University Teams Choose Between Bitcoin and Ethereum

[yayayo]

First of all, please not that Bitcoin.com is a propaganda site of obstructionist racketeer Roger Ver where he advertises his altcoins (UnlimitedCoin, Ethereum) and companies he's invested in (Blockchain.info among others). Therefore it is not a credible news source.

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Kraken founder and CEO Jesse Powell said is firm is providing this learning environment for people to get a better grasp of digital assets.
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Hilarious. It's pure marketing, plain and simple. Students are encouraged to engage in trading and the press is reporting about the "learning experience"... Pretty effective marketing, considering that a budget of just $10.000 buys you not only the students but free articles by the Economist as well.

Considering the forking disaster and the lack of available real world use cases of Ethereum, you don't even need to start reasoning what's the right thing to do. But exchanges want to exchange something...

ya.ya.yo!

[cjmoles]

First of all, please not that Bitcoin.com is a propaganda site of obstructionist racketeer Roger Ver where he advertises his altcoins (UnlimitedCoin, Ethereum) and companies he's invested in (Blockchain.info among others). Therefore it is not a credible news source.

[...]
Kraken founder and CEO Jesse Powell said is firm is providing this learning environment for people to get a better grasp of digital assets.
[...]

Hilarious. It's pure marketing, plain and simple. Students are encouraged to engage in trading and the press is reporting about the "learning experience"... Pretty effective marketing, considering that a budget of just $10.000 buys you not only the students but free articles by the Economist as well.

Considering the forking disaster and the lack of available real world use cases of Ethereum, you don't even need to start reasoning what's the right thing to do. But exchanges want to exchange something...

ya.ya.yo!

So, are you suggesting that the Ethereum platform isn't as legitimate as it is purported to be?  It seems that the number 1 ranked cryptocurrency and the number 2 ranked cryptocurrency would be a natural choice for a comparative study.  However, if it's all a marketing ploy, then that throws all subjectivity out the window.  To address the "real world use cases of Ethereum," while it's still very young in its development, here's an article: https://medium.com/@AroundTheBlock_/a-current-list-of-use-cases-for-ethereum-b8caa5807553#.uurwexj57  And, here's a list of its current and developing applications: http://dapps.ethercasts.com/

I don't know....Ethereum seems legit to me, but I wouldn't underestimate the deception that marketing hype can undertake....It could be, as many bitcoiners suggest, that Ethereum is nothing but smoke and mirrors.  You'd have to admit, however, that it is receiving a tremendous amount of attention by the more progressive minds in the industry.

[Yakamoto]

First of all, please not that Bitcoin.com is a propaganda site of obstructionist racketeer Roger Ver where he advertises his altcoins (UnlimitedCoin, Ethereum) and companies he's invested in (Blockchain.info among others). Therefore it is not a credible news source.

[...]
Kraken founder and CEO Jesse Powell said is firm is providing this learning environment for people to get a better grasp of digital assets.
[...]

Hilarious. It's pure marketing, plain and simple. Students are encouraged to engage in trading and the press is reporting about the "learning experience"... Pretty effective marketing, considering that a budget of just $10.000 buys you not only the students but free articles by the Economist as well.

Considering the forking disaster and the lack of available real world use cases of Ethereum, you don't even need to start reasoning what's the right thing to do. But exchanges want to exchange something...

ya.ya.yo!

So, are you suggesting that the Ethereum platform isn't as legitimate as it is purported to be?  It seems that the number 1 ranked cryptocurrency and the number 2 ranked cryptocurrency would be a natural choice for a comparative study.  However, if it's all a marketing ploy, then that throws all subjectivity out the window.  To address the "real world use cases of Ethereum," while it's still very young in its development, here's an article: https://medium.com/@AroundTheBlock_/a-current-list-of-use-cases-for-ethereum-b8caa5807553#.uurwexj57  And, here's a list of its current and developing applications: http://dapps.ethercasts.com/

I don't know....Ethereum seems legit to me, but I wouldn't underestimate the deception that marketing hype can undertake....It could be, as many bitcoiners suggest, that Ethereum is nothing but smoke and mirrors.  You'd have to admit, however, that it is receiving a tremendous amount of attention by the more progressive minds in the industry.

Ethereum is technically "legit", however it is far more centralized and there is considerably less of a community that develops things around it. Ethereum has also been struggling with its image a lot, especially considering the split into ETH and ETC, which is extremely damaging to the reputation and value.

Had ETH avoided this divide, it might have been a bit more considerable token. Right now, it's just a comparison tool imo.

[cjmoles]

First of all, please not that Bitcoin.com is a propaganda site of obstructionist racketeer Roger Ver where he advertises his altcoins (UnlimitedCoin, Ethereum) and companies he's invested in (Blockchain.info among others). Therefore it is not a credible news source.

[...]
Kraken founder and CEO Jesse Powell said is firm is providing this learning environment for people to get a better grasp of digital assets.
[...]

Hilarious. It's pure marketing, plain and simple. Students are encouraged to engage in trading and the press is reporting about the "learning experience"... Pretty effective marketing, considering that a budget of just $10.000 buys you not only the students but free articles by the Economist as well.

Considering the forking disaster and the lack of available real world use cases of Ethereum, you don't even need to start reasoning what's the right thing to do. But exchanges want to exchange something...

ya.ya.yo!

So, are you suggesting that the Ethereum platform isn't as legitimate as it is purported to be?  It seems that the number 1 ranked cryptocurrency and the number 2 ranked cryptocurrency would be a natural choice for a comparative study.  However, if it's all a marketing ploy, then that throws all subjectivity out the window.  To address the "real world use cases of Ethereum," while it's still very young in its development, here's an article: https://medium.com/@AroundTheBlock_/a-current-list-of-use-cases-for-ethereum-b8caa5807553#.uurwexj57  And, here's a list of its current and developing applications: http://dapps.ethercasts.com/

I don't know....Ethereum seems legit to me, but I wouldn't underestimate the deception that marketing hype can undertake....It could be, as many bitcoiners suggest, that Ethereum is nothing but smoke and mirrors.  You'd have to admit, however, that it is receiving a tremendous amount of attention by the more progressive minds in the industry.

Ethereum is technically "legit", however it is far more centralized and there is considerably less of a community that develops things around it. Ethereum has also been struggling with its image a lot, especially considering the split into ETH and ETC, which is extremely damaging to the reputation and value.

Had ETH avoided this divide, it might have been a bit more considerable token. Right now, it's just a comparison tool imo.

Yes, I'm going to have to agree to an extant.  If we compare the two platforms while considering their stages of development, then we'll notice that bitcoin's codebase was quite a bit more centralized than Ethereum's at the same stage.  We'd also notice that there was very little development taking place outside of Bitcoin's main client when we compare it to Ethereum's at the same level.  It should also be pointed out that the two technologies differ significantly which makes a comparison tenuous at best.  Further, the turing complete ability that Ethereum exhibits encourages a parallel development which Bitcoin never had the opportunity to realize.  And, I don't think that a technology's image can be damaged too much more than the damage inflicted upon Bitcoin by MtGox and Silk Road....image problems can be overcome.  After making those points, Bitcoin has a very robust network which is an extremely valuable asset in terms of blockchain security....but....in terms of investment, how much more can Bitcoin offer that it hasn't already given?