Maybe not to crypto folk, but once the general public at large catches on to altcoins, I think the name Moon will be a solid draw. The altcoin market in six months will look quite different than it does today. People new to cryptocurrency who aren't into the technical aspects will snap up coins with names and themes that represent familiarity and solidity. And the Moon's got all that.
Does it though? I mean, why not Earth Coin then? And if it hasn't been made already, I'd expect a Sun Coin to go on about how it's the hottest alt coin out there...
Am I overlooking something about the name that would appeal to new people?
I do have some moon coin (a baby-sized amount), but again, I just started with this stuff like 2 weeks ago, so I don't have much of anything yet (unless you count colossus, but that's just because it's so cheap it's almost free). I was just wondering what its niche may be. Some coins go the altruistic route with helping causes, some go the meme route... some tweak the code a bit more than others. Just saying the name 'moon' will appeal to newcomers doesn't seem very logical to me. It's the same reasoning goldcoin is using too, and to me, that's just sort of nonsense.