What is the Most Innovative Cryptocurrency/Technology?

[StealthCoin1]

Bitcoin shouldn't be in the lists because it's the Godfather of all.

[d5000]

The NXT client looks good aesthetically, but is terribly bloated with things I would like to see as a plugin or a completely separate software, like the Marketplace and the AE.

it could be better planned but what would be your reasoning in making the AE/marketplace completely separate? not sure i see the sense in doing that.

having a page dedicated for selecting what you want in your client i think is a good idea.. something like the app store on android but it would have to be easily accessible and easy to find

For example, a conservative user who wants to use NXT only as a standard currency, perhaps doesnt' want to see all the drugs & porn offered in the Marketplace

But disregarding this, I think the main client should do only the basic functions of a cryptocurrency client and do them well (e.g. Unix philosophy). The bloated standard Java client consumes a LOT of memory actually, much more than the clients of the Bitcoin family. I don't say AE/Marketplace should be completely separate, but as Marketplace and AE actions are ordinary coin transfers or messaging, I don't see why in the standard client there should be a gui for it. Ideally the Marketplace/AE should be plugins.

[ShroomsKit_Disgrace]

For example, a conservative user who wants to use NXT only as a standard currency, perhaps doesnt' want to see all the drugs & porn offered in the Marketplace

In fact, the user have to search for the specific good in the marketplace in the client. By default, it shows nothing.

So, please don't spread FUD and be ignorant.

[Radelderth]

Darkcoin!!

[d5000]

I had seen a version of the NXT client where the "latest items" of the Marketplace were visible to everyone. Perhaps it was an old client, I don't know.

I am an original NXT stakeholder and still have some NXT, so I won't spread FUD about this coin, but I don't like the actual design of the client. I would like a "bloated" client for people who need it, and a basic client for those who only need the basic functions. I don't think the NXT client is "innovative" in some way; AE, Marketplace and Leased Forging as a mechanism are innovative, but the original PoS coin is Peercoin. That's all I wanted to say here

[delulo]

Bitshares all the way, they solved the problems with bitcoin

blockchain bloat with annual pruning
transaction speed, 10 seconds
price stability with bitusd
usability with titan
increased centralization of mining with DPOS

And they have only just begun.

+1

[sidhujag]

Bitshares all the way, they solved the problems with bitcoin

blockchain bloat with annual pruning
transaction speed, 10 seconds
price stability with bitusd
usability with titan
increased centralization of mining with DPOS

And they have only just begun.

+1

+2

[sidhujag]

The NXT client looks good aesthetically, but is terribly bloated with things I would like to see as a plugin or a completely separate software, like the Marketplace and the AE.

it could be better planned but what would be your reasoning in making the AE/marketplace completely separate? not sure i see the sense in doing that.

having a page dedicated for selecting what you want in your client i think is a good idea.. something like the app store on android but it would have to be easily accessible and easy to find

For example, a conservative user who wants to use NXT only as a standard currency, perhaps doesnt' want to see all the drugs & porn offered in the Marketplace

But disregarding this, I think the main client should do only the basic functions of a cryptocurrency client and do them well (e.g. Unix philosophy). The bloated standard Java client consumes a LOT of memory actually, much more than the clients of the Bitcoin family. I don't say AE/Marketplace should be completely separate, but as Marketplace and AE actions are ordinary coin transfers or messaging, I don't see why in the standard client there should be a gui for it. Ideally the Marketplace/AE should be plugins.

the marketplace doesnt show the items for sale.. you gota find the itemID and search for it.. the marketplace could only sell drugs and porn and lots of it but that wouldnt matter because users would not know the ID and therefore would not see it. i dont like the way the marketplace is or the fact that nothing shows unless you know what your looking for.. but it was the best of a bad situation..

i havnt checked memory usage of the client but its never affected the running of my computer in any way so i dont see that as an issue tbh. plugins would be good too..

syscoin is implementing this in a better way.. thin vs fat clients

[Mysto]

Bitcoin shouldn't be in the lists because it's the Godfather of all.

Yea I agree without bitcoin there might not be any altcoin. It should be "What is the Most Innovative Cryptocurrency/Technology After Bitcoin?"

[Bisha]

Bitshares all the way, they solved the problems with bitcoin

blockchain bloat with annual pruning
transaction speed, 10 seconds
price stability with bitusd
usability with titan
increased centralization of mining with DPOS

And they have only just begun.

+1

+2

I have to agree with that

[Zer0Sum]

BitSharesX

Solves some pretty big problems IMO:

• transaction times (10 seconds flat, 5 on average)
• volatility (bitAssets, like bitUSD)
• profitable (bitcoin, as a system - operates at a net loss... how sustainable is that??)

Also - poll seems faulty - I don't have the option to vote... I can just see the results

This thread is being spammed by sock puppets... but NXT wins poll by 2:1 margin.

The BTSX pegs will crumble... when REAL volatility comes along...
If they cannot be SETTLED for fiat or physical commodity they will fail in a spectacular fashion. Ka-boom.

[Bitcoin Fiction]

BitSharesX

Solves some pretty big problems IMO:

• transaction times (10 seconds flat, 5 on average)
• volatility (bitAssets, like bitUSD)
• profitable (bitcoin, as a system - operates at a net loss... how sustainable is that??)

Also - poll seems faulty - I don't have the option to vote... I can just see the results

This thread is being spammed by sock puppets... but NXT wins poll by 2:1 margin.

The BTSX pegs will crumble... when REAL volatility comes along...
If they cannot be SETTLED for fiat or physical commodity they will fail in a spectacular fashion. Ka-boom.

Interesting statement about cause-and-effect relationships between volatility and it's connection to the fiat world

[fivebells]

The list in the OP seems very limited.  I am surprised that burst and truthcoin didn't make it.

[brekyrself]

BitSharesX

Solves some pretty big problems IMO:

• transaction times (10 seconds flat, 5 on average)
• volatility (bitAssets, like bitUSD)
• profitable (bitcoin, as a system - operates at a net loss... how sustainable is that??)

Also - poll seems faulty - I don't have the option to vote... I can just see the results

This thread is being spammed by sock puppets... but NXT wins poll by 2:1 margin.

The BTSX pegs will crumble... when REAL volatility comes along...
If they cannot be SETTLED for fiat or physical commodity they will fail in a spectacular fashion. Ka-boom.

Can you please run through an example to show how it will crumble?  I noticed Bter has a market for BitUSD/USD thus could get out directly?

[bitcoinxiaoshan]

BTSX for sure

[bitcoin carpenter]

Korecoin. ...

Download the qt and you can make anon calls.
Also POB is on the way

[sidhujag]

syscoin has aliases, data storage, decentralized marketplace, certificates now doing decentralized exchange of all these services and assets. Dont know anything that competes with this.. btsx is good and does assets well but doesnt have the rest.

[vipgelsi]

I love solarcoin.

[Bitcoin Fiction]

The list in the OP seems very limited.  I am surprised that burst and truthcoin didn't make it.

The list of the coins doesn't need to be long. Here is only coins which are REALLY innovative and have NEW features unlike coins out of the list

[Zer0Sum]

BitSharesX

Solves some pretty big problems IMO:

• transaction times (10 seconds flat, 5 on average)
• volatility (bitAssets, like bitUSD)
• profitable (bitcoin, as a system - operates at a net loss... how sustainable is that??)

Also - poll seems faulty - I don't have the option to vote... I can just see the results

This thread is being spammed by sock puppets... but NXT wins poll by 2:1 margin.

The BTSX pegs will crumble... when REAL volatility comes along...
If they cannot be SETTLED for fiat or physical commodity they will fail in a spectacular fashion. Ka-boom.

Can you please run through an example to show how it will crumble?  I noticed Bter has a market for BitUSD/USD thus could get out directly?

Well, the world's commodity exchanges for > 100 years...
Have relied on SETTLEMENT in commodity (corn) or cash (USD) on a specific date...
To maintain viabililty and order on their exchanges... especially when things get crazy.

So BitShares (a bunch of academics and coders)...
Is saying that all these silly market professionals have been wrong for a century...
They have a simple way to replace compulsory settlement.

So, great, their "pegs" are holding to within 5% in dead markets...
In a market that's 80% Chinese traders and totally manipulated...
Wait till some real volatility comes along... a 20% swing in one of their "pegs".

Then we will see... the Bitshare markets will likely stop trading... and people will get screwed.

For example, short positions are "closed out" with a 5% penalty when margin runs out.
The above sentence assumes an orderly market and BIDS and OFFERS.

What if there are no bids/offers? What happens to shorts/longs that are >>> bankrupt?

They could have paid a consultant from the Chicago Board of Trade $10,000 to AUDIT BitShares...
You know, a market professional not some economics professor or C coder...
Then I could have had faith in their approach...
But these types of people always insist of reinventing the wheel in a vaccum.