What aspects should be covered in a "2014 Altcoin Summary"

[Crypty3]

Since cryptocurrency is an investment for a lot of people, there should be rate of return for the various currencies.  I would include both a 1 year rate and a 6 month rate (to see how the newer coins are faring).

This is a very solid idea. How many coins do you honestly think would be in profit from IPO levels?

[Chase]

Since cryptocurrency is an investment for a lot of people, there should be rate of return for the various currencies.  I would include both a 1 year rate and a 6 month rate (to see how the newer coins are faring).

This is a very solid idea. How many coins do you honestly think would be in profit from IPO levels?

There is probably only a few coins that have a profitable 6 month and / or 1 year chart.  I would guess that quite a few (??) of the older coins may still be in a profit position from their date of launch, despite having a very depressing year.  Profits from older coins only count if you were lucky enough to be there when they launched!  For people that bought this year and new people coming to invest, they will be looking at what kind of profit they can make now, so the pre-2014 chart may be irrelevant to them.

Since 80% of coins disappear in the first 30 days, 6 months of performance should be the minimum when calculating return.  Any currency that has had a huge price spike and subsequent fall will have a tough time getting back on track.  I'm not saying it won't happen, but it will take a long time and a lot of hard work to build stability and trust.

Here's hoping 2015 brings life and integrity back to crypto! 

[gjhiggins]

According to our records, the final total of altcoin launches for 2014 is  1667 (including parodies, failures,  etc). The graph now contains some coins launched in 2015, requiring the query for a 2014 total to be date-limited fore and aft:

Code:

PREFIX doacc: <http://purl.org/net/bel-epa/doacc#>
SELECT (COUNT(?node) AS ?coins) {
  ?node doacc:incept ?yearmo
  FILTER(?yearmo > '2013-12' && ?yearmo < '2015-01' )
}

^^^^^ results as clickable URL


Cheers

Graham

[Chase]

According to our records, the final total of altcoin launches for 2014 is  1667 (including parodies, failures,  etc). The graph now contains some coins launched in 2015, requiring the query for a 2014 total to be date-limited fore and aft:

Code:

PREFIX doacc: <http://purl.org/net/bel-epa/doacc#>
SELECT (COUNT(?node) AS ?coins) {
  ?node doacc:incept ?yearmo
  FILTER(?yearmo > '2013-12' && ?yearmo < '2015-01' )
}

^^^^^ results as clickable URL


Cheers

Graham

I bet that fact will make 'Ripley's Believe it or Not' in a few years.

[jabo38]

NEM and proof of importance, PoI

[jabo38]

Also, this thread is a pretty good summary of the action up until a couple of months ago.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=850746.0

[ObscureBean]

You should definitely have a special section for those altcoins that bring something unique to the table. They don't have to be hugely successful coins, they just have to have something that all the other copy-pasted coins don't have. Take a look at Checkcoin for example, they're the first to introduce the idea of geocaching in crypto.

[patmast3r]

I think this is a really neat idea. Hope this is not just coming in chinese but also in other languages.

[Chase]

Since no altcoin will be successful unless they can reach mass adoption, maybe you could include the best marketing, PR campaigns, or other projects that were directed to people OUTSIDE of Bitcointalk.  The best ideas will be the ones that are geared towards people with little or no knowledge of cryptocurrency. 

[hl5460]

According to our records, the final total of altcoin launches for 2014 is  1667 (including parodies, failures,  etc). The graph now contains some coins launched in 2015, requiring the query for a 2014 total to be date-limited fore and aft:

Code:

PREFIX doacc: <http://purl.org/net/bel-epa/doacc#>
SELECT (COUNT(?node) AS ?coins) {
  ?node doacc:incept ?yearmo
  FILTER(?yearmo > '2013-12' && ?yearmo < '2015-01' )
}

^^^^^ results as clickable URL


Cheers

Graham

Thanks for the help.
The summary has been released.
http://www.8btc.com/jingzhengbi-2014