Weird launch. Also I'm surprised someone were able to find it on next day in google.
I was too. Don't get me wrong, I was searching for new altcoins, I didn't type "altcoins" and find it in the top 10 results. For my tastes, I work for a large corporation and I like the prospects of new marketable products that have the possibility of longevity and profitability, not fly-by-night scams that pump and dump. Although Altcoins are not "products" and are meant to be used as a currency, Machinecoin (MAC) has that professional feel. Its not ridiculous like kittehcoin, shi*coin, or blakecoin, etc. this whole altcoin schema has gotten ridiculous and out of hand. Its time for some consolidation and to see some of these coins that have no purpose but to trade for other coins to simply disappear. When the coins that actually stick around because they've been actively developed (ie. have payment systems, updated clients, have a market, have resisted network attacks, etc.) nobody will care if it was announced properly in the spirit of some classic guide to releasing new altcoins handbook (which doesn't exist by the way). Regardless of its value, Machinecoin will work alongside other payment systems such as visa, bitcoin, litecoin, paypal etc. as a currency as intended. I just don't see potcoin or Bar-B-Q coin being accepted at Sears for a lawnmower. I can however see myself pitching a sales presentation at Home Depot's directors trying to convince them to use Machinecoin payment systems at their stores to accept payments for products and services because its reliable, secure and cheaper than the competition. I don't believe they will ask me if it's coin was announced on Bitcointalk on Jan 6th, 2014.
For those who can't see, in the end, they are all just token systems. Nothing is so special about the coding of most of these coins that will make them better than the other. And if there was something that special, it could just be cloned. Make quick money (or lose it) flipping coins on pump and dumps, but be forward thinking regarding the future of the coins you actively get involved with.
I'm sure Bitcoin and Litecoin will be around as well as a lot of software/hardware that uses they're token system. I'm sure there will be systems that use other coins as the "vehicle" to transfer their data packets. I guarantee you that there will be Machinecoin innovations. Just honestly ask yourself though, does the coin you are supporting have the capacity, resources, and overall ability to be successful in the long run? You can sift through the official Machinecoin forums and find building and development tutorials on most Machinecoin material which proves the competency and ability to develop new software/hardware. And thats assuming development was only being worked on by the core development team.
Contact the dev team and see how you can get involved if you have good ideas. "The Machine" is already started and will continue to be built out regardless of what happens on this thread, the development will continue. This thread is what it is, an announcement.
