Quote from: crazyideas21 on April 15, 2015, 04:05:02 PM

Quote from: JackyVanmarsenille on April 14, 2015, 10:07:56 AM

Don't tell em we make a shitload of money here!

As an academic, we are interested in understanding the profitability of altcoins. How much money are you talking about? Revenue? Costs? Feel free to respond via the Google Forms in the first post of the thread. Thanks!

To clarify, we are aware that there are more than 500 altcoins in the past three or four years. Some try to reinvent the financial market. Some try to generate profit. Some try to do both. Some have other goals.

We are trying to understand the profitability model in an objective and purely academic way. It is not our intent to speculate or judge anyone. Through this survey, we are hoping to gather anecdotal evidence on the mining and creation of altcoins. At the same time, we are conducting analyses on blockchains and exchanges. In a few months, we hope to publish a report, using data from both our analyses and the surveys, and to help the community understand the altcoin scene a little better.