Compared to some like feathercoin stuck at 188 difficulty....
Bitbar resets well to remain competitive, offers scarcity to the market which is nice to see and is not a LTC clone.
They seem to be doing pretty well compared to a lot of the others right now ... time will tell.
candidates list from
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=134179.0 (new, but secure hashpower)
-BTE Bytecoin- the 1:1 bitcoin copy, nothing changed. extremally high starting hype/hashrate.
-BQC BBQCoin- forgotten after 51% attack on launch, now revived and active. super fast version of LTC.
-MNC Mincoin- similar to BBQ, but very bad launch [no binaries + 25000% superblocks] giving 10% of all coins to insiders.
-CNC CHNCoin- similar to BBQ, announced on chinese forum first, very big hashrate.
-BTB BitBar- scarce version of NovaCoin. low starting diff like FTC and CNC, but quick adjustment.
-JKC JKC- started as a joke, but now working ok. low starting diff and slow retarget like BTE, FTC, MNC, CNC
-YAC YACoin- Yet Another altCoin. NovaCoin fork, with modified hashing - for now CPU-ONLY
-WDC Worldcoin- Another LTC clone. ultra fast. criticized for instamine, bloating and low security. Active support