Colored coins or Mastercoin or whatever
Those aren't competitors to exchanges, in their current or dreamed forms they do not provide what people expect, like liquidity. It's a fancy way of doing direct shares, no more.
I think when they get figured out, they will become a competitor to exchanges. Even direct shares, as they are now, is a competition to exchanges. How many direct shares of AM are there vs how many are listed on Havelock? Look at how many shareholders chose to hold on to their shares after BTCT vs moving them to Havelock. That doesn't show much confidence in Havelock.
These solutions are not ready for wide use, yet, but make no mistake, centralized exchanges are not what the market is currently requesting.
bro you write some of the most delusional, shortsighted, ignorant comments in this board
wtf do u know about what the market wants or needs..
just cuz 4 corny knowitalls on a forum say decentralized is the future dont make it the death of all things that make sense
smh
how much pot do you smoke?
talk less please
Even if the proposed solutions of colored coins or mastercoin do not directly compete with Havelock, they or some other decentralized system will be run over various marketplaces which will compete with Havelock. There is also the possibility of somebody buying the BTCT code and starting up another exchange, or somebody writing up new code or whatever. The barrier to entry in this space is very low, companies will list at the exchange that gives them the best combination of price, exposure, and security.