What are the dimensions along which cryptocurrencies should be evaluated?
Like if I want to know how good a coin is along the SCAM (bad) to FUTURE (good) spectrum what should we be looking at?
Some ideas:
Level of Decentralization - how to measure?
number and share of mining pools
number of nodes
number of developers, and development teams/clients
number of jurisdictions that coin operates in
potential regulatory threats (how "subversive" is the coin?)
Primary Problem Solved - how to measure?
user testimonials
partnerships
trials
website
whitepaper
blog posts
market research (eg. how big is the market being addressed?)
Developers - how to measure?
pedigree
github activity
Community - how to measure?
how active are they?
how willing and able are they to entertain and effectively counter critiques?
What else!!?!