Quote from: European Central Bank on October 08, 2016, 08:10:35 PM

you can't conjure up a user base from nothing. and for most of the coins that do, it should be renamed mining base or icobagholding base because the people present couldn't be considered to be genuine users in most cases.

I agree, in the case of new coins, the only legitimate way it can have a strong user base is if they sought out users before launch.

Quote from: Random_newb on October 08, 2016, 07:54:45 PM

As an investor, I look for the following:

1. User base (How many people actually use the coin?)
2. Partnerships - Banking/ATM/Businesses. Partnerships are what help the currency grow its user base.
3. The team - Are they dedicated enough to help grow this out?
4. Global presence.

Most alt coins have maybe the team aspect covered. I have yet to find a solid alt coin with all of the above.

Have you taken a look at Faircoin?

1. User base (How many people actually use the coin?)
Has over 10000 users worldwide and growing.

2. Partnerships - Banking/ATM/Businesses. Partnerships are what help the currency grow its user base.
Has partnerships with Credit unions and ATM machine folks such as Halcash. 10k ATM machines in Spain and 10k in Mexico. Has strong relationships with big companies in silicon valley.

3. The team - Are they dedicated enough to help grow this out?
Has a small team of core developers. Has a growing team of people looking to grow the system out.

4. Global presence.
See #1. It is used in 5 continents right now. Nowhere near the usage of Bitcoin, but it has global presence.
https://use.fair-coin.org/

None of the above is reflected in the price for good reason. Zero marketing. Marketing is not necessary at this stage, but will come when all of the .