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Title: what advantages does bitcoin have over the alternative chains? Post by: qxzn on October 17, 2011, 05:39:43 PM I see only two significant advantages:
1. a network-effect monopoly. Almost everyone who's using a cryptocurrency uses bitcoin. Relatively speaking, almost nobody uses an alternate chain. 2. Best exchanges. Mtgox and tradehill trade bitcoins, not solidcoins or tenebrix. Is there anything else I haven't thought of? Title: Re: what advantages does bitcoin have over the alternative chains? Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on October 17, 2011, 06:00:57 PM A larger forum with an established membership base.
Title: Re: what advantages does bitcoin have over the alternative chains? Post by: kwukduck on October 17, 2011, 06:01:10 PM Security of bitcoin grows with network size. So thats a very important point i think.
Also, try turning the question around, why would you want to use alternatives? Most alternatives i know of implement some key feature that completely destroys the point bitcoin was invented for. Title: Re: what advantages does bitcoin have over the alternative chains? Post by: beckspace on October 17, 2011, 06:01:53 PM traction
Title: Re: what advantages does bitcoin have over the alternative chains? Post by: Maged on October 17, 2011, 06:02:19 PM A competent development team.
Title: Re: what advantages does bitcoin have over the alternative chains? Post by: Are-you-a-wizard? on October 17, 2011, 06:05:21 PM A competent development team. Came to say this. Bitcoin = Ubuntu Other-chains = Some new Linux distro some guy just made And yes I know Ubuntu isn't the best distro at all, especially with regards to security, but it's the mainstream one that 99% of the new linux kiddies use and has a massive user/support base. Title: Re: what advantages does bitcoin have over the alternative chains? Post by: evoorhees on October 17, 2011, 06:08:05 PM A competent development team. +1 A team that has been working since before Bitcoins became worth anything. They're dedicated and skilled. The better question is, what advantage does any other chain have over bitcoin? Even the most lauded "advantages" are highly contested, and often boil down to economic theory. None of the alts even come close to Bitcoin. Title: Re: what advantages does bitcoin have over the alternative chains? Post by: Rassah on October 17, 2011, 06:23:40 PM Technology support, like clients, transaction processing software, android app, ATMs...
Title: Re: what advantages does bitcoin have over the alternative chains? Post by: beckspace on October 17, 2011, 06:43:20 PM At this point, bitcoin is the protocol and the protocol is bitcoin, and it's sound!
I don't see another crypto-currency replacing bitcoin. The whole concept would lose confidence forever. Bitcoin is not perfect, but it is plentiful. Bitcoin may be abandoned not because of another crypto-currency, but by its own fault. |