Exciting Bitcoin Projects!

[OROBTC]

Great list. You should add Factom too. It s going to be really big when talking about data storage solutions and smart cities.

Yes, I would add Factom as well.  They have an interesting story, and as soon as they land some big contracts (they were looking to put all of Honduras' land records on a blockchain -- I do not know the status), then they may take off.

Storage...

[RealBitcoin]

Great list. You should add Factom too. It s going to be really big when talking about data storage solutions and smart cities.

Yes, I would add Factom as well.  They have an interesting story, and as soon as they land some big contracts (they were looking to put all of Honduras' land records on a blockchain -- I do not know the status), then they may take off.

Storage...

I followed FACTOM's project, and so far it's only vaporware, there is no guarantee that any govt will adopt their technology.

Besides what good does FACTOM do to bitcoin? It's only a recordkeeping system for medical or other gov records, how does it benefit bitcoin?

This list is about BITCOIN projects, or other projects that directly or indirectly affect BITCOIN!

[thejaytiesto]

Great list. You should add Factom too. It s going to be really big when talking about data storage solutions and smart cities.

Yes, I would add Factom as well.  They have an interesting story, and as soon as they land some big contracts (they were looking to put all of Honduras' land records on a blockchain -- I do not know the status), then they may take off.

Storage...

I followed FACTOM's project, and so far it's only vaporware, there is no guarantee that any government will adopt their technology.

Besides what good does FACTOM do to bitcoin? It's only a recordkeeping system for medical or other gov records, how does it benefit bitcoin?

This list is about BITCOIN projects, or other projects that directly or indirectly affect BITCOIN!

I think Factom had a good idea and im not sure if you can call it vaporware, it's yet to be proven that it can survive tho, once sidechains are deployed there will be ways to do that under the Bitcoin ecosystem.

Maidsafe is another great project that I think is undervalued, but has to demonstrate some things yet before I considering investing big time.

ETH has also to prove that it can scale his horribly big blockchain.

Overall just invest in Bitcoin, it's the best investment right now.

[a7goo]

nice list! thank you for share and compile!
I think that open bazaar could be one of the greatest invention of the last years... but just see and wait what happened...

[lister storm]

nice list! thank you for share and compile!
I think that open bazaar could be one of the greatest invention of the last years... but just see and wait what happened...

yeah a lot of people are using it right now daily and it is a really good thing to attract even more people to bitcoin and keep the bitcoin growing at a very rapid pace

i think that also there are some exciting projects such as exchanges or bitcoin debit cards such as bit-x card or spectrocoin that you can access through my signature

[Gideonappiah]

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[RealBitcoin]

I think Factom had a good idea and im not sure if you can call it vaporware, it's yet to be proven that it can survive tho, once sidechains are deployed there will be ways to do that under the Bitcoin ecosystem.

Well it's too early to say that now, and it doesnt have any concrete example of functionality yet.

We need to wait more until it becomes established. Maybe it can be linked to bitcoin via sidechains and create some partnership there.

We need concrete examples first. This is just theory at the moment.

Maidsafe is another great project that I think is undervalued, but has to demonstrate some things yet before I considering investing big time.

ETH has also to prove that it can scale his horribly big blockchain.

Overall just invest in Bitcoin, it's the best investment right now.

Maidsafe is being worked on right now, and it still needs a lot of more development before it becomes operational.

ETH is already operational but it seems like its in a bubble now, it also needs more development, but i added it to the list because its already operational, while other coins here are not.

[RealBitcoin]

Only 83 days left until the bitcoin halving, it will be exciting!

[OgNasty]

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[ruletheworld]

It is very exciting to see so many "killer app" projects upcoming in the near future. They will definitely add great value to bitcoin, and I think the price has to reflect that, so I think the price will go up after these things come out. I rank them by my estimation of their order of importance, and how I believe each one will add value to bitcoin.

1⟫ Segregated Witness and LightningNetwork - Larger block space, which will increase the capacity of bitcoin transaction, making room for more people. And empty rooms always tend to fill up, so I expect many new users from this idea. It also fixes malleability issues, and makes 0 confirm double spend harder so we can now build instant transaction systems with greater confidence and less risk of double spend with lightning network technology. Huge project, definitely nr.1.

2⟫ Block reward halving - Decreases yearly inflation from ~8% to ~3.6%, definitely a huge added value to bitcoin, and has the possibility to increase it's price. It will also make bitcoin less fiat-like, and probably larger investors will see bitcoin as more stable and established project. I also think that it will decrease price volatility, making bitcoin more stable in the long term. Huge positive and direct impact for bitcoin.

3⟫ Zerocoin - Fixes bitcoin's privacy problems, which directly drags down bitcoin's fungibility. This technology will ensure that all coins will be equally equal, no matter what source they come from. A huge step forward for bitcoin financial privacy.

✓4⟫ OpenBazaar - Decentralized P2P marketplace, a great invention that never existed before, and has the power to reshape global trading. It could work with any currency, so all currencies could gain value, but I think it will bring more value to cryptocurrencies, in majority for bitcoin. Frictionless global trading will also help many poor countries, that may already be looking after bitcoin, but need a "killer app" to start using it frequently. A huge project that will give indirect support to cryptocurrencies.

✓5⟫ Ethereum - Decentralized software system and cryptocurrency. I dont view Ethereum as a competitor to bitcoin, but as a complementary system. With Ethereum we can have all sorts of decentralized trustless systems, for example decentralized exchanges that are eagerly awaited, since so many existing centralized bitcoin exchanges are scams. Ethereum will help itself grow, and with it, all other cryptocurrencies, that can benefit from this technology. A huge indirect support for bitcoin.

6⟫ Joystream - Decentralized filesharing system. It is really helpful for small producers: singers, musicians, DJ's, and other artists. They can just host their art and get a huge audience, while bitcoiners could get a new money earning platform. The hoster and the seeders share the revenue, while the downloaders pay for it. Therefore many newbies will have an opportunity to earn bitcoin, thus increasing the demand and utility for bitcoin. It's a big direct support for bitcoin.

7⟫ Brave Browser - They will be the first browser to integrate bitcoin in their software, allowing people to spend and earn bitcoins directly. They have also designed their browser to be privacy friendly so its a good combination for bitcoin users. Although Chrome and Firefox own the market, they could gain a reasonable market share, and also force Chrome and Firefox to integrate bitcoin as well to stay competitive. In any case it will be big, however it will take a longer time than the other events, so i put this on the 7th spot.

8⟫ BitcoinJ Payment Channels - Payment channels to send and receive microtransactions, good for faucets, tipping or any other smaller transactions, without miner fees. It's not that popular and established yet, but in the future it could be a technology that can make smaller transactions less costly.


Let me know if I missed something, in my opinion these are the most exciting events we can look forward to in the near future!

Surprised to see Rootstock didn't make your list. It allows for executing Turing complete scripts with the Bitcoin blockchain as the backbone. It essentially allows all the apps that run in Ethereum to run on Bitcoin.

Also, what about Hivemind/Truthcoin? I think oracles are going to become increasingly important in the coming years, and a decentralized oracle system is a great addition to Bitcoin.

[RealBitcoin]

Surprised to see Rootstock didn't make your list.

I havent hear about it yet... I told in the OP, that if I missed something, suggest it to me.

I will look into it, and see if it has positive impact on bitcoin

NastyFans!

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=86854.0

I will look into that too, but fix your image links, they seem to be broken!

[ruletheworld]

Surprised to see Rootstock didn't make your list.

I havent hear about it yet... I told in the OP, that if I missed something, suggest it to me.

I will look into it, and see if it has positive impact on bitcoin

I will look into that too, but fix your image links, they seem to be broken!
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I would suggest both rootstock and hivemind. Rootstock will be huge in a few months, and is already on track for the testnet in a month or so.

[benmartin613]

Only 83 days left until the bitcoin halving, it will be exciting!

I agree this is the most exciting part of bitcoin that is coming this year.

[DimensionZ]

I am looking forward to testing the full version of Brave browser. The concept looks really interesting and the feature of getting paid to see ads may work well or crash and burn and I am curious to see what will happen. Still the current version has a lot of way to go.

[Jasad]

It is very exciting to see so many "killer app" projects upcoming in the near future. They will definitely add great value to bitcoin, and I think the price has to reflect that, so I think the price will go up after these things come out. I rank them by my estimation of their order of importance, and how I believe each one will add value to bitcoin.

1⟫ Segregated Witness and LightningNetwork - Larger block space, which will increase the capacity of bitcoin transaction, making room for more people. And empty rooms always tend to fill up, so I expect many new users from this idea. It also fixes malleability issues, and makes 0 confirm double spend harder so we can now build instant transaction systems with greater confidence and less risk of double spend with lightning network technology. Huge project, definitely nr.1.

2⟫ Block reward halving - Decreases yearly inflation from ~8% to ~3.6%, definitely a huge added value to bitcoin, and has the possibility to increase it's price. It will also make bitcoin less fiat-like, and probably larger investors will see bitcoin as more stable and established project. I also think that it will decrease price volatility, making bitcoin more stable in the long term. Huge positive and direct impact for bitcoin.

3⟫ Zerocoin - Fixes bitcoin's privacy problems, which directly drags down bitcoin's fungibility. This technology will ensure that all coins will be equally equal, no matter what source they come from. A huge step forward for bitcoin financial privacy.

✓4⟫ OpenBazaar - Decentralized P2P marketplace, a great invention that never existed before, and has the power to reshape global trading. It could work with any currency, so all currencies could gain value, but I think it will bring more value to cryptocurrencies, in majority for bitcoin. Frictionless global trading will also help many poor countries, that may already be looking after bitcoin, but need a "killer app" to start using it frequently. A huge project that will give indirect support to cryptocurrencies.

✓5⟫ Ethereum - Decentralized software system and cryptocurrency. I dont view Ethereum as a competitor to bitcoin, but as a complementary system. With Ethereum we can have all sorts of decentralized trustless systems, for example decentralized exchanges that are eagerly awaited, since so many existing centralized bitcoin exchanges are scams. Ethereum will help itself grow, and with it, all other cryptocurrencies, that can benefit from this technology. A huge indirect support for bitcoin.

6⟫ Joystream - Decentralized filesharing system. It is really helpful for small producers: singers, musicians, DJ's, and other artists. They can just host their art and get a huge audience, while bitcoiners could get a new money earning platform. The hoster and the seeders share the revenue, while the downloaders pay for it. Therefore many newbies will have an opportunity to earn bitcoin, thus increasing the demand and utility for bitcoin. It's a big direct support for bitcoin.

7⟫ Brave Browser - They will be the first browser to integrate bitcoin in their software, allowing people to spend and earn bitcoins directly. They have also designed their browser to be privacy friendly so its a good combination for bitcoin users. Although Chrome and Firefox own the market, they could gain a reasonable market share, and also force Chrome and Firefox to integrate bitcoin as well to stay competitive. In any case it will be big, however it will take a longer time than the other events, so i put this on the 7th spot.

8⟫ BitcoinJ Payment Channels - Payment channels to send and receive microtransactions, good for faucets, tipping or any other smaller transactions, without miner fees. It's not that popular and established yet, but in the future it could be a technology that can make smaller transactions less costly.


Let me know if I missed something, in my opinion these are the most exciting events or projects we can look forward to in the near future!

its complete project for bitcoin as i know,you not missing anything,and the most exciting bitcoin projects for me is bitcoin halving and openbazaar,i thin everybody sgree with that,its so good and can't wait for that two,openbazaar has been launch.its nice.

[RealBitcoin]

Looks like ethereum 0.7.1 is out.

I just hope somebody will create some useful applications already. I would look forward to a decentralized exchange, because I`m tired of hacks and exit scams of existing exchanges.


Speaking of which, there are already many decentralize exchanges coming out.

I`ll compile a list of them soon, and post them here


They are imperative for bitcoin, and the crypto ecosystem, because we are all tired of exit scams and hacks!

[RealBitcoin]

List of decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges:

https://bitsquare.io/

http://mercuryex.com/

http://www.coincer.org/

https://etherex.org/

Of which BITSQUARE is the closest of being complete, it will launch on April 27th:

https://bitsquare.io/

[TheCarrotBaou]

Shouldn't this be in um...projects and development? Not that I care to the point that I'd report this to get sent there. I'm just really new and don't know the rules very well.

[RealBitcoin]

Shouldn't this be in um...projects and development?

No, because projects and developments is for actual projects being developed.

My topic is only about reminding people about exciting projects, and we can discuss them here.

They all impact bitcoin hugely, and it belongs to bitcoin discussion!

[Yakamoto]

I am looking forward to testing the full version of Brave browser. The concept looks really interesting and the feature of getting paid to see ads may work well or crash and burn and I am curious to see what will happen. Still the current version has a lot of way to go.

I too think that it will be kind of cool to earn money watching ads, but I'll wait and see how it works out first before getting my hopes up. Something like that seems like a good idea, but there is no guarantee that it will work properly, or if it will even be worth it.