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July 18, 2013, 10:26:27 AM |
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This is my first post.
For fun, I'm going to post my relatively uninformed perceptions of the realm of cryptocurrencies.
1) Bitcoin is visionary and because it is like a brand now, it will continue to dominate the cryptocurrencies market. 2) It is plausible that everyone would suddenly exchange Bitcoin for another cryptocurrency, causing Bitcoin to die. 3) Litecoin offers better security and faster transaction confirmation, but that's not enough to get people to transfer much of their value to Litecoin. Future innovations in cryptocurrency will matter more to users than the differences between Bitcoin and Litecoin. Most Bitcoin users do not mind waiting an extra few minutes for transaction confirmation, and most investors probably don't consider the possibility of a 51% attack on Bitcoin. 4) Anonymity is valuable, so the first cryptocurrency to adopt the featureset of Zerocoin will get a lot of attention. 5) Ripple agents will experience market success before open-transactions takes off, and threaten the future of cryptocurrencies.
My goals are to compose some programs for automated exchange and payment, get a good understanding of the cryptocurrencies market and to learn how cryptocurrencies work. I'm also really interested in Zerocoin and similar efforts.
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