I would look for coins that you believe will have actual adoption. XRP probably has a good chance of being adopted widely (after what has been said by Moneygram), but it's still a long way to mass-market, and its valuation is already pretty high.

Why does it have to be under 1$? Isn't this simply a matter of denomination? Or do you think that the psychology of being a "penny coin" makes its potential greater?

I generally look for signs of mass adoption for investing, so I'd look into EOS, TRX, BTT, BNB, XRP, XLM and a bunch of smaller coins that can actually make their way into actual people's wallets to be used. I'm obviously excluding the tech and governance aspects here, but otoh I don't think they're extremely relevant for price development on a short- to mid-term.

Well, if you ask about crypto specifically, it's gotta be something to do with value :-)

Blockchain in general makes a lot of sense in all kinds of cases where you don't want to have to trust others: no need to trust your bank to keep your funds safe, no need to trust that a contract has actually been agreed on and signed off by both parties, etc.

Most of the examples one will come up with will be related to storing and transferring value.

I'm here because I appreciate the advantages of blockchain and its impact on storing and transacting value in gaming. There's a lot that can be improved there!

It strongly depends on what you wanna do with it. A wallet to store your coins safely and be able to s(p)end them? Or do you want to actually use Dapps, play games and execute smart contract functions?

It's as with so many coins - it's a long way to actual success (or fail, for that matter). There surely will be more than one successful coin that prevails, but it's hard to tell which one.

Many people have bought into LTC, NEO and others while it was hyping, and they lost a lot of money. Back in late 2017, many prices were 99% based on speculation. If we're down to 90% speculative pricing, and not much progress has been made (in terms of actual adoption), this could mean a -90% performance since late 2017. I guess this is what many coins have been seeing.

Generally, we need a lot more adoption of crypto in the mass market for the prices to have a fundamental reason to go up.

There's a bunch of aspects to this:
1. Value is always based on trust - e.g. trust that you can exchange A for B. This is also true for all kinds of coins
2. One can't create new "money" which has value out of nothing. If nobody sees value in it, it won't have value
3. Tokens (at least in theory) are good at building economies. Why? Because through the token the actors in the economy can participate in a value increase of the economy through an increase of the token value

So the issue is that most coins / tokens don't really have an economy behind them. There's hardly anything (useful) that you buy with them that you couldn't buy with anything else, and they don't serve (enough) as an incentive to participate in the economy.

Btw participating in an economy typically includes SPENDING tokens. This is the biggest issue I have with pure HODLing as it does nothing to fuel the respective economy, it's only a means of "not increasing supply".

Tokens haven't failed, though. We'll see a plethora of great use cases in the long run. Unfortunately, only few of the coins currently in existance will be part of that successful future.

Is there anybody in particular who would come to your mind instead of Andreas?

Yeah, Andreas has come up most. It's funny how few other names get mentioned, after all, and that all of the names (specifically including Andreas) are being debated about. I guess this is a really strong indicator for Bitcoin's decentralized governance, is it?

Nomination accepted. 

Yeah, this is really a question asking for opinions, not looking for a truth. It's really interesting which answers come up, as obviously metrics like "Twitter followers" aren't really representative (after all, people tweet about all kinds of things, not just Bitcoin).

The lack of a centralized power (even if it was a group of people) is one of Bitcoin's biggest strengths, but at the same time some might say it's one of its biggest weaknesses, as well.

How about actually doing a mock-vote, maybe using BTC stakes?

This is a very interesting point as we're obviously biased towards English speaking influencers. I wouldn have no idea who (apart from the Xi Jinping) would be relevant on a global scale in languages other than English. From an English-speaking community point of view the rest of the world might seem irrelevant, but it probably excludes quite a lot of people.

A group as in "the Bitcoin core devs" or multiple individuals who you deem have kinda equal weight?

In other words:
If you had to choose one real person to represent Bitcoin (in the public or in a debate against other crypto currency representatives), who should it be?

(It's clear that Bitcoin isn't led or represented by any single one person officially, which is what makes that question so hard to answer. It's also clear that this is feature, not a bug!)

Private Beta Starts in One Week

Our private beta starts in just one week, feel free to sign up via discord: https://discord.gg/rQkNVUz or website: www.chainclash.com

If you wanna learn more about why we actually built the game: blog Link: https://medium.com/chain-clash/avatars-humans-and-why-were-building-a-game-pt-1-f1edf2dc288d

Chain Clash - Private Beta And More Rewards! BTC

TL;DR: Our private beta will go live on August 1st. Get exclusive, limited-edition in-game rewards and a head-start once the game launches! Check the info below to learn how to participate in our private beta and the rewards campaign.

Campaign Infos Link: https://steemit.com/chainclash/@chainclash/chain-clash-private-beta-and-more-rewards

Private beta in August

We’re really excited to announce that on August 1st, 2019 we will start a private beta of Chain Clash! To make the game to what we envision it to be, it’s important to us to get player feedback as much and early as possible. For the private beta, we will invite a select group of players to participate. Based on the activity and feedback during the beta phase, all testers will be rewarded with exclusive in-game items once the game goes public.

There are two ways to join the beta:

• If you didn’t already, join our Discord and visit the channel beta-applications (https://discordapp.com/invite/GVyKyh9). Post a quick explanation of why you want to participate and why you’d be a good fit. We will review all applications and contact the eligible people directly.
  
• Be active in our Discord server. Based on your activity in our channels, you’ll be able to gain levels and ranks. The highest ranked users will be invited to the beta.
  

For more details, see the info in Discord, or talk to us directly!

Discord rewards

Yes, we talk about Discord a lot. But bear with us, there’s a good reason for it! We want to talk to you, our players, as much as possible, because it’ll help us tremendously in developing a top-notch game experience. We need your feedback!

Since our community is so important to us, we want to reward the ones that are participating. Here’s what you can get:

Earn reward tokens. The tokens can later be redeemed for exclusive in-game content once the game is live, including a limited pre-launch avatar edition and power-ups.

Score an exclusive avatar directly. Besides the limited pre-launch edition avatars, we will also give away a handful of super exclusive avatars to the most valuable community members.

The easiest way to earn rewards is by joining our invite campaign.

To learn more about it, including how exactly to participate, check out our Discord (https://discordapp.com/invite/GVyKyh9). Also, we’ll share a lot more cool stuff there, like exclusive sneak-peaks, previews, team insights as well as in-depth info about the game. So, make sure to come onboard if you want to take part in bringing this game to life!

PS: Show support for your favorite crypto by letting it clash vs. others in our Discord. Yes, we have a bot for that!

Awesome, feel free to join anytime! - As "Proof-Of-Clash" was meant as a little joke to push Chain Clash, we are glad that you got it right!
PS Yes, the Win95 look of the website was done on purpose. First of all, we love the '90s and second of all was Win95 a pioneer just like "Proof-Of-Clash" could have been if it was real.

See you on discord, and make sure to mention that you came from Bitcointalk because you might get a virtual cake for that

Feel free to join us on Discord and receive some cool rewards before launch! We will also announce our pre-launch campaign soon and guess what? As a Discord member, you will receive all news first!

Link: https://discord.gg/rQkNVUz #chainclash #gaming #blockchaingaming

Feel free to join us on Discord and receive some cool rewards before launch! We will also announce our pre-launch campaign soon and guess what? As a Discord member, you will receive all news first!

Link: https://discord.gg/rQkNVUz #chainclash #gaming #blockchaingaming

Hi guys, major UPDATE: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5158738.0 - We have just announced our Blockchain Game, Chain Clash. As some of you might have guessed already, this threat and its content were a little joke from our side, hope you guys won't be mad

Chain Clash ⚡️ Battle of the Crypto Clans

Anybody who paid attention saw it coming(https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5156102.msg51523648#msg51523648), but here we are, sharing some official information with you. We’re proudly presenting:

Chain Clash!

Chain Clash will be a free-to-play game that allows to collect, train and fight with humanoid avatars. These avatars live on the blockchain and their amazing looks are being produced by our partners from LA, California - DNABlock.

What’s this game?

Have you been tired of crypto Twitter and the constant bashes of one coin or blockchain being better than another? Why don’t you just get up and settle that…dispute...in an actual fight? We’re here to help!

Avatars form clans to support their favorite crypto currencies. The stronger the community and the stronger their avatars, the better your chances of winning the community awards.

We’ll be revealing details about the game mechanics throughout the next weeks. There’ll also be a beta test that some selected invited users will be able to join.

What we can tell you so far is the following:

• The game will be web-based, so you’ll be able to play from any of your devices
• It will be running on the EOS mainnet, and all the assets will be represented there
  
• Avatars will be non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that you can freely transfer and trade with no fees
  

When launch?

The game will be launching in Q3 / 2019. Join our Discord https://discordapp.com/invite/GVyKyh9 to be the first to get the news what’s happening when and how you can participate.

What you can expect until then

We’ll keep you posted on the progress of the game, pre-launch promotions and ways to keep in touch until it’s actually happening. That means we will be posting visuals, videos and news on Twitter, Instagram, this blog and under @chainclash, so make sure to subscribe. You won’t be disappointed!

The long-term plan

We’re working frantically to deliver the game to you in great quality. However, our roadmap is already boasting with additional mechanics, features and visuals. We’re here for the long haul, and we’ll be improving the game and making it more interesting at a high pace. We hope we can get as many of you as possible on this journey, and we’ll be listening to requests and advice from you, our community.

So, gear up for the launch and sign up to our Discord https://discordapp.com/invite/GVyKyh9 or the newsletter, and get this thing going!

Website: https://www.chainclash.com/