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April 27, 2015, 12:31:55 AM
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I honestly don't know. I think I have an addiction problem.





Is there a 12 step program that you know of?


This person has perfectly encapsulated my thoughts far better than I could have
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April 27, 2015, 12:41:16 AM
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I find them to be entertaining with all of the scams and shilling. Alts maybe be useless as currency at this point, but they make an excellent testing ground for new ideas. Once/if Bitcoin ever takes off then alts will probably become pretty useful.
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April 27, 2015, 06:25:25 AM
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I like reading it cause I like a newcomer of altcoin and I can read many option what altcoin I should buy. Investing not only bitcoin probably also could gain a profit. Example: once I've ever buy Cinni coin and because I read all the speculation  so I decide to sold in and finally I got profit.

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April 27, 2015, 11:51:46 AM
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I am positioning myself as a cryptocurrency developer. I mostly review what other people had done here. I try to get involved in a coin or two to learn something.
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April 27, 2015, 12:46:26 PM
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To be gradually cured from naivete

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April 27, 2015, 02:58:54 PM
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I am interested in the PoW algorithms, if someone can make one that's not stuck in the '90s.
The anti-GPU people are borderline funny. There has been a revolution and not only they didn't notice but they even refute reality.
BTC is an excellent solution for the time being and it will continue being good in a lot of cases but I'm sure there's place for at least one alt.
Plus: there's no place in BTC for me.

And of course because it's a well known fact mining alts gets you rich overnight! With absolutely no investment whatsoever! I only had to buy 120 vidcards! Only!
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April 27, 2015, 04:13:41 PM
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I am an addict. Wink
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April 28, 2015, 05:34:07 AM
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Is altcoin the answer to ur struggle in life?  or is it just some fun? a hobby? a love of urs

Crypto has to find redeeming attributes to significantly make up for it's potential for abuse**.
Crypto also has to appeal to women since 95% of Bitcoin participants are 30'something males:
yet ask yourselves who does most of the shopping in society?

Altcoins are the place to find those diamonds in the rough to address these issues.


I'm fascinated by the practical proof-of-work applications employed by some altcoins! They give a glimmer of hope beyond burning the daily $15-$20M in electricity to over-secure one blockchain (BTC).

1. Knowing a significant percentage of BTC power is coming from coal-fired power plants in China - subsidized by a people already living in toxic conditions makes owning BTC unethical** (to me).

2. Additionally, people paying a 20% premium for local BTC just to stay ~100% anonymous also makes my skin crawl** - esp. knowing some buyers use that coin to trade for:

  • meth
  • illegal firearms
  • human trafficking
  • or even worse???

True you can use fiat or gold to conduct the same "business", but crypto makes it SO much simpler - thus the need to create SIGNIFICANT redeeming attributes for crypto is CRITICAL.

and yes, I'm addicted
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April 28, 2015, 09:27:08 AM
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I want to learn about innovative altcoins talked frequently by BTT member. There are a lot of promising coins there.

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