When my son earns money at home he asks to be paid in Goldcoin.

My mom is an altcoin investor. And the rest of my family is pretty much oblivious in general.

...just trying to think of something that might help get Bitcoin some support. 

I want to use your site but can't find Goldcoin (GLD)? 

You do understand how polls work on this forum, correct?

There are users here with literally hundreds of accounts. That's about as unscientific as it gets in regards to polling.

As has been explained, the price of altcoins is directly tied to BTC.

If you look at coinmarketcap.com, the USD prices shown are being calculated from the last ALT/BTC paring along with BTC/USD. Even if there was no trading volume on the alt, its USD price would move along with the BTC price. It takes time for investor capital to flow into the various coins after a large BTC price movement (lag).

The long-term trend seems to be that some of the capital originally earmarked for bitcoin is now making its way into the altcoins. This can be measured by subtracting the bitcoin market cap from the total market cap shown for all coins.

That number is growing and currently approaching two billion USD. At some point, the altcoin marketcap will exceed the bitcoin marketcap.

I just saw where the USD markets are listed on Cryptsy. That should help some more cash flow into the alts!  

https://www.cryptsy.com/markets/view/2

The first blocks were superblocks used to incentivize early mining.

The launch was advertised and open to the public. All BCT members had access to those blocks. There was no instamining/premining.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=231834.msg3289325#msg3289325

I can't understand why you would say that. I have read your whitepaper and thought this was all about working together.

http://www.crypto-nation.org/wp.html

You mean the poll results could be fake and contain multiple votes by the same person?  

No. I continue to buy Goldcoin because I believe it will become a highly successful cryptocurrency.

I'm just sticking with my original plan to continue averaging into the currency over time.

It's all about demand. Walmart will give customers what they demand.

That's how business works. They have been successful by filling customer demand. It's only a matter of time before walmart accepts bitcoin.

How exactly is Goldcoin a scamcoin?

That is a picture of a dust ball sample taken from Satoshi's hind end.

I think as computers evolve, cryptocurrencies will evolve. Difficulty algos can always be tweaked.

I think there are several factors in play. Altcoins are not responsible alone for BTC price drop, but they are taking market share.

Ultimately the price of BTC will rise along with overall altcoin market capitalization.

I spent more money buying Goldcoin (GLD) during the past 3 months than at any other time.

I very rarely delete posts and thought I had already apologized for deleting your post.

There was a time when the network was having issues and the trolls had come out in mass. During that period I got a little heavy handed in the moderation department. You were one of the babies that got thrown out with the bathwater. I was wrong, and apologize.


The current difficulty is 3.495.

BTC deposits seem to be working.  

Here's some more information. Just read these pages: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=431099.msg5908873#msg5908873