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Alternate cryptocurrencies => Altcoin Discussion => Topic started by: Galahad on October 24, 2013, 01:34:04 PM



Title: Litecoin had it?
Post by: Galahad on October 24, 2013, 01:34:04 PM
I keep looking at the Litecoin price and it keeps going down. I know that recently Bitcoin are worth a lot so I assume the logic might be, if Bitcoin is doing well then why do we need Alt coins quite so much? But Litecoin was dropping before this recent price rise. So are people loosing interest in it?


Title: Re: Litecoin had it?
Post by: zubelutte on October 24, 2013, 01:44:21 PM
Your right, I dont believe we need alternate cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin works well.

Maybe Alternative Coins section would be better place for this thread


Title: Re: Litecoin had it?
Post by: Galahad on October 24, 2013, 02:23:43 PM
Your right, I dont believe we need alternate cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin works well.

Maybe Alternative Coins section would be better place for this thread

I didn't say we didn't need them, I just thought that in terms of market price, an increase in Bitcoin confidence naturally means that other currencies should go down.


Title: Re: Litecoin had it?
Post by: Luckybit on October 24, 2013, 02:31:44 PM
I keep looking at the Litecoin price and it keeps going down. I know that recently Bitcoin are worth a lot so I assume the logic might be, if Bitcoin is doing well then why do we need Alt coins quite so much? But Litecoin was dropping before this recent price rise. So are people loosing interest in it?

What people need now is to add protocol layers on top of Bitcoin. The reason Litecoin is now becoming useless is because of Mastercoin and Colored Coin. If Mastercoin works then you can create any currency on top of Bitcoin as well as do a decentralized exchange similar to Forex, as well as futures, smart property and derivatives.

Future alt coins will either adopt similar functionality with Colored Coin or they'll be built on top of Bitcoin through Mastercoin. Litecoin is lagging behind in figuring out how to differentiate themselves from Bitcoin and they make that mistake at their own peril. I support Litecoin because I see advantages to having it but I would like to see some innovation.

Go to https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=265488.0 and http://www.mastercoin.org


Title: Re: Litecoin had it?
Post by: goxed on October 24, 2013, 02:47:01 PM
Your right, I dont believe we need alternate cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin works well.

Maybe Alternative Coins section would be better place for this thread

I didn't say we didn't need them, I just thought that in terms of market price, an increase in Bitcoin confidence naturally means that other currencies should go down.
After death of Atlantis, LTC did not have any new application, though it's well supported by miners.


Title: Re: Litecoin had it?
Post by: leannemckim46 on October 24, 2013, 02:53:55 PM
Your right, I dont believe we need alternate cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin works well.

Maybe Alternative Coins section would be better place for this thread

I didn't say we didn't need them, I just thought that in terms of market price, an increase in Bitcoin confidence naturally means that other currencies should go down.
After death of Atlantis, LTC did not have any new application, though it's well supported by miners.

Someone need to do something with Litecoin... or else it would just slowly die off..


Title: Re: Litecoin had it?
Post by: frobley on October 24, 2013, 03:08:33 PM
do you get paid to start these threads?


Title: Re: Litecoin had it?
Post by: Galahad on October 24, 2013, 03:14:27 PM
do you get paid to start these threads?

Me? Nope, just interested in Bitcon etc.


Title: Re: Litecoin had it?
Post by: balanghai on October 24, 2013, 10:01:02 PM
Litecoin is not a has been. It is still shinning and will continue to. Hopefully people will realize this too.


Title: Re: Litecoin had it?
Post by: klee on October 24, 2013, 10:16:53 PM
I dont touch this shit anymore!


Title: Re: Litecoin had it?
Post by: braytz on October 24, 2013, 11:04:04 PM
another +1 thread...yay!


Title: Re: Litecoin had it?
Post by: LiteCoinGuy on October 24, 2013, 11:08:44 PM
Litecoin is not a has been. It is still shinning and will continue to. Hopefully people will realize this too.

and its on a good way. price is volatile. even in btc thats the case.


Title: Re: Litecoin had it?
Post by: nameface on October 25, 2013, 02:32:32 AM
another +1 thread...yay!
+1


Title: Re: Litecoin had it?
Post by: Sage on October 25, 2013, 05:05:02 AM
To loosely quote John Templeton,

"The principle of maximum pessimism.  Buy when everyone is most pessimistic."

So I hope to see more of these threads attacking Litecoin.  It just makes it cheaper for me :)

No Litecoin aint dead.

Yes, the more crypto currency options the better.

...err... on second thought... SELL, SELL, SELL.  Everyone sell your Litecoins.  Just to help you out, and with no profit motive whatsoever, I'll take them off your hands at these cheap prices.






Title: Re: Litecoin had it?
Post by: keatonatron on October 25, 2013, 05:20:50 AM
I've noticed the value of litecoin seems to be anchored to fiat, so if the value of BTC goes up, the LTC/BTC exchange rate goes down.

The following numbers are off the top of my head so I might not be remembering perfectly, but

Back when Bitcoins were $90, Litecoins were around $2.88. That's 0.032 of $90, and so one litecoin was worth 0.032 of a Bitcoin. When the price of Bitcoins went up to $105, the USD value of Litecoins stayed about the same and LTC/BTC ratio went down to around 0.027.

Now the USD price is around $2, which is a bit of a drop from $2.88, but I think the biggest reason the LTC/BTC rate has dropped is that Bitcoin is now worth more than twice what is was before, so one Bitcoin is worth twice the amount of Litecoin it used to be.


Title: Re: Litecoin had it?
Post by: Tomatocage on October 25, 2013, 05:29:59 AM
I keep looking at the Litecoin price and it keeps going down. I know that recently Bitcoin are worth a lot so I assume the logic might be, if Bitcoin is doing well then why do we need Alt coins quite so much? But Litecoin was dropping before this recent price rise. So are people loosing interest in it?

https://i.imgur.com/UqZQe4G.gif


Title: Re: Litecoin had it?
Post by: viboracecata on October 25, 2013, 06:46:26 AM
Anyway, I think it's good time to buy some litecoins now


Title: Re: Litecoin had it?
Post by: Wekkel on October 29, 2013, 05:45:56 AM
Its just one side of the sentiment. Wait until everyone jumps on a moving train again. Its so predictable.