Quote from: Big Naturals on February 27, 2018, 02:48:09 AM

Quote from: bubbagump on February 27, 2018, 01:16:11 AM

This is sort of off-topic, but is anyone seeing any long term viability in any of these forks? All I'm seeing is a bunch of cash grabs by riding the coat-tails of brand recognition. Aside from BCH, I haven't even bothered claiming any of the other forks because I'm too lazy to spend time finding real wallets/exchanges for each of them and then sweeping keys to new wallets for each. and. every. shitcoin. knockoff... Undecided

Great issue to discuss imo!

I see mostly crap, scams and performance art going on with most of the forks, but a few are worth following.

My picks for 'interesting' forks so far would be

BCH
BTCH (bitcoin hush)
LBTC (lightning btc)
BTA (btc atom)

United Bitcoin UB, might end up doing something interesting, but so far plagued with stuff ups.

My take is after NEM experience ignoring these forks is risky, a few might end up with genuine tech merit, or achieve network effects that give them longevity. Interested to hear other opinions.

I agree with this. It looks to me like about 20-30% never make it past the announcement stage. Then half the ones that actually do launch never get much traction, dont get listed, and are life-support. I would not be surprised if 80-90% of these are dead, or effectively dead, in a year.

My guess for the survivors will be BCH, BTG, LBTC, BTA, EtherZero, Litecoin Cash, and Bitcoin Private, just because they are getting some hype at this stage. The vast majority of the rest dont seem to have much interest.