I ignore every single non mineable coin not just because I'm a hobby miner, but mainly because non mineable coins have inferior initial coin distribution.
Mineable and non mineable coins also tend to attract different groups of people; ICOs
generally attract gamblers/investors/cryptonewbies while mineable coins mostly attract enthusiasts/investors. Make no mistake, both groups are focusing on profits but they're different.
Coins created out of thin air by the dev for free and sold for an arbitrary price is just feels fake compared having to actually compete against other miners to get coins.
Not that mining is difficulty but it requires more than just giving some random anon dude money in exchange for a few pretty pictures and promises.
How do you perceive Mineable vs Not mineable coins? Does a Mineable coin less likely to be a scam? How does it affects its value?
Does Not Mineable coins have better chances of getting to a higher value?
Do you even consider this as a criteria when analyzing an altcoin?
What are your views?
Mineables are shitcoins to me.
"According to VICE Motherboard, In June 2015 one Bitcoin transaction required the same amount of electricity as powering 1.57 American households for one day, of which the average sized home is approximately 2700 square feet."
https://blockgeeks.com/bitcoins-energy-consumption/Mineable coins will always be more expensive for no good reason. Value will be drained to electric companies.
We're rushing towards cheap renewable energy partly of the electricity demand created by Bitcoin. And the faster we get there the better.
"no good reason" - other than better (at least initial) distribution, a much stronger network and decentralized control and the coin having a price floor as it costs a certain amount to mine them.