Quote from: Patel on January 26, 2014, 12:23:22 AM

Quote from: que23 on January 26, 2014, 12:18:08 AM

Ethereum isn't an altcoin; it's a platform.

Ethereum is an altcoin. Just because it is a platform as well, doesn't mean its not an altcoin.

Mastercoin is a platform too, but its still an altcoin at the end of the day.

Saying Ethereum isn't an altcoin is misleading.

I don't think it's an altcoin. I mean, it's debatable. I'm not trying to mislead anyone. But when Ethereum gets compared to dogecoin, then you have to say something to make the distinction. Ethereum is more of a distributed computing system that uses a token called ether for its operations. Ether plays many roles in the system. It's not just a coin; it's also fuel for contracts. How would you make the distinction. (And I think Masteroin is a metacoin, not an altcoin.)