Im a little worried about this one, I hope this doesn’t end up like Zclassic after the Callista Fork...

Updated:  Added Ethereum Crystal.  Also moved United Bitcoin and Bitcoin Nano to the excluded list, because they don't appear to be true forks, and have a limited claiming "period".  They may be good projects, but I want the main list to be a list of coins that are perpetually "claimable".  I also updated Bitcoin Private with the newly announced fork block height.

 

On discord it was said campaign v1.5 would be launched.  Is that that still happening? 

I just saw this one was coming to add it, but I'm going to list it under the "excluded" section for now because it doesn't appear to be a true fork.  It looks like it will be an airdrop that is claimable for a limited time by Litecoin holders at a TBA block height.

So yeah, this is your typical traditional asset manager fear mongering, but I found this article most interesting because it includes a side by side comparison chart of volitility for BTC, ETH, Ripple and tradition assets, stocks and gold.  We already know how volatile it is, but had never seen a side by side comparison like that.

Remember, though, the word volitity has a connotation when talking about investments, but it goes both ways.  Highly volition assets can “explode to the upside”, too. 

At least this BlackRock asset manager does appear to acknowledge that Cryptos may eventually become mainstream. 

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/26/worlds-largest-asset-manager-says-get-ready-to-stomach-complete-losses-in-cryptocurrencies.html

To evaluate its potential, would would ask Will this coin accomplish anything that Zclassic and other privacy focused coins does not already provide?  If not, then there is not really a good reason for people to flock to this coin, except the name association.

But this coin is getting a little hype, and the “fork/airdrop” will give it instant volume, so IMO, this may be one of the few forks that has some staying power, but I don’t think it will ever amount to much. 

I agree with this.  It looks to me like about 20-30% never make it past the announcement stage.  Then half the ones that actually do launch never get much traction, don’t get listed, and are life-support.  I would not be surprised if 80-90% of these are dead, or effectively dead, in a year. 

My guess for the survivors will be BCH, BTG, LBTC, BTA, EtherZero, Litecoin Cash, and Bitcoin Private, just because they are getting some hype at this stage.  The vast majority of the rest don’t seem to have much interest. 

Wow ... just stumbled upon this thread.  Your old posts on Steemit got me into mining Verium.  I only have 6 Odriod, though, expandable to 23, LOL.  Still, it's profitable, just not getting rich.  But they are quiet and are not running up the electric bill.  Your new miner is amazing.  Best of luck to you.

Thank you.  I’ll look into that.  That may also be the case with Bitcoin United, which I’m also looking into.  It seems that some of these “forks” have a limited “claiming” period and function more like an airdrop.  I will try to get an answer this week and will move both to the “excluded” section if  needed.

Would be cool if he listed both.  Whether there was vote manipulation for not, I think both camps proved they have a large, dedicated following and are eager to see their project listed on a large exchange ... plus, they already made over $200,000 off the voting.

How did you get the raw data to do this analysis?  Is there a download available?

It is good see the average newbie/jr. member are well on their way to the 10 they need to rank up to member.  But it is troubling to see the average Member, Full Member, and Sr. Member scoring so low on average when they need 90, 150, and 250, respectively, to rank up.

Exactly, Binance charges 0.1 BNB to vote, about $1 ... and last I checked had made about $150,000 just on these two projects.  It would have been cheaper for them to just pay for a listing.

No, if you got the 88,888 airdrop it does not appear to be real coin.  Some scammers were creating coins with similar names and trying to dump them on etherdelta, selling them cheap to people who don't know the difference.  That may have been what happened here. 

I will say this, I've noticed a decrease in the number of "shit posts" over the last few weeks.  I think that is evidenced just by the fact that good topics tend to stay on page 1 or page 2 longer, now, when before they were getting bumped to page 3 rather quickly by useless spammy threads.  So, I think the merit system is working to reduce nonsense posts, but I don't think that it is working in the sense that it wasn't supposed to hinder the ranking up of "average" quality members ... but it seems to be doing just that.  As you pointed out, merit is mostly flowing to the very high quality, well known, Hero+ posters ... which is understandable, of course, but lower ranking posters of average/good quality are not really getting much.  I think that is something that may have to be looked at in the future if adjustments are made. 

At first I would have preferred a like/dislike system, too, but I could see that being abused since a person could create a bunch of accounts and "cross-like" all the accounts to rank them up.  Scarcity of merit is a needed attribute to making it work and avoiding abuse.  But a system where you have to be "liked" by higher ranking members in order to rank up, and spammers could be tagged with "dislike" to knock their ratings down, could work, too, I supposed.

I’ve been a Blockfolio user, but I’m giving “Delta” a chance, and so far, I like it better. 

But what does it mean when there is an asterisk * next to the coin ticker ... LCC* ( Litecoin Cash) for example?

Anyone know?  I can’t find info on that.

That's a really great article.  I like it when the authors back their ideas up with facts and historical data.  I mean, I know it based largely on his interpretation, but it is a well backed opinion.  Also, I found that graph about the adoption of technology to be fascinating.  It would be interesting to see where bitcoin currently falls on that graph and plot it over the coming years, but since that chart is US only, and there is no way to tell in which countries the wallets are owned, it would be difficult.  

There are multiple risks with exchanges ...

1)  The exchange could get hacked ... here, your assets get stolen, no fault of yours, and there is nothing you can do about it.
2)  Your computer could be hacked ... a keyboard logger could steal your user name and password.  With a hardware wallet, your assets are mostly "air gapped" from local hacking risk.
3)  The exchange could go bankrupt and simply disappear with your coins ... it's unlikely if you us a large exchange, but it could happen, especially if there is a major crash and you we find out some "off the block" exchanges were "borrowing" from their customers.  

If you have, or want to amass, a large crypto holding, a hardware wallet or keeping your coins on your desktop (with encrypted wallets and virus protection) is probably better than an exchange.  Also, if you want to be a holder and not a trader, look into "paper wallets".  It's another way to "air gap" your holdings.

I hold some Litecoin and I’ll probably claim this fork and hold it.  It seems like a decent effort but it is already contentious because Charlie Lee is pissed they are using his coin’s name.  Not that it really matters, I guess, there are like 50 coins ripping off the “bitcoin” name so maybe Lee should just take it a sign of respect.

Weekend Update ... Just did some some minor editing. EtherGold is back from the dead, website is back online, but I see no evidence that project is moving forward.  Updated some of the launch dates as their blocks have passed.  Bitvote is reported dead, but I'll give it another week.  Bitcoin Pieta was removed from the main list because it's website is offline and no fork information was ever provided.  I marked a couple that been offline for a while as "dead".

Also, "On CMC" does refer to coins that are listed on coinmarketcap.   I put that there to try to mark the project that appear a little more legit, and coinmarketcap does require an active blockchain, exchange, and a some volume before listing.  If I can figure out how to do it, I'd like to hide the coinmarketcap link behind the "Yes".  I'm going to try to get that added this week.

I’ve been in bounties that are slow paying, and i can see why it is kind of frustrating.  I do follow the developments on telegram, but I avoid asking for payment because 1) if you scroll up, you can often the see that bounty manager has already addressed this, even if his answer is “I don’t know yet” and 2) asking for payment does not speed things up.  

I’m also not a dumper, I only follow campaigns I beleive in, so it doesn’t bother me if payment is slow.  

But anyway, you should not feel like a beggar because you did put in effort to help promote their project in accordance with their offer, so your bounty is earned, not a handout.