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Besides from the spelling, what are the differences of bitcoin from altcoin. Thank you.

Alt coin = alternate coin
Bitcoin was the first ever crypto currency invented, so every coin came in market is an alternate coin, we call them altcoin in short.

Bitcoin is the foremost coin of all time. I think it is more precious than altcoins.
Altcoins has so many varieties as you would say it. There are eth, dogecoin, and many more.
Bitcoin has so much value than altcoins and it is harder to earn.

Bitcoin is the first Blockchain in the Market, it is the mother of all Cryptocurrencies. It is the first main architecture of Blockchain and developers are currently maintaining it's foundation to protect the network from attacks and hacks.
Altcoins are it's offspring and it is called Alternative coins - that is other coins and not Bitcoin, the source codes are 100% from Bitcoin's core code.

That's why people pud their trust and money into Blockchain because it is 100% transparent and reliable.

There are some valid answers for this comparison but I hope mine will do, straight from my understanding.

Bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency. All coins who came after bitcoin are called Altcoins which means alternative coins. So its just a name, because all other coins are like bitcoin based on a blockchain. They have just some technically differences, like the blocksize or the time of transaction. Bitcoin was one of the first and thats why its actually so slow. Many altcoins who came later have bigger blocksize and fast transaction with lower fees.

This question is very often discussed, I just want to add my knowledge.
Since the advent of bitcoin in 2009 made the cryptocurenccy experts compete to create another new coin that resembles such a bitcoin, this is what is called ALTCoin, where ALTCoin is moving according to the existing exchange rate of bitcoin, most people use ALTCoin as the fastest way to collect bitcoin.

Altcoin was building from bitcoin protocol which means it looks an improvement version of bitcoin itself. I remember when litecoin was born from the bitcoin code. Someone was sharing bitcoin code and then the litecoin team and charlie lee made litecoin from there. But remember there will be more and more altcoin with a lot of improvements soon.
Bitcoin still becomes the main pegged value for altcoin.

Bitcoin is a digital currency performed by cryptography, it used as payment system and storage. Altcoins are made next to bitcoin and I think it is a short term for alternative coin. They have the same usage but they are different in blockchain technology.

Bitcoin is the main coin of the cryptocurrencies and those altcoins are like modified, fork coin and aspiring coins that has their own use. Like in world's economy of currencies, dollar is on the main stage while other countries currency are just following the market of USD.
Bitcoin is like USD.
Altcoin is like other currencies from different countries.

Bitcoin was used to be a currency , but I think now it has become a store of value.
Its not backed by real business but it has the largest share of crypto market.

And altcoin,
Some of altcoin are backed by a real company and maybe more valuable than bitcoin, but its not as popular as bitcoin yet.

BITCOIN is the world's first crypto currency created by Satoshi nakamoto in 2009

Altcoin is another coin apart from BITCOIN which is very much like Ethereum, waves and DASH

isn't it already too obvious?
the name is the definition already! altcoins, alternative coins or in other words alternative coins to bitcoin. anything that is not bit coin is called altcoins.

they are all based on the same technologies more or less. i'd say about 85% to 90% of them are useless junk or pure copycats which shouldn't even be alive. and the rest are interesting ideas that has remained "ideas" so far without any real world applications yet.

at least bitcoin is an actual currency that people actually use. even if it is on a small scale now.

Owww so that's why its ALTcoin. Thank you very much.

Bitcoin is the first crypto currency and the demand of the bitcoin is all over the world. Altcoin is just part of bitcoin because all crypto currency depends on bitcoin.

Bitcoin comes first before altcoins. As of now bitcoin is much superior compared to altcoin. It is more famous than altcoin.  There is also difference in earnings. Bitcoin takes longer period of time before your investments gets profits. Altcoins only takes short period of time to earn but smaller than bitcoin.

Altcoins are alternate coins while bitcoin is the first ever made coin. Bitcoin is way more valuable than any altcoins.
Altcoins are many like eth, dogecoin etc. bitcoin is much better than any other coins. So I suggest you focus more on bitcoin.

In fact, there is no difference, it's just a well-established name, because bitcoin appeared first, and all other crypto-currencies did not bring any more technologies, such as blockchain, because this technology brought bitcoin

All coins are called altcoins except the BTC that was the pioneer to enter in this market.

the difference is that bitcoin is what you first heard about and brought you here and possibly even interested you in the whole thing. and altcoins are those that you heard some time after you got involved with bitcoin and you found them because you were looking for making a lot of profit and they were getting pumped. ;)

Bitcoin is oldest and the firat cryptocurrency that made. So it is precious to others because bitcoi  is lived for long years. There are many difference between the alternative coin and bitcoin. In the price, we see the price between the bitcoin and altcoin are very big differences. Also in being stablize. So it means that the bitcoin are more valuable than altcoins

All Coins except Bitcoin are Altcoins and Bitcoin is the starting of a cryptocurrency platform just like the base of cryptocurrency world.

Basically, bitcoin was the original one to be generated, it is one of the oldest cryptocurrency. Altcoin were originally created to overpower bitcoin because people believe that people should have an alternative other than bitcoin, thus naming it alt + coin. That's what I know and it is what I heard from people that I know.  ;D

Bitcoin is the “original” cryptocurrency and ultimately responsible for the invention of blockchain technology. It basically was (and still is) a beta test of the technology, and it doesn't actually work all that well.

Bitcoin are the first digital currency that made. Then the alternative coin is next to bitcoin. Also bitcoin is used to many sites but not the alternative coin. It is more valuable and reliable in them. Also the price of bitcoin is very high if you cmpare the price in the alternatove coins. Bitcoin is more fluctuating state compare to the altcoin

altcoin is alternate coin, like some people create new coin to be success and hope can be like bitcoin. many altcoin crash and fall not like bitcoin.
bitcoin is the first cryptocurrency. as we can see in the market bitcoin always lead the price.

Altcoins are a generalized concept. There are of course a crypto currency, similar to bitcoin. Typically, such crypto-currencies have the same idea as bitcoin. But altcoin's are also with a different purpose and idea. There are a lot of them. Let us compare bitocoin and etherium for an example. Bitcoin claims the role of money. And the etherium is the platform for ICO.

The difference of bitcoin from altcoin was not only its higher value price but bitcoin will be directed or lets say the last step to convert with fiats.And for altcoin was composed of many cryptocoins listed below by bitcoin.This kind of cryptocurrency was different but only one purpose and that is to help to every bitcoiner like me in this forum activities.

I am surprised to see a member of this forum asking such a question. This is a very simple question and the answer is that bitcoin is the primary cryptocurrency while altcoins are basically alternate coins a.k.a alternate cryptocurrencies. Every altcoin is developed to fulfill a certain role just like bitcoin and the truth is that most altcoins are designed to rob people of their hard earned money which is why you need to do a lot of research before investing into any particular altcoin. Some of the popular altcoins are Ethereum, Ripple, Litecoin, Dash coin etc.

Bitcoins is responsible for the invention of blockchain technology and have an alternative source of regular money and used for trading other money, goods or even services . Still it maintain a significant market share when it comes to cryptocurrencies while Altcoin run for its money, can invest very small amounts of cash and can choose the coins that you think have the best chance of long-term success.

Except bitcoin and tokens base on any platform is altcoin. There are more than 1500 tokens and coins listed on coinmarketcap. Altcoin mean Alternative coin.

Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency and worldwide payment system. It is the first decentralized digital currency. altcoins emerge to improve bitcoin flaws and to try to compete with bitcoin by innovating and developing new features as to improve and surpass bitcoin limitations.

As much i know Bitcoin is the first crypto currency which got introduced and it is not controlled by anyone as it open source. but in Altcoin they are developed by the developer and they rely on the development of the coin as per their project if not it gets dead.

Bitcoin is first cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrency is another form of payment system that is safer, instant, immutable and transparent. Bitcoin is the first type of such currency. Every other form of cryptocurrency aside bitcoin become Alternative cryptocurrency.

Look at Bitcoin as the father of all Altcoins. Bitcoin is like God and altcoins are like the creatures that God created :D

bitcoin is the mother of all altcoins
Altcoin means alternative coin, it means that it is the other kind of coin which can be use differently of its purpose in the crypto world.

Bitcoin is the first cryptocurrency created and has intrinsic value as gold. People embraced and used these bitcoins that gave rise to alternative coins that works on improving the deficiency of bitcoin. Both offer unique and highly advantageous investment opportunities. But, bitcoin still remain a significant market share. It maintains a high level of innovativeness that ensures for it to stay on the top.

Great! Thank you! Short and to the point

the bitcoin was the main point of the crypto or the biggest currencies that you can get and the king of the altcoin and the altcoin was the cheaper version of the bitcoin or alternate currencies if you cannot bought bitcoin

Altcoin stands for alternate coins which means any cryptocurrencies other than bitcoin,bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency ever created it is the foudation of all the altcoins out there,satoshi nakamote who created bitcoin has only one vision to create a decetralized community using cryptocurrencies bitcoin is categorized as a cryptocurrency,altcoins are alternate coins to bitcoin.

The difference If Bitcoin you can buy on the site directly, can be through Faucet or from mining Bitcoin. While Altcoin can you get in the stock cryptocurrency. Another way to get the Altcoin is to place ads about your skills on the job boards that contain cryptocurrency. In addition Altcoin also uses Bitcoin currency as its intermediary so you must have some Bitcoin before buying Altcoin. The last way to get Altcoin You can join the community which in the community there is offering a prize of Altcoin to attract people to join their community.

yes, bitcoin is a master of a variety of coins. because the price of bitcoin continues to experience a significant increase, then a lot of developers who creates ALTCOIN as a coin alternative

Altcoins are all cryptocurrency, except bitcoin. Bitcoin is the first cryptocurrency, which is the most known, which is a technological breakthrough.

While they may be in direct competition now, altcoins may eventually find their own niche an work in accord with Bitcoin, with each performing its own specific role in the market. For instance, smaller transactions for Brick and Mortar stores could utilize Litecoin or Dogecoin, while Bitcoin could be used for larger or interstate payments. For untraceable transactions, we can have Monero, and Etherum would be the go-to currency for smart contracts.

When talking about bitcoin in the cryptocurrency world, it can easily be likened to gold on steroids. Bitcoin came out in 2009 and is the first and by far the most popular cryptocurrency out there. Cryptocurrency experts have speculated that as of this year, bitcoin is experiencing its second wave of adoption. But when it comes to altcoin, its goal is to improve and diversify the bitcoin concept. Due to the competitive market, users will get better cryptocurrency alternatives in the future.

Bitcoin is the “original” cryptocurrency and ultimately responsible for the invention of blockchain technology. It basically was (and still is) a beta test of the technology, and it doesn’t actually work all that well. Many bitcoin evangelists now refer to it as “digital gold” or a “store of value” since it basically no longer works as a currency for most people. Can you imagine going to the market and paying $25 in fees and waiting 4 hours to pay for your groceries? Obviously that is not realistic.

Altcoins are generally defined as “everything else.” Although some might not refer to Ethereum as an altcoin, but certainly the 1500 other coins out there are considered “alts.”

Bitcoin is the foundation of all the cryptocurrencies,the first of its kind or the alpha and the altcoins are the successors of bitcoin which means they came from the same code which is bitcoin's code.Bitcoin price is the most dominant in our market which makes it the dictator on how will these altcoins or alternate cryptocurrencies will do,alts means alternate to bitcoin.

Bitcoin is the main crypto currency. Altcoins are not as liquid as btc and their price depends on the bitcoin's one.

both are cryptocurrency but bitcoin is the first ever cryptocurrency and all other coins are alternative to bitcoin thus altcoins.

altcoins basically are all improve bitcoin.

i believe there are not much different between bitcoin and any other altcoins, but bitcoin is the first coin on this cryptocurrency market so it is so unique that even when a new coin are born with better to replace bitcoin, they just want to impress the unique of bitcoin and call new coins are Alternative coins to compare with bitcoin.

The main difference is that you can redeem mainly BTC and Ethereum.
If you have any altcoins, you have to change them to either of them to redeem.

the difference between bitcoin and altcoin is from demand and technology factors that bitcoin use is very different, and not only that the total supply affects the bitcoin price movement.

Yes, probably this is the biggest difference between bitcoin and ethereum and other altcoins. It is with this difference that most people come across. All other differences are in the nuances of using the block chain technology.

The most striking difference between the two for me seems to be to note a difference between Btc as the apex or first coin in the evolutionary Blockchain technology and every other ones that came after it like ETH and the rest.

Altcoins are alternatives to Bitcoin, they serve the same purpose and function the same way(though there are other differences here and there like the encryption used etcetc.)

Bitcoins are the first crypto currency. And this is also the highest price in the crypto market. Here most of Altcoins depend. So if the bitcoins disappear, the altcoins may collapse and the price drops.

Bitcoin is the first crypto currency that was created in 2009. After that another crypto currencies mostly based on BTC blockchain were created. So they are now called alternative. Bitcoin is the main coin and all other coins are alternative.

Bitcoin is the “original” cryptocurrency and ultimately responsible for the invention of blockchain technology. It basically was (and still is) a beta test of the technology, and it doesn’t actually work all that well. Many bitcoin evangelists now refer to it as “digital gold” or a “store of value” since it basically no longer works as a currency for most people.
Altcoins are generally defined as “everything else.” Although some might not refer to Ethereum as an altcoin, but certainly the 1500 other coins out there are considered “alts.”

Bitcoin is the foundation and it is the first of its kind,the first cryptocurrency has the world to know about which means it is the main foundation of the cryptocurrencies today,altcoins are any coin other than bitcoin these coins are the successors of bitcoin which meant to be the upgrade version of bitcoin but it doesnt seems to be happening that way,as you can see many shit projects are keep poping out from nowhere because they just want to raise so much fund then will run away from these investors at the end.

Altcoins are any currency other than bitcoin,bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency and it was the foundation of all the cryptocurrencies in the market today,if bitcoin does fail all of these altcoins would fail too,that is why most of the investors are keeping their money to bitcoin becaus they know that bitcoin will dictate on how the market will do.

Bitcoins still maintain a significant market share when it comes to cryptocurrencies, but some altcoins came up giving it a run for its money.

Given that altcoins come with improvements that the bitcoin lacks, bitcoin developers maintain a high level of innovativeness to ensure that it continues to stay at the top of cryptocurrency trading.

There is always the chance of technical and economic flaws causing bitcoins to die off catastrophically. Altcoins continually work on addressing these identified flaws to create marginally stronger digital currencies. Also, consensus flaws could lead to the bitcoins natural death.

While bitcoins, with community desires, can add utilities similar to those found in altcoins, most cryptocurrency traders prefer to put their trust in a tried-and-tested model rather than having it incorporated as a test drive.

In a simple explanation bitcoin is the mother and they have many children which is altcoins.

There were only minimal difference between the two though altcoin comes with the improvement which the bitcoin lacks, bitcoin developer maintain the high level of innovativeness making sure that bitcoin will still remain the top crypto currency .

Bitcoin is the mother of all altcoins in my own opinion. The first and the original digital money and the foundation of the rest of all altcoins development.

... Yes obviously all coins are called altcoins/alternative coins except bitcoin, Because bitcoin is the first cryptocurrency invented while in all next to bitcoin are all altcoins.  All altcoins adopting the concept of bitcoin through blockchain. Mostly got  same the best answer.

There are several things that distinguish between bitcoin and altcoin and I think bitcoin is the first icon or virtual currency created with the highest asset value when compared with altcoin. whereas altcoin is a collection of several new types of coin that function as complement of bitcoins that already have higher popularity. so I think how much people invest in altcoin but in the end they will still choose the bitcoin that does have tremendous asset value.

depending on your perceptions to judge it
I am sure friends here have been interested in sharing insights and opinions. but I think the bitcoin and altcoin are the same. same from the kripto cardiak class. yes it is essentially a virutal currency.

BITCOIN is the first Cryptocurrency.

Altcoins are coins that are not bitcoins but they are traded against bitcoin on the exchanges.

All the altcoins are adopting the same concept of bitcoin using the blockchain ..

Bitcoin is the first virtual currency created for online payments, so investors are interested in using it for investment purposes.
And Altcoin (an alternative coin) was first made in 2011. The presence of bitcoin is more popular than altcoin. To get bitcoin, you can buy on its website. While altcoin you can get it in the crypto currency exchange. And then atlcoin also uses bitcoin currency as its intermediary, so you must have bitcoin before buying altcoin. Bitcoin prices are stable, while altcoin is unstable.

Alt coins are alternate coins these are coins which is not bitcoin so if you see or heard anything or any name of coin but not bitcoin it is automatically called as alt coins, that is the basic or should I say the fundamental knowledge about the difference of altcoin and bitcoin that I can contribute to you with the very best of my knowledge.

In fact, some altcoins are only slightly different from bitcoin. But bitcoin was the first crypto currency and thus earned the right to be considered the forefather of all other coins.

Bitcoins still maintain a significant market share when it comes to cryptocurrencies, but some altcoins came up giving it a run for its money.

Given that altcoins come with improvements that the bitcoin lacks, bitcoin developers maintain a high level of innovativeness to ensure that it continues to stay at the top of cryptocurrency trading.

There is always the chance of technical and economic flaws causing bitcoins to die off catastrophically. Altcoins continually work on addressing these identified flaws to create marginally stronger digital currencies.

Bitcoin plays an important role in terms of crypto and altcoinsuch as the common crypto currency that will ultimately be many people who have altcoin but will then be exchanged for bitcoin. I think people now prefer bitcoin as an investment asset when compared to altcoin because its popularity level is so obvious that bitcoin has a higher popularity.

Differences Bitcoin and Altcoin - Virtual currencies of various kinds for example are Litecoin, Dogecoin and there is also Altcoin. The currently popular is Bitcoin, though there's nothing wrong if you understand the difference between each of those virtual currencies. Each virtual currency has its own advantages and disadvantages, for example Altcoin and Bitcoin. If traced further a lot of types of cryptocurrency that exist in the community but who is rising then Bitcoin. Altcoin itself is a newcomer that has not been widely known by the public so that the description of Altcoin is still gray or unclear

Bitcoin being the first digital currency have set the standards for cryptos. Alt (alternative) coins refer to btc for its value. Altcoin are born after btc, it intended to improve some bugs in btc by improving some processes but some of it doesn't exist for long in the market. It's good for short term investment while btc is hood for long term investment.

Bitcoin = BTC
AltCoin = Everything Else.
   Bitcoin is the original decentralized cryptocurrency, Bitcoins are pioneers.The code and concept of bitcoins was created first.and  ultimate responsible for the invention of blockchain technology.
Altcoin are generally defined as everything else. although some might not refer to Ethereum as an Altcoin. But certainly the 1500 other coins out there are considered alts.

Altcoin was born after bitcoin.
Altcoin is a modified and more complete version of bitcoin.
 In terms of commercial value, Altcoin handles transactions faster than bitcoin. Cryptocurrency is growing to meet the needs of users, altcoin was born to improve the disadvantages of bitcoin.

There will always be some copycats. But you can take a look at the altcoins such as Ethereum and Stellar Lumens. Their technology is much different than that of Bitcoin. In fact, I would say that technologically these altcoins are superior to Bitcoin.

perhaps in theory there is, but practical indeed the Etheric even surpasses Bitcoin. I do not mean by the price category, because to date Bitcoin is above all, but it's not for long, Because there is a risk of losing this milestone very quickly.

How to get both different, Bitcoin can be obtained by faucet or mine while altcoin is obtained in cryptocurrency exchanges,
Bitcoin also plays the most important role in cryptocurrency. Proverbial is Altcoin like ordinary metal that can be exchanged for precious metal called Bitcoin.
Bitcoin is also more stable than altcoin,

Like a forex. Bitcoin is the USD or the main pair your trade with and alt was the tool to make more USD.

Alternative coins can be traded in order to gain bitcoin. Bitcoin is the foundation of every altcoins. Altcoins can be distribute by the use of tokens that has a value in the market which have exchange rate. If the rate is high enough and you think that you could have profit, you can sell it and bitcoin is the currency use for payment. Bitcoin is q tool to have exchange to local currency.

Well, for me aside from Bitcoin being the king and pioneering coin Altcoins are born because of Bitcoin or simply Altcoins are another coin or digital currency that uses the blockchain technology. One of the difference between the two is that Altcoins are pretty dependent to Bitcoin while Bitcoin itself is not dependent on Altcoins.

Bitcoin is everything at the moment, but we can not underestimate the quality of an altcoin. Without altcoin then Bitcoin will not be able to grow. Bitcoin development is supported by the Altcoin, one of which is the occurrence of Altcoin that happens every time. It's like an altenative currency that is used more for investment. Both of them in my opinion is not something that can be separated, both need each other to be able to show themselves each. Bitcoin in the absence of Altcoin then it is impossible and when Altcoin is unsupported by Bitcoin then it is impossible.

Everything is very simple.
First there was bitcoin, and for a long time was the only coin.
Then the first ICO happened, which gave us Ethereum - a platform, thanks to which people were able to create their own coins.
That is why, all coins except bitcoin are altcoyins, because they are secondary,

The difference between altcoin and bitcoin are their quality and value, they are also different in terms of rank and position, because bitcoin is the leading crypto currency all over the world, while altcoin is likely a kind of crypto that follow on what bitcoin movements.

the difference is, Bitcoin is the first coin in cryptocurrency world. so basicly BTC just like Father of all coin. and all of Altcoin is son of BTC.

Bitcoin is the mother of all coins and altcoins means lots of other coins exclusive of bitcoin. All coins available in the market are in altcoins category and the only exception is bitcoin. Bitcoin is a symbol of this crypto currency market because this market life start with bitcoin.

Bitcoin is a Iconic symbol of the crypto currency market as this market life start with bitcoin, in other words we can say Bitcoin is the mother of all other coins and all other coins are called as Altcoins except the bitcoin.

Recently, the difference between bitcoin and altcoins is becoming less noticeable. Previously, altcoins had such advantages as fast transactions, small commissions and smart contracts, but now bitcoin is gradually changing, the transaction speed is increasing, the commission for the transaction is also gradually decreasing. Bitcoin has only to integrate smart contracts and the difference between him and altcoins will be completely unobvious.

Right mate ,from the word itself you can find the meaning of altcoins means alternative coins for example Ripple,Litecoin,Dodecoin and so many more while Bitcoin was the first made digital coin in the crypto world. So every other coins will be called altcoins.

Well Bitcoin is the first cryprocurrency who appeared on the market and on its base other coins were created , those are called Altcoins.You noticed that Bitcoin has the highest price but the other altcoins start to risein price and they are trading much faster,they have a much bigger volatility and now the difference it's not as bigger as it was in the past but stil Bitcoin is Bitcoin and Altcoins are Altcoins.

Bitcoin's prospects are good, but it's more of a standard for crypto currency and a good start for beginners. I do not invest in bitcoin. Among the altcoys, I'm interested in Cardstack, Databroker, singularity.

It's easy: BTC is like money, altcoins are like shares on a stock exchange.
BTC has only finansial purpose, alts convey new technological engineerings.

The origination of Cryptocurrencies that is the major source coin which is also the pioneer or actual primary coin is the BITCOIN while all other alternative coins generated based on Bitcoin existence on the same Block chain technology are ALTCOINS. Without Bitcoin, there can never be any Alernative coin whatsoever.

Bitcoin is expensive. Bitcoin's prospects are good, but it's more of a standard for crypto currency and a good start for beginners. I do not invest in bitcoin. And I do not advise

They are all cryptocurrencies. However, bitcoin is dominating the community and altcoins, are other coins aside from bitcoin. We can't deny the fact that it is the most popular and most trusted coin until now. However, we also acknowledged that Bitcoin is worthy of investment also, as long as you know how to choose the good one.

All crypto currencies which are not Bitcoin is considered Altcoins. Here Alt stands for Alternative. So they are alternative to bitcoins. Each alternative coins have different features and distinct from other coins.

The bitcoin is overbought and it's expensive. Bitcoin's prospects are good, but it's more of a standard for crypto currency and a good start for beginners. I do not invest in bitcoin. And would not buy. I will repeat

Bitcoin is the first cryptocurrency in this world and altcoin is the cryptocurrency created after the 1st cryptocurrency :)). I think this is the easiest way to understand about it :). All cryptocurrencies created after Bitcoin are altcoin and for now we have one more cryptocurrency named "token", it's cryptocurrency created base on other cryptocurrency blockchain.

Bitcoin is the first coin that is created, whereas altcoin is an alternative coin such as ethereum, ripple, litecoin and others.

In terms of making you earn some good amount of money, both these coins are really good as the ones who are investing in either of these are enjoying a very comfortable living. Other than this, bitcoin is primarily used for long term investment of money and the ones having bitcoin have plan of holding it for greater period of time. Whereas, the ones investing in altcoin are doing it for the sake of day trading.

there is so many altcoins (everything else) like ETH or ripple , whereas bitcoin(BTC) is original and its the first cryptocurrency in this world.

The difference between bitcoin and altcoin are there popularity, prices and value, bitcoin is much higher than to all altcoin, also it is much profitable and bitcoin is the best cryptocurrency because of its increasing value, higher demand of people but altcoin is also good coin too because you can also have profit from it and affordable.

Altcoin and bitcoin are totally different in value, prcie, popularity and quality but even there are not the same in many aspect, each one of them are really worth it beside bitcoin or altcoin both of them are profitable. But since bitcoin is the first created cryptocurrency many people are still believe to and trusted.

Bitcoin is leader in crypto world it is peer to peer technology based on block chain,While altcoins are part of it and created by different alogrothim programming.

A few issues in the bitcoin system that needed improvement gave rise to alternative bitcoins or altcoins that worked on improving the shortcomings of the bitcoin. This is one explanation, but the truth i feel is altcoins cropped up after bitcoin because of its popularity, viability and future value.

The difference between altcoin and bitcoin is very big,Altcoin means alternative of Bitcoin,but for me ethereum is not alternative,because it has a lot of and very different abilities,bitcoin is created to use as a payment system and its a good and unique accumulation system. as all we know ethereum is a very different from this,for me its like an artificial intelligence and not payment system,its abilities are very big,despite the fact it doesn't mean that bitcoin can't have the same abilities but it would be nonsense because it was created for people who have relationships with banks to transfer their big amount funds.anyway logically there are a big difference.

I will agree with that and for me the difference between altcoin and bitcoin was altcoin is a kind of alternative coins which supportive by the bitcoin.And for bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency which the value was different from altcoin because thia is the highest of all.

The main advantages of Bitcoin are the network benefit effect and proven security. Both of these advantages are virtually insurmountable.

Bitcoin has a proven use case — storage of value. It is significant that most coins try to differ somehow from Bitcoin, so they offer less popular usage scenarios, including prediction markets, completely anonymous purchases or the addition of a decentralized name server.

Bitcoin is the leader in storing value among all altcoins, and for 8 years of its existence, it has not had a single failure. Bitcoin's security is much higher than that of Its younger counterparts

In addition, Bitcoin is much more affordable — more exchanges, more sellers, more SOFTWARE and more supported hardware. Bitcoin is much liquid in the volume considerably exceeding the volume of any alithina. Bitcoin has The largest ecosystem of developers with more SOFTWARE and implementations compared to altcoins. Bitcoin has more entrepreneurs investing their intelligence, desire and creativity in the development of The network.

By competing with Bitcoin, you compete not only with the largest user base, development team, and mining, but you also compete with The largest ecosystem of startups, open source projects, and entrepreneurs.

Bitcoin is the first Blockchain of  online Marketplace, Alt coin = alternate coin, Bitcoin is the foremost coin of all time.

obviously bitcoin is the initial coin and as a major coin with a high price so people are hard to get it but there is altcoin as an alternative to have coins with various price variations

Bitcoin is the “original” cryptocurrency and ultimately responsible for the invention of blockchain technology. Altcoins are generally defined as “everything else.” Many of these altcoins are forks or clones of bitcoin, like Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, etc. They all try different approaches to fix the problems with Bitcoin, but are fairly similar and at fundamental level.

Ethereum is the name of a [Suspicious link removed]pany that has created the digital token ether. But Ethereum and ether are now used interchangeably to refer to the cryptocurrency. Ether is backed by a blockchain, much like bitcoin, but the technology is slightly different and aimed at a specific use case: smart contracts.

While they may be in direct competition now, altcoins may eventually find their own niche an work in accord with Bitcoin, with each performing its own specific role in the market. For instance, smaller transactions for Brick and Mortar stores could utilize Litecoin or Dogecoin, while Bitcoin could be used for larger or interstate payments. For untraceable transactions, we can have Monero, and etherum would be the go-to currency for smart contracts.

Bitcoin's prospects are good, but it's more of a standard for crypto currency and a good start for beginners. In bitcoin, I try not to invest and did not buy. Among the altcoins I'm interested in TRON, Cardstack, Databroker.

Bitcoin is the world's first cryptocurrency created in 2009. It is the first Blockchain in the Market, it is the mother of all Cryptocurrencies.
All coins who came after Bitcoin are called "Altcoins" which means "alternative coins".

altcoins is originally any other crypto currency other than bitcoin. Now there are crypto-currencies that outperform bitcoin, and there are those that are the bitcoin clone

Perhaps one day Bitcoin will become an altcoin, if BCH overtakes it. Although that is unlikely. In essence, any blockchain that is not BTC is called an altcoin.

It just so happened historically, everyone calls altcoins all coins except bitcoin. It seems to me that it is irrational and somehow "racist". Each coin has its own name, which it must be called. And I think that someday bitcoin will go to the background and its place will be taken by other coins.

What I understand is that before bitcoin the cryptocurrency is already existing but it's the bitcoin which was able to resolved issues with digital currency. So bitcoin is considered to be the first successful cryptocurrency. It was then followed by alternate coins or simply called altcoins.

one of the differences between bitcoin and altcoin is the stability of cryptocurrency, many factors that can cause stability of bitcoin prices such as many who invest into bitcoin and its volume is increasing from time to time. unlike altcoin whose value is unstable cause altcoin is unstable in because the market is lower than the others.

Hi,Bitcoin is a base coin . You can purchase other coins. There are plenty of other tokens in which to invest, other than Bitcoin.

Bitcoin is the father of all coin btc is responsible for the birth of alt coins that's what differ altcoins from bitcoins.

Bitcoin is very popular and cover above 35% of total markecap

There are substantially minimal differences between altcoin trading and bitcoin trading.Every investor will have to critically assess both bitcoin trading and altcoin trading to figure out which one works for their needs.

Bitcoin is the first cryptocurrency to be ever created and any coin created after that is an alternative to Bitcoin so its called an altcoin. As long as bitcoin manages to innovate and the development work is continuously being done, it is always going to have a first mover advantage.

Bitcoin is the original crypto currencie, all other crypto currencie are altcoin, it is like dolly and her clone, all of them are kind of a copy

Bitcoin is ahead of all coins. Bitcoin can earn by trading some altcoins and can buy altcoins using bitcoin. Both altcoin and bitcoin can be earned by signature campaign but bitcoin is directly convertible to local currency while altcoin, you have to wait for its exchanger to be able to get an income.

This is my contribution: Bitcoin right now is a digital currency and the greatest of all cryptocurrencies. In terms of value, in the early days bitcoin mostly gained its value because of its anonymity characteristic, and people where liking it and willing to use it because of that characteristic, so more and more people got on board. On the other hand, Altcoins [and there are different types of them, whilst bitcoin is just one] digital assets, I say assets because, Altcoins can be both cryptocurrencies and Tokens (tokens are store of value which can be traded). Most Altcoins these days get their value through the successes of real life projects.

Here’s a link to answer your question.
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-altcoins-and-bitcoins

Simple questions like this only need simple ways of finding the answer. This can easily be Googled just like the link above. Also, you can always check topics on this forum. This question has been asked so many times.

Bitcoin is the first crypto currency that is made successful. A lot of people called bitcoin as a mother of all currency for it is the first currency that is made by Satoshi Nakamoto and this currency is the most popular among all.  Altcoin or alternative coin for me is just a copy of bitcoin because its just relying on bitcoin. If the price of bitcoin will decrease then altcoin will do the same.

You're right, Bitcoin is the first cryptocurrencies that have been launched. After BTC, altcoin follows, Altcoin is the alternative of Bitcoin with that it make the two difference from each other. Bitcoin is the first altcoin is second.

Bitcoin is the foundation of all the cryptocurrencies, the first of it's kind or the alpha and the altcoins are the successors of bitcoin which means they came from the same code which is bitcoin's code.

From what i understand, bitcoin is a type of digital currency in which you can be used this for online transactions, while altcoins short for alternative coins it is similar to bitcoins but have different kinds of coin that can be used in any platform.

Bitcoin is the basic of cryptocurrency and based on blockchain technology.It has store value and considered as an asset and digital gold as well.Bitcoin is an independent it no need to another party to operate transactions.
Altcoin are generally colones of Bitcoin some altcoins follow Bitcoin and some Ether. Altcoins also an opportunity to invest and trade most of altcoins have worth to grow more in future.

Well Bitcoin is the main coin, the father of coins and the very first invested of the cryptocurrencies. The rest of them just follow as alternative coins

Bitcoin is the first coin and was a pioneer in the cryptocurrency. Altcoin is alternate coin beside Bitcoin.
These days,  a lot of altcoins which have good feature. For example, Ethereum and NEO

Bitcoin and altcoin are both cryptocurrency. At first, bitcoin created and put as the first cryptocurrency in the world. But when the bitcoin reigns the online currency, a lot of new existing project such as ethereum launched also. That's why altcoin or alternate cryptocurrency was made. Aside that, altcoin also used by new existing coins in order for the bitcoin to be respected as the number one crypto above them.

To make it easier for you to understand, make your to remember that Bitcoin was built before the altcoins. Altcoins are kind of like clones of Bitcoin.

     Well, altcoins are simply coins that are not bitcoins. The word altcoins have been coined here in the bitcointalk forum because this is a bitcoin forum. It stands for alternative coins. the same case can also be said if there is a coin that you like to be your main coin that would make bitcoin an altcoin also like others. For example, you like NEO, you can make it as your main coin and call bitcoin an altcoin. But of course it will be a different case if you include other people's thoughts since we all have different opinions and point of views. Meaning, some would agree with your thought and some won't. Hope this helps.

Everything is simple, thanks to Bitcoin cryptocurrency has gained wide fame, then people have come to believe Bitcoin is the main cryptocurrency and And everything else is alternative cryptocurrencies or alternative coins or simply, altcoins. If I understand correctly-it so.

Bitcoin is the first cryptocurrency when the invention of blockchain technology has emerged.  We can call BTC "digital gold" and “original” coin.
So all next coins are "alternative", or "alt-coins". Some of them (LTC, ETH) we can call "digital silver".


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The difference is that bitcoin is the first very first crypto currency, in the digital world it's like "gold". Regarding bitcoin, the whole market is being built

Alternative coins can be traded in order to gain bitcoin. Bitcoin is the foundation of every altcoin. Altcoins can be distributed by the use of tokens that has a value in the market which have an exchange rate. If the rate is high enough and you think that you could have profit, you can sell it and bitcoin is the currency used for payment. Bitcoin is q tool to have an exchange to local currency.

BITCOIN is the world's first crypto currency created by Satoshi nakamoto in 2009
Bitcoin is way more valuable than any altcoins.
Altcoin is another coin apart from BITCOIN which is very much like Ethereum, waves and DASH

Bitcoins emerged and people started embracing them and using them, however, a few issues started cropping up in the system that needed improvement. That gave rise to alternative bitcoins dubbed altcoins that worked on improving the shortcomings of the bitcoin.

Bitcoin is the first coin, which became an example for other coins. That's why bitcoin is the most famous and valuable coin you can use to buy any other coin on crypto exchanges.  :)

This one is easy: Anything that isn't bitcoin is an altcoin (alternative coin).
It's not an official term at all, it just was used to describe coins besides btc in the early days and now everyone has adopted it.

So, with that in mind, that means that even eth and ripple are altcoins.
But nowadays, people use altcoin to generally describe other coins outside of the top 10 on cmc.
People rarely refer to the big coins as alts anymore and just call them by their names.

But something more confusing than the difference between altcoin and bitcoin, is a coin and a token.
An altcoin may not actually be a coin at all, but a token.  Here's the difference:

Coin: has it's own blockchain.  It's its own independent system.  But, of course, a lot of times they just stole it from something else (called a fork).
Examples: bitcoin, monero, ripple, etc.

Token: crypto that is built on a smart contract platform like eth or neo.  They can only exist within the platform's network.
Examples: omisego, wepower, tenx, etc.

Bitcoin is mother coin and the altcoin is coin built on ERC-20.

altcoin is a variation of the main coin of bitcoin, if you see bitcoin as a transaction tool and a decentralized digital currency with blockchain technology. whereas altcoin is a variation of bitcoin, altcoin has blockchain and decentralized technology but is different from bitcoin. altcoin is more aimed at certain business models such as industry, online shopping business, real estate and others.

Bitcoin is the first coin and therefore the main one. Altcoins was coined after they saw Bitcoin.  Altcoin is an alternative coin.

Bitcoin is a crypto currency, its main task is to be a tool for settlement transactions. Altcoins add additional functionality, for example, the creation of smart contracts.

I would say that altcoins are better versions of bitcoin. In altcoins concentrated a huge number of new concepts, this is a kind of testing ground for new technologies. I believe that in the foreseeable future bitcoin will leave the first place in the market and its place will be occupied by some altcoin. Of course, this will not happen in the coming years.

Bitcoin is the “original” cryptocurrency and ultimately responsible for the invention of blockchain technology. It basically was (and still is) a beta test of the technology, and it doesn’t actually work all that well. Many bitcoin evangelists now refer to it as “digital gold” or a “store of value” since it basically no longer works as a currency for most people. Can you imagine going to the market and paying $25 in fees and waiting 4 hours to pay for your groceries? Obviously that is not realistic.

Altcoins are generally defined as “everything else.” Although some might not refer to Ethereum as an altcoin, but certainly the 1500 other coins out there are considered “alts.”

Bitcoin is the first crypto currencies. Many of altcoins are built on the basic structure provided by the blockchain of Bitcoin. That is, they are essentially its forks. Thus, most altcoins are peer-to-peer, include the mining process and offer effective and cheap ways of making transactions through the Internet.

Bitcoin is the first crypto currency. The first coin that was created using block-chain technology. After that more project started as well and they were called alternative coins- alt coins.

The only difference is that bitcoin is a real crypto currency that uses the POW protocol, as it is deemed to be decentralized crypto currency and keeps its transaction history in the blockchain, which today is an innovative technology

there are lots of altcoins out there. i think it is better to compare bitcoin to a specific coin. altcoin means alternative coins. so aside from bitcoins, there are alternative coins to use for different specific purposes.

for me there is no other reason to be compared for cause we can say that some of us cant have bitcoin that is why there is altcoin to have this in a very affordable price then you can now trade this for.

     The difference between bitcoins and every altcoin is their purposes or concepts and ideologies. The term altcoin which stands for alternative coin was made because this forum was made for the sole purpose of discussing about bitcoins only. But then the altcoins came which is why they became altcoins. but basically if you think about it, bitcoin is also an altcoin for every altcoin. And since this forum is the most successful one in this industry, people has adopted the term altcoins. hope this makes sense.

Altcoins are not limited only to ERC-20 platform. There are still similar platforms for creating your own blockchain projects, like NEO platform with gas, Waves platfoms. I think you should read about the concept of tokens

I understand the meaning of your statement. but my question is since I first joined this forum and started following the bounty campaign, of them no platform on bitcoin, the average altcoin to be the platform of all bounty campaign, such as etherum and waves.

Bitcoin is the first Blockchain in the Market, it is the mother of all Cryptocurrencies. It is the first main architecture of Blockchain and developers are currently maintaining it's foundation to protect the network from attacks and hacks.
Altcoins are it's offspring and it is called Alternative coins - that is other coins and not Bitcoin, the source codes are 100% from Bitcoin's core code most of the times.

So historically, bitcoin was the first. But technologically bitcoin has long been not in the first place. Very many altcoins have advanced technologies that give them a technological advantage over bitcoin. But at the moment, bitcoin retains the title of the first coin mainly because of its immense popularity.

There are Bitcoin and all other cryptocurrencies on the market. All others are named altcoins. The difference is that Bitcoin is the first cryptocurrency expanded almost half of the market. BTC is much bigger and more influential that any other coin.

Bitcoin is leader in crypto world it is peer to peer technology based on block chain,While altcoins are part of it and created by different alogrothim programming.

From my point of view, about bitcoin in the world of cryptocurrency, it can be easily equated with gold. Altcoin and everything is cryptocurrencies, accept bitcoin. Bitcoin is the first cryptocurrency, the best known, which is a technological breakthrough. In addition, Altcoin also uses Bitcoin currency as its intermediary so you must have some Bitcoin before buying Altcoin. The last way to get Altcoin You can join a community in which their community offers Altcoin prizes to attract people to join their community.

There are millions of difference between bitcoin and some specific alternative coins. But what makes special bitcoin is being first cryptocoin ever released using its own pow blockchain since 2009 (or something)

Bitcoin is the digital currency, the largest of all cryptocurrencies. In terms of value, in the early days of the currency, due to its characteristics of anonymity, and people who like it and are willing to use it, so most of the currency value, so more and more people join in. On the other hand, Altcoin has different types, and bitcoin is just a digital asset, and I say assets because Altcoin can be either an encrypted currency or a token. Now most Altcoin has gained their value through the success of real-life projects.

Bitcoin was a pioneer, this is the main difference. Over time, the block chain technology has evolved, so the new altcoins have become much more technologically advanced. But at the moment, bitcoin remains the leading coin, because it is very popular.