Should altcoins model gold? Are we all goldbugs?

[AnonyMint]

I need to hear many opinions, so I can get a feel for the mindsets of Bitcoiners. Can you please read the following linked discussion and then lay it on me. I will try not to debate anyone in this thread and just listen. Please don't be shy, all opinions (even ones I think are ignorant) are very helpful when doing a marketing analysis. Because at the end of the day, it is what you all think that matters, not what I think.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=195275.msg3348804#msg3348804
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=195275.msg3350891#msg3350891
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=195275.msg3347169#msg3347169

I appreciate very much every one who takes time to share their thoughts here. This will be a very valuable resource if many people will write something in this thread.

Here is a poll for you to express your opinion with one-click:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=311668.0

But the poll won't be as reassuring for me (and the others planning an altcoin), as reading your thoughts, because then we can gleam more about your thought process on the matter.

[AnonyMint]

Bump. Etlase2 understands well:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=195275.msg3354060#msg3354060

[AnonyMint]

Answering because I was asked to in the prior post.

The value is not rising because of money supply deflation, because in fact Bitcoin money supply is still inflating at roughly 11%.

Rather it is the demand for the currency is outstripping the 11% rise in supply. Do you really think the demand for a digital currency that was superior to Bitcoin in every way, would not also rise much more than any small perpetual debasement needed to keep the currency decentralized and viable long-term.

[AnonyMint]

Excellent point and very well understood. Apologies we were not able to reach mutual comprehension in the past and it was very frustrating. Hopefully you understand my theories now.

Do they speculate on their coming tax avoidance convictions and jail time?

Someone would have to be crazy to write s/w that prematurely* destroyed the Bitcoin honeypot, they will surely have an unpleasant life thereafter.

* The lack of debasement after 2024 or 2033, indicates it is designed to be destroyed (or morphed into a centrally controlled digital currency), but not until after hoodwinking all those freedom lovers and goldbugs into mixing their wealth with illegal activity, not declaring capital gains, using an asset as a currency without declaring each transaction as a capital gain, etc..

[AnonyMint]

System-wide mix-net anonymity along with sourcing small coins seems like the only solution that really works:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=286536.msg3347932#msg3347932

Meanwhile most everyone is laying their tracks in public (even when they use a coin mixer) so it will be easier to prosecute.

Faucets redistribute coins away from you to anybody who can visit a site.

[AnonyMint]

Oic. I thought you were suggesting faucets as a way to anonymize ownership of your coins.

Isn't mining from PCs (i.e. no advantage for GPUs and ASICs) with a initial high rate of debasement a cheese?

[AnonyMint]

Oic, everything for free, including mining, is what Bitcoiners want?

[AnonyMint]

Assuming PoW can be mined effectively from your PC, is the electricity cost the only reason you prefer PoS?

And/or is it because you can mine more coins from your share without needing a powerful PC?

Why do you not like a coin with new coins created often (greater inflation than gold)?

[AnonyMint]

Can you cite any source on degradation of a CPU or GPU's properties due to PoW?

I thought that a CPU would not degrade due to PoW.

Indeed setup of mining in Bitcoin is beyond most people, but what if PoW was easy as download and run?

[AnonyMint]

That is helpful feedback. Indeed CPUs are not effective with PoW as of now. I had hoped to change that, but there is no proof I could, just an algorithmic idea. I can imagine GPU rigs overheating and components such as capacitors degrading.

And thus agreed as of now PoW is off limits to the users-at-large.

[markm]

The form of "CPU mining" described at http://www.devtome.com/doku.php?id=cpu_mining is turning out to be surprisingly popular, maybe partly because it is not about how many zombies you have in your botnet nor even how many cores your machine has... (A Raspberry Pi would work just fine...)

Basically it is not about sheer power, especially not calculations that can be done by masses of parallel processors. Instead it is all about making decisions, handling branches and changes of situation, the kind of stuff CPUs, especially CPUs with a human behind them adjusting their tactics and strategies, are best at; so running a million zombies would take too much human intervention.

-MarkM-

[manoamano]

Oic, everything for free, including mining, is what Bitcoiners want?

Yes, for me

[AnonyMint]

It appears that the inaccessibility of PoW is perhaps the major issue driving desire for an altcoin.

I had thought it would be anonymity, but now that I think more about it, it makes sense that accessibility of all the features of a coin is the #1 priority. No one wants to be excluded from the opportunities, that is basic issue of human freedom and expression.

Did I correctly interpret sentiments?

I had originally focused on PoW as the major problem area, yet when I ran the survey where anonymity got the most votes, I didn't put a choice for PoS, only for improved PoW. Apparently many think PoS is the more likely way to fix PoW, thus I apparently missed this sentiment as the #1.