VOTE - POLL How many of us are here for a cryptocoin other than Bitcoin?

[guybrushthreepwood]

Does anyone feel that having so many different coins is diluting the value of all of them. Too much of a good thing maybe?

Yeah, but let the kids have their toys to play with. They'll grow out of 'em and move on to bigger and better things hopefully.

I don't know that you can discount it that easily. People feel disconnected from Bitcoin because of the reward issue. That needs to be solved before people will flock to Bitcoin again.

I think people are still flocking to BTC in their hundreds of thousands. People don't have to mine it, just use it.

[yntro]

Well this page has name bitcointalk... but i like to read about doge coin :DD

[MacNoutura]

Bitcoin and Ripple are both exciting crypto currencies! Bitcoin beeing the first, which has most of the media attention, and Ripple with a different approach, which might be more suiteable for a mainstream currency to be widely adopted. I strongly believe that there is a huge need for an easy to use online currency, so let's see what 2014 brings...

[deepwex]

I'm here for those with value and something new, and not those copy paste coins

[Mises_77]

Im here for bitcoin and NXT. Anything that is original - no copycat coins.

[CornedBeefHash]

The two above posters want something unique and new. I'm uncleared why that is valuable.

[moonbat]

I'm mining Vertcoin at the moment, but holding in Vertcoin and Bitcoin. Bitcoin is the original, with mainstream interest and value and Vertcoin seems to offer something fresh and innovative in the crypto space. My tuppence worth!

[CornedBeefHash]

I'm mining Vertcoin at the moment, but holding in Vertcoin and Bitcoin. Bitcoin is the original, with mainstream interest and value and Vertcoin seems to offer something fresh and innovative in the crypto space. My tuppence worth!

What the hell is Vertcoin? I can't keep up with all the new coins being made.

[guybrushthreepwood]

I'm mining Vertcoin at the moment, but holding in Vertcoin and Bitcoin. Bitcoin is the original, with mainstream interest and value and Vertcoin seems to offer something fresh and innovative in the crypto space. My tuppence worth!

What the hell is Vertcoin? I can't keep up with all the new coins being made.

Hahah this is me everyday with all these crapcoins.

moonbat, please tell us what's so fresh and innovative about Vertcoin.

[WaboSS]

I'm here for alt coins, and that's about it.

BTC's are too hard/expensive to mine and I'm really just into it because it a fun hobby.  If I happen to make some extra dough, that's a bonus, but not required.  It reminds me a lot of standard currency exchanges that I used to trade with but much more volatile.

[QuestionAuthority]

I'm here for alt coins, and that's about it.

BTC's are too hard/expensive to mine and I'm really just into it because it a fun hobby.  If I happen to make some extra dough, that's a bonus, but not required.  It reminds me a lot of standard currency exchanges that I used to trade with but much more volatile.

I've noticed that many new users are choosing coins to support for every reason except philosophical. Very few people seem to understand the greater sociological aspects of Bitcoin. That's not necessarily a bad thing, just an observation.

[guybrushthreepwood]

I'm here for alt coins, and that's about it.

BTC's are too hard/expensive to mine and I'm really just into it because it a fun hobby.  If I happen to make some extra dough, that's a bonus, but not required.  It reminds me a lot of standard currency exchanges that I used to trade with but much more volatile.

I've noticed that many new users are choosing coins to support for every reason except philosophical. Very few people seem to understand the greater sociological aspects of Bitcoin. That's not necessarily a bad thing, just an observation.

When questioning why newbs choose a particular currency their answers seem to be something like it's 'unique' or 'it has potential'. When questioned further all they can usually come up with is 'it's not pre-mined' or 'was only pre-mined a little bit', and it has a 'good community/devs' behind it, blah blah blah. These things usually all turn out to be hyperbole or bs anyway.

[QuestionAuthority]

I'm here for alt coins, and that's about it.

BTC's are too hard/expensive to mine and I'm really just into it because it a fun hobby.  If I happen to make some extra dough, that's a bonus, but not required.  It reminds me a lot of standard currency exchanges that I used to trade with but much more volatile.

I've noticed that many new users are choosing coins to support for every reason except philosophical. Very few people seem to understand the greater sociological aspects of Bitcoin. That's not necessarily a bad thing, just an observation.

When questioning why newbs choose a particular currency their answers seem to be something like it's 'unique' or 'it has potential'. When questioned further all they can usually come up with is 'it's not pre-mined' or 'was only pre-mined a little bit', and it has a 'good community/devs' behind it, blah blah blah. These things usually all turn out to be hyperbole or bs anyway.

True but I don't think many people walking the earth really understand the ramifications of taking control of money away from government. Even the ancient Roman Empire understood that money is used to control military might and military might controls the empire. If we take the control of money away from governments they can no longer control us. Perhaps I'm the only one that believes that as the reason to use Bitcoin.

I suppose it's possible to accomplish that using different coins (maybe one per country) but it would probably be easier using one. Bitcoin is gaining recognition and has a head start. That might change and the real world coin springs up later. It could also be true that the great unwashed masses with inferior mental cognizance need to be controlled and want nothing to do with taking funds away from government.

[CornedBeefHash]

I'm mining Vertcoin at the moment, but holding in Vertcoin and Bitcoin. Bitcoin is the original, with mainstream interest and value and Vertcoin seems to offer something fresh and innovative in the crypto space. My tuppence worth!

What the hell is Vertcoin? I can't keep up with all the new coins being made.

Hahah this is me everyday with all these crapcoins.

moonbat, please tell us what's so fresh and innovative about Vertcoin.

What makes them crap and Bitcoin not crap? Aren't they all basically the same with different infrastructures supporting them? Sure most of the alts are scrypt but that isn't a flaw. Litecoin actually corrects some of the built in problems with Bitcoin.

[coincrow]

Both Bitcoin and other evenly

[Abdussamad]

This poll will never give you accurate results because of the following reasons:

- The title that seems to be asking a leading question.

- The fact that bitcoin only is just one option in the poll.

- The fact that this is in the newbie section. I understand this may be by design. You just want noobs to vote. But it doesn't give you the true picture of the community as a whole. Of course noobs are going to get into alts because a) they're obsessed with mining b) everyone is telling them the bitcoin boat has sailed.

Finally this:

Help me change the poll. What option would you add without adding every altcoin in existence (the poll would be too long and always incomplete).

The most obvious option is "I came here for bitcoin but later got interested in alts too". 98% will vote for that option.

[CornedBeefHash]

This poll will never give you accurate results because of the following reasons:

- The title that seems to be asking a leading question.

- The fact that bitcoin only is just one option in the poll.

- The fact that this is in the newbie section. I understand this may be by design. You just want noobs to vote. But it doesn't give you the true picture of the community as a whole. Of course noobs are going to get into alts because a) they're obsessed with mining b) everyone is telling them the bitcoin boat has sailed.

Finally this:

Help me change the poll. What option would you add without adding every altcoin in existence (the poll would be too long and always incomplete).

The most obvious option is "I came here for bitcoin but later got interested in alts too". 98% will vote for that option.

You're right. That is by design. I didn't want people to feel pressured to vote for Bitcoin simply because they are at a Bitcoin forum. Nonbelievers here can be attacked pretty severely for their lack of Bitcoin faith. This place is worse than a Linux forum. Have you ever attempted to say you use Windows at a Linux forum. You may as well slit your own throat.

No, "I came here for bitcoin but later got interested in alts too" won't work. I don't want ANY old Bitcoin users to skew the vote. I already know how many old users are into alts. Their posts are in the alt coin subsection. I don't want to know what they did "later". I want new people with just a few posts to tell me why they registered. If you voted please remove it because you are skewing the results.

It's a false assumption that 98% of the current members of this forum are interested in altcoins.

[Abdussamad]

This poll will never give you accurate results because of the following reasons:

- The title that seems to be asking a leading question.

- The fact that bitcoin only is just one option in the poll.

- The fact that this is in the newbie section. I understand this may be by design. You just want noobs to vote. But it doesn't give you the true picture of the community as a whole. Of course noobs are going to get into alts because a) they're obsessed with mining b) everyone is telling them the bitcoin boat has sailed.

Finally this:

Help me change the poll. What option would you add without adding every altcoin in existence (the poll would be too long and always incomplete).

The most obvious option is "I came here for bitcoin but later got interested in alts too". 98% will vote for that option.

You're right. That is by design. I didn't want people to feel pressured to vote for Bitcoin simply because they are at a Bitcoin forum. Nonbelievers here can be attacked pretty severely for their lack of Bitcoin faith. This place is worse than a Linux forum. Have you ever attempted to say you use Windows at a Linux forum. You may as well slit your own throat.

No, "I came here for bitcoin but later got interested in alts too" won't work. I don't want ANY old Bitcoin users to skew the vote. I already know how many old users are into alts. Their posts are in the alt coin subsection. I don't want to know what they did "later". I want new people with just a few posts to tell me why they registered. If you voted please remove it because you are skewing the results.

I didn't vote. The reason I said you should add that option is that Bitcoin is the most high profile of all crypto currencies. Everyone hears about bitcoin first and then about alt coins. It is natural if you think about it.

It's a false assumption that 98% of the current members of this forum are interested in altcoins.

I was talking about new members. They hear about mining bitcoins, come here, learn that bitcoin mining is no longer for common folk and then get into alt coins.

[CornedBeefHash]

This poll will never give you accurate results because of the following reasons:

- The title that seems to be asking a leading question.

- The fact that bitcoin only is just one option in the poll.

- The fact that this is in the newbie section. I understand this may be by design. You just want noobs to vote. But it doesn't give you the true picture of the community as a whole. Of course noobs are going to get into alts because a) they're obsessed with mining b) everyone is telling them the bitcoin boat has sailed.

Finally this:

Help me change the poll. What option would you add without adding every altcoin in existence (the poll would be too long and always incomplete).

The most obvious option is "I came here for bitcoin but later got interested in alts too". 98% will vote for that option.

You're right. That is by design. I didn't want people to feel pressured to vote for Bitcoin simply because they are at a Bitcoin forum. Nonbelievers here can be attacked pretty severely for their lack of Bitcoin faith. This place is worse than a Linux forum. Have you ever attempted to say you use Windows at a Linux forum. You may as well slit your own throat.

No, "I came here for bitcoin but later got interested in alts too" won't work. I don't want ANY old Bitcoin users to skew the vote. I already know how many old users are into alts. Their posts are in the alt coin subsection. I don't want to know what they did "later". I want new people with just a few posts to tell me why they registered. If you voted please remove it because you are skewing the results.

I didn't vote. The reason I said you should add that option is that Bitcoin is the most high profile of all crypto currencies. Everyone hears about bitcoin first and then about alt coins. It is natural if you think about it.

It's a false assumption that 98% of the current members of this forum are interested in altcoins.

I was talking about new members. They hear about mining bitcoins, come here, learn that bitcoin mining is no longer for common folk and then get into alt coins.

Ah, I understand. I still think they are represented in the answer "Bitcoin only". Remember, I want to know why they came here not what they are doing after they arrive.

[QuestionAuthority]

There's another easy way to find out how prolific altcoin users are here. Click on, "Show unread posts since last visit" and count the number of new posts that are in the tiny Altcoin sub forum. Lately, it looks like most of the active posters are in the alternate crypto section.