If somthing bad happend to bitcoin what cryptocurrency will you use ?

[jjacob]

If bitcoin goes, there probably is a killer-alt which has been developed.
I would probably switch to that alt. 

[OROBTC]

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Unless it is very obvious that there would be a better crypto-candidate, should Bitcoin fail I would be OUT.  At least for a while.

On some of the other threads (in "Economics") there is talk of better coins coming.  We'll see.

[gentlemand]

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Unless it is very obvious that there would be a better crypto-candidate, should Bitcoin fail I would be OUT.  At least for a while.

On some of the other threads (in "Economics") there is talk of better coins coming.  We'll see.

Maybe enough's been learnt to come up with a coin that's ready to go for any eventual possibility straight out of the box. The more beatings BTC takes the more others can pick up from it.

[Yofun]

If something happened to bitcoin. I think the 2nd option would be litecoin.

But I doubt we would get many new users. If the best and oldest coin can't live then that sets a bad example for the other coins.

[gentlemand]

If something happened to bitcoin. I think the 2nd option would be litecoin.

But I doubt we would get many new users. If the best and oldest coin can't live then that sets a bad example for the other coins.

Community and pedigree is what BTC has. That's borderline impossible to import or replicate but perhaps if enough people migrated and fresh blood came on board it might work. It's 50/50 whether people might regard it as a new dawn or the start of another failure though.

[Yofun]

If something happened to bitcoin. I think the 2nd option would be litecoin.

But I doubt we would get many new users. If the best and oldest coin can't live then that sets a bad example for the other coins.

Community and pedigree is what BTC has. That's borderline impossible to import or replicate but perhaps if enough people migrated and fresh blood came on board it might work. It's 50/50 whether people might regard it as a new dawn or the start of another failure though.

But what if one day we have another "Big debate" like the one we currently are having?


I am hopping we figure something out soon. Otherwise the bitcoin community is going to be divided in half

[gentlemand]

If something happened to bitcoin. I think the 2nd option would be litecoin.

But I doubt we would get many new users. If the best and oldest coin can't live then that sets a bad example for the other coins.

Community and pedigree is what BTC has. That's borderline impossible to import or replicate but perhaps if enough people migrated and fresh blood came on board it might work. It's 50/50 whether people might regard it as a new dawn or the start of another failure though.

But what if one day we have another "Big debate" like the one we currently are having?


I am hopping we figure something out soon. Otherwise the bitcoin community is going to be divided in half

I was talking about moving to a new coin. Bitcoin is kind of making it up as it goes along. If a new coin were to take over it would have to demonstrate there were no future stumbling blocks. No one wants a repeat of this shit.

[ralle14]

if something bad really happened to bitcoin i will move to litecoin right away
or that killer alt that cause bitcoin to be that bad

[Falconer]

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Unless it is very obvious that there would be a better crypto-candidate, should Bitcoin fail I would be OUT.  At least for a while.

On some of the other threads (in "Economics") there is talk of better coins coming.  We'll see.

There will be many cryptocurrency subjects in some universities on this world, so I guess the graduated people from there would make a better coin someday or atleast they will try to innovate bitcoin in future. Just my guess.

[CMMPro]

Monero without a doubt, for the privacy aspect, and automatic block size adjustment as features that are already better than bitcoin.

There is so much development going on in the Monero sphere that I don't think any other alt comes close.

It's the only other crypto that I own right now. I don't have to wait for the end of the world in bitcoin to invest/hedge in another crypto.
 

[Possum577]

If Bitcoin disappeared my first alternative choice would be Litecoin. But that preference is driven by choosing the next most valuable option. If Doge coin becomes more valuable than Litecoin, Dogecoin would be my choice.

The coin that has the greatest value will always prevail.

You should turn this post into a poll so we can all see how the responses align across all major alternative cryptocurrencies.

[notbatman]

Hi,

I wonder If somthing bad happend to bitcoin what cryptocurrency will you use ? is there any good cryptocurrencies out there ? and you are planning to use ? or are you waiting for a new crypto ?

Thank u.

If something bad happens to Bitcoin I'll be switching to Paycoin (XPY) its the fork of Bitcoin that XT wishes it was! 

[Falconer]

If Bitcoin disappeared my first alternative choice would be Litecoin. But that preference is driven by choosing the next most valuable option. If Doge coin becomes more valuable than Litecoin, Dogecoin would be my choice.

The coin that has the greatest value will always prevail.

You should turn this post into a poll so we can all see how the responses align across all major alternative cryptocurrencies.

Bitcoin is a better cryptocurrency than Litecoin and Dogecoin, so if something bad happens to bitcoin, then litecoin, dogecoin, and any cryptocurrency else could get into the same situation sooner or later imo.

[Mickeyb]

I think that if Bitcoin doesn't succeed, any POW coin would be out of my mind to switch to. Why? Well it seems to me that POW coins get centralized much easier.

If Bitcoin was to go down, I would like if everyone turned to the POS. I mean, rafical change will be needed. Out of all the POS, my vote goes for NXT. Their hardworking community deserves the chance. Also they are the only one that keep delivering all the promised features. I do own some NXT, so I might be biased.

[gentlemand]

I think that if Bitcoin doesn't succeed, any POW coin would be out of my mind to switch to. Why? Well it seems to me that POW coins get centralized much easier.

If Bitcoin was to go down, I would like if everyone turned to the POS. I mean, rafical change will be needed. Out of all the POS, my vote goes for NXT. Their hardworking community deserves the chance. Also they are the only one that keep delivering all the promised features. I do own some NXT, so I might be biased.

There's the issue of a tiny amount of people being in control of the supply of POS coins. Some have done a better job than others but a properly developed POW coin democratises it a bit. Having said that I don't think BTC qualifies for that either.

[erikalui]

If bitcoin dooms, I won't be trusting any other crypto currency again. Bitcoin has been the best for me and I trust it till it remains. After it, I'll only invest in Forex and Stock Market. Other Altcoins aren't trustworthy to attain the success bitcoin has acheived.

[Mickeyb]

I think that if Bitcoin doesn't succeed, any POW coin would be out of my mind to switch to. Why? Well it seems to me that POW coins get centralized much easier.

If Bitcoin was to go down, I would like if everyone turned to the POS. I mean, rafical change will be needed. Out of all the POS, my vote goes for NXT. Their hardworking community deserves the chance. Also they are the only one that keep delivering all the promised features. I do own some NXT, so I might be biased.

There's the issue of a tiny amount of people being in control of the supply of POS coins. Some have done a better job than others but a properly developed POW coin democratises it a bit. Having said that I don't think BTC qualifies for that either.

Yes, this is the biggest issue with the POS. But nothing is perfect. And with a wide usage, this problem would go away. You will never have a good enough distribution. Even if you make a coin and you distribute it to the 1 million people today, who is to say that in 10 years, the whole planet wouldn't cry how the distribution is bad since there is over 7 or 8 billion people in existence.

Every system will have the drawbacks, we need to find the most sustainable!

[Mickeyb]

If bitcoin dooms, I won't be trusting any other crypto currency again. Bitcoin has been the best for me and I trust it till it remains. After it, I'll only invest in Forex and Stock Market. Other Altcoins aren't trustworthy to attain the success bitcoin has acheived.

My friend, then you will miss out a big time. Blockchain technology is the future, in this form or in the other. If Bitcoin fails, there will be a better successor. We have started the things and there is no coming back. The blockchain is taking over.

I hope it will be Bitcoin though!

[mallard]

Ethereum.

[pawel7777]

Frankly, if Bitcoin failed due to inability to reach consensus over something as trivial as max block size, then it would show that the entire concept of decentralised cryptocurrencies is a joke. Every crypto will face similar problems sooner or later, and it could  also fail, unless it's centralised or have only one influential dev.

On subject, apart from BTC I use/own doge, monero, clams and ethereum so I'd probably stick to these.