Interview With Sterlingcoin Developer Spencer Lievens: Why Merchants And Services Are Key To Altcoin Survival
There are an insane number of altcoins coming out everyday. Most of them are absolute garbage, have terrible developer support and are instantly dumped if they are ever put onto an exchange with any kind of volume. To say the altcoin market is overcrowded is like saying Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has a drug problem or Nickleback is a horrible band: you are correct, but you aren't telling anyone something they don't already know. For the most part, I avoid talking about new coins. “Call me when you have something unique, and finished, to show me” is my general response to new coin developers....
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Sterlingcoin is a cryptocurrency designed for use in the United Kingdom and the British Isles. After an initial high price and flurry of trading activity provoked by a strong and fast implementation debut, Sterlingcoin has leveled off and maintained a fairly consistent value and market cap for most of its history over the past two years. It received a significant bump in both during a resurgence at the beginning of 2016. CoinTelegraph spoke with Steven Saxton, a developer for Sterlingcoin, about the cryptocurrency’s path forward. CoinTelegraph: What prompted the creation of Sterlingcoin?....
Anonymous cryptocurrencies are a hot topic these days, as many are trying to lead the pack in this category. Digital currencies such as Monero, Dash, and Shadowcash have been increasingly growing in value. Now, another privacy-centric currency has entered the space: DarkSilk (DSLK). This project claims to bring more privacy to the crypto-landscape.....
Last month, prompted by his inability to raise the block size limit from 1MB to 2MB, Bitcoin Core developer, Mike Hearn, abandoned Bitcoin altogether and declared the cryptocurrency to be a failed experiment. The price of Bitcoin quickly fell from about $420 per coin to slightly above $360, and now has re-stabilized close to its original price before Hearn’s article. Bitcoin and altcoin prices less correlated. CoinTelegraph spoke to representatives of several other cryptocurrencies to gauge if they had been affected by the challenges Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency standard bearer, has been....
This column will be moving to Thursday starting next week. With that out of the way, these are some of the most interesting Altcoin stories that didn't quite make it onto CoinTelegraph's front page. As always, no coin, community or anyone else paid to be featured in this article. Sterlingcoin Adds More Features, Merchants. I should clarify, for those wishing to be featured in the article. I am only interested in NEW news. This is about stories that have “fallen through the cracks” so leads don't have to be breaking, but they have to still be news. Sending me a link to your coin's website....
Today we are starting a new feature, The Alt-Cracks. With a near endless stream of altcoins on the market, altcoin related stories are similarly endless. The Alt-Cracks, and yes, we realize the name is a little funny, will be an attempt to pick up all the stories in the altcoin space that either didn't necessitate their own story or for another reason, fell through the cracks. By no means is it intended as a comprehensive list. The altcoin space is endless. We will miss some stories, and we welcome any leads by altcoin devs, community leaders or users. Likewise, stories covered in their....