Quote from: no-ice-please on June 27, 2014, 07:34:50 PM

If bytecoin has been available to the people for so long then it must have been mentioned on forums like this. People would not launch an honest coin and then forget to mention it for two years.

Not true, hell some current releases dont even get put on this thread right away if at all as people opt for boards like Cryptocointalk. They mentioned having not wanted to Fork bitcoin but to create a coin free of some of the flaws at the time and add extra security; Ring Singnatures. So the coin had no need for a Bitcointalk release as it was in no way associated with it, its like me posting Pepsi shit on a Coca Cola board, they are both sodas, but far from alike.

Quote from: no-ice-please on June 27, 2014, 07:34:50 PM

Bitcoin was mentioned hundreds of thousands of times early on. People just were not interested in cryptocurrencies then. But how could the new bytecoin be around for two years after cryptocoins were becoming known and not one person mentioned it?

This is a silly and very narrow minded way to think. Do not assume this is the end all be all place to share cryptoinformation.

Quote from: no-ice-please on June 27, 2014, 07:34:50 PM

a) The number of people mining it was very small and they decided to keep it a secret so they could mine the bulk, or

Think the math done some time ago by looking at the blockchain showed a few thousand.

Quote from: no-ice-please on June 27, 2014, 07:34:50 PM

b) There is some more complex explanation. Someone refered to the possibility of a bogus blockchain. I don't know if that is possible, but if so then such a large file would probably have been modeled on another coins blockchain rather than created from scratch.

Only one person really said the blockchain was bogus and that was smooth and this was just some words. Smooth is a Monero dev mind you and for a while would come here spreading much FUD, although he hasnt been on this thread for some time. The large file is just due to the amount of data contained within. Bitcoin blockchain is about 7GBs, so BCN is rather small in comparison.

Quote from: no-ice-please on June 27, 2014, 07:34:50 PM

Whatever the explanation, once the new 'bytecoin', bcn, reaches a certain point of course the big holders will dump it and the price will drop precipitously and it will be a tarnished coin, similar to many others that have started like this.

This goes for any coin. At one point the coin lingered around 2 sat and was bought by alot of people who will dump for a 5x profit. Has nothing to do with past mining.

Quote from: no-ice-please on June 27, 2014, 07:34:50 PM

If a person supports the code behind the coin there are several fair launch coins that are identical except that they have much lower prices and far more coinholders and will not crash when someone writes a comprehensive article about them. Monero, quazarcoin, fantom others all will perform much better in the long term, there is no doubt about that.

Those coins are all forks and its only a "fair launch" because you and others were around when it was launced. Everycoin could be considered a fair launch if the person missed the Bitcoin train in the begining. If someone supports the code, they will support the devs who created it, the ones that know it best and have the skills to bring it further than any other forked dev. Now with that said, I am a holder of both Monero and BCN and have no biased toward either, but support the devs who put so much work into a code that made forks what they are now. There will be a time when Monero and others will need BCN devs.

Quote from: no-ice-please on June 27, 2014, 07:34:50 PM

If a person considers the code potentially suspect, even though it is open source, there are other anonymous coins out and some being developed that will be ready soon, all much more ethical and with less scaminess than bytecoin bcn.

We as people are lazy and rely on current posts to dictate a decision. I suggest people browse this thread and make a decision for themselves. No scaminess here and the fact that you say this is FUD. Calm down and drive on.