Quote from: penig on December 20, 2017, 03:04:11 PM

Quote from: srqrebel on December 20, 2017, 05:08:32 AM

Privacy coins are a no-brainer for those looking to still catch the crypto train. John McAfee agrees: https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/941003398215761922

Spectrecoin (XSPEC) is a lesser known but first rate privacy coin. Take a look at Spectrecoin's tech:

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Placed here to avoid offtopic in the original discussion... are you guy still getting paid for these posts?

Dont know if same person but I tire of reading that "privacy coins are a no brainer" and that McAfee agrees. I'd rather he attends to the software with his name on it, to make it less stinking, resource hogging pos.

No, privacy coins are not the first port of call for the thousands of new users going through verification checks at Coinbase and others. Privacy is probably quite a long way from their thoughts as they dream of catching the next lambo moon or just doubling their spending money by the end of the week.

I do appreciate that you guys actually put some meat on the bone when selling your coin (not just "buy spectrecoin"), but please tone down and shorten the pitch and stop with the opening line.

You are right that privacy focused coins are not the only choice, and perhaps not the first choice for those who want to dabble in cryptos for the first time, and are in just to make a quick buck. That said:

1. The fact that one has to go through a verification process to sign up to some exchanges, has no baring on whether demand for privacy coins will increase or decrease
2. Anybody who considers crypto currencies a feasible alternative to fiat money, will sooner or later be confronted with privacy concerns
3. Whether one accepts it or not, the darkweb is expanding and privacy IS a major issue there (for good or for bad)
4. Not everyone in the world is living in an open society. In some jurisdictions clamming down on cryptos, the ONLY option are untraceable transactions

So there are many valid reasons why privacy coins will thrive (and of which Spectrecoin is perhaps the technically most advanced), even without relying on the endorsement of McAffee.