Re: Ethereum is great, but not money, which is why Poloniex has an XMR market.

Quote from: mtnsaa on March 03, 2016, 01:13:38 AM

I've bought ETH at 90s or so, I really don't know if it's extremely cheap or expensive right now, but I know that it is something special and it's making Bitcoin tremble like no "altcoin" ever did before. Just do some research, I'm not all in on ETH, I have some BTC but I'm not too optimistic. I do feel there's a chance Bitcoin can make it out and be digital gold like I mentioned, but in terms of usability I'm afraid Hearn hit the nail on the head.

Check this out: http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-dream-of-buying-a-coffee-with-bitcoin-is-dying-if-its-not-already-dead-block-size-fees

Here is some research on ETH in this very forum: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1361602.msg14075148#msg14075148

If the thread is too long and the issues too complex to digest fully, here's a summary so far:

Quote from: TPTB_need_war on March 02, 2016, 09:24:20 PM

Smart contracts in a real world setting that must scale can not exist without Casper.

The virtual machine for smart contracts runs, but any sort of real world scaling of the virtual machine requires Casper.

I have explained why Casper can't possibly work and my point is unarguable.