and what you guys would like to see in a coin.

Great thoughts so far guys


Title: Re: Most important characteristics for launching a new coin
Post by: Mr.V on June 05, 2013, 04:39:27 AM
Ascending payment rewards low to high so that early miners cant horde most of the coins and dump umm once they hit an exchange.