I'm not sure what's involved in listing a coin on an exchange, as an exchange operator. In theory I agree. I would certainly hope that the exchange operators aren't saying "I'm not going to list XXX coin because we're too good for that coin! We have a reputation to keep up!" That would be foolish.
I'm not too sure about that..let's pretend MtGox accepted almost every altcoin out there. I think that'd discredit them in the eyes of the mainstream, and this is critical if were ever gonna see these types of ideas reach significantly beyond these forums/niche audience. Because after all, the mainstream doesn't share our view of the free market as we know. However I would agree with exchanges setting standards that people should adhere to concerning cryptocurrencies. Of course this would all be voluntary, and if an exchange wanted few or no standards, that's fine too (just think of bter "spreading its legs" and being "slutty"
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There is a tone of crappy compagny with crappy stocks out there, just look at most of the pink sheet.
That may be true (if I'm reading that correctly), but still this community and cryptocurrencies in general have to give a good first impression to the mainstream, and if we appear to just be a bunch of wild speculators and appear to have no professional standards. we won't get very far as a whole. However I'm sure plenty of us know that
