Great idea!!
Most crypto agnostics here who aren't priests in any particular crypto religion just want to see good coins, platforms & developers well supported, so a Crypto Olympics to help the cream float to the top would be really cool ... and FUN!!
The problem, as I already stated, is that speed is irrelevant until you can show the system functions in the wild without imploding from one of it's own flaws, being exploited to death, or showing it doesn't have deficiencies that a regular blockchain doesn't. The original poster made the thread under the guise of being a non-biased 3rd party, yet it's blatantly obvious it's an Emunie sock puppet account trying to do something like increase IPO payout. Dan isn't stupid and has a good chance of possibly creating something viable, but trying to insult people's intelligence by having obvious shills like "peachy" and this guy posting and pretending to be non-biased observers doesn't help.
So part Olympics, part beauty pageant/bodybuilding pose off, part chat show .... an alt coin conference including all the main contenders of late 2015 would do the whole cryptosphere a ton of good, including bitcoin. I think that's what EvilDave was suggesting.
I support ALL the 'real' crypto projects, and I know I'll be an early adopter in any of the successful ones that go global ... all of us here on this forum will be if we stick around, so friendly competition and rivalry is good if it helps separate the wheat from the chaff. It might not provide conclusive proof but it's better than nothing, and it's better that marketing type 'claims'
Much +1 to KennyP......
I am tired of the name calling and childish zealotry, but even that's OK if it's done with humor. What I don't like are scams, and opponents and rivals using the prevalence of them to FUD legitimate alt coin projects. For some people on this forum that's all they do, and at a conference those people would be exposed as fools, assuming they were up to attending ... I'd go to a conference to watch that!