One thing to really like about Primecoin XPM, is that the 'hash' work is actually doing something which may end up being useful to science: mining prime numbers.

But couldn't the 'hash' nuts-and-bolts work of BTC be converted later to do useful work... such as database analysis of astronomical data?

Forgive the terrible newbishness, I'm still getting a handle on the entire concept of alt-currency.

Mining the fireflycoin.com pool into my wallet last night, I stopped getting deposits at 17:10 yesterday.  Mined for at least 8 or 9 hours after that overnight.

Is there a problem with the pool?

One of the newbies here...

It looks like BTC has survived the action by China and is coming back, right?

I'm just getting into this, but it seems like marketing could have a great impact in the near future as crypto money gains traction.

What about goldcoin (GLD)?  It's got glitter appeal.  Some have said that the coin was pre-mined, but I've read that the proceeds are
being used for overhead.

What about something really sexy like fireflycoin (FFC)?  It could really fly as a brand, but I wonder about the dev crew and current
community support.

CipherTrade, an upcoming exchange, lists Namecoin (NMC), Peercoin (PPC), Primecoin (PPC) and Anoncoin (ANC) as being viable along
with Bitcoin and Litecoin.

I'm new also, but I've had great success with bfgminer and my gpu.  I haven't tried cpu mining because I've read that it's very slow.  How has cpu mining gone for you?

There are a lot of dogecoins on ebay i think.  Are people getting rid of them?  And does ebay value have any reflection in reality?

Anybody think anything good about gldcoins?