Quote from: looni on February 12, 2014, 05:35:30 PM

Quote from: Wipeout2097 on February 12, 2014, 04:28:47 PM

This is perhaps one of the most foolish things I've read in a while.

If I want to hold value on a decentralized crypto, why should I ditch a serious well supported BTC? What does Doge offer which is better than BTC? Where can I buy a videocard, a perfume or a toy for my kid with Doge?

Edit: I'm starting to believe the view than some alt-coin shills are more than self-interested, either with an agenda or dangerous idiots. So, your focus is not taking a stand against abusive credit card or payment processor fees, centralized control, IMF interventions, etc... but against BTC itself, the invention that gave us some glimpse of freedom in the first place?

If you are interested in BTC from a political standpoint, as an alternative to fiat, why do you care about alt-coins making it look bad? Is the Tea Party driving people away from the Democrats?
Unless BTC can stand on its own merit, despite scam coins, how does it provide an alternative to the current economic system? If it is so fragile that a few thousand teenagers can overpower it, it doesn't seem to have the strength to be able to stand against the established system... Or do you believe that Doge is the established system trying to take down BTC?

As for where you can buy a toy, or many other things with Doge, why not have a look at the Doge Business Directory http://dogedir.com/ ?

It is also interesting to see the people saying that DogeCoins are dead, because there is an "endless supply", but this is then actually something new that DogeCoin brings to the SCRYPT scene. (ZetaCoin does the same for SHA-256) Yes, it isn't capped, but the inflation that will occur is starting at 5% and will steadily decrease until such time that it will not be noticeable. It will still have less inflation than BTC or LTC for some time after it reaches it's "soft cap" in 2015. This also helps to make it something other than a commodity, which any cryptocoin with limited supplies are, and as such probably a better alternative to fiat. (Just see how the gold standard fared in the last century...)

Lastly, the fact that DogeCoin has gotten a fleet of "crazy teenagers" spreading its "gospel" is what gives the coin a proper chance of success, instead of being something for just the technically minded people.
Do you think Facebook where the first of its kind? Google had an alternative that was used by techs way before, but it never took off. (I can't even remember its name despite having had an account there)
Similarly I believe the friendly, if a bit over-enthusiastic, community is the main asset of DogeCoin, and helps differentiate it in the sea of ever expanding altcoins.

EDIT: PS.
To Spoetnik, you say that the community of DogeCoin is only flashmining and bragging about how much money they have. That might be true of some on this board, but the same can be said for all coins, even BTC. But if you look at Reddit, or in the media coverage you so dislike, you will see that it also helped send the Jamaican Bobsleigh team, and an Indian Athlete, to the Olympics this year.

When someone quotes my posts, I expect an answer to their content, not bringing side points and distractions.

First of all, I don't care about your politics and your Tea Party, I'm not a citizen of the United States.

Second, I looked into dogedir; after a LOL, I have to ask you to please not wasting my time and yours with insults to intelligence. Yes, perhaps Doge has a promising future, services wise. The future...

Third, nowhere I said I'm interested in BTC to get rid of fiat. I don't want to get rid of cash in hand. I was very explicit: centralization, payment processors, IMF.

I could go on and ask you where did I claimed "endless supply" and much more, but I rather stop wasting my time with this.