Quote from: drawingthesun on August 14, 2014, 06:53:43 AM

But BBR isn't even the next BetaMax, what the hell are you talking about? This is so frustrating!

BBR's changes are only to make it separate from monero and to build a cult around zoidberg. BBR's changes are questionable at best, this is Litecoin all over again, the fact that people can't see this just shows how many idiots are in Crypto!

I get it, I used to be one of those idiots, and I lost a lot for it, but I feel that I am different now, losing hundreds of Bitcoin changes you, makes you research well and apply logic.

BBR's innovations and changes, while untested by time and success, are more than cosmetic. Removing dust and the resulting bloat is a big step. Aliases are nice to have available. Two minute blocks may be a better choice than one minute. Wild Keccak may prove more ASIC resistant than Cryptonight. BBR was first with a GUI wallet as well.

BBR's tiny dev team is naturally more nimble and able to quickly implement changes than the larger XMR camp. But the fate of both are tied to the success or failure of CryptoNote. We can agree to disagree about which one is best, and still have common ground by regarding them as the top two CN implementations.

There isn't a natural monopoly in cryptocoins because the barriers to entry are trivial. Most of the time 80/20 Pareto distribution will hold, but when the dominant coin experiences technical/political/economic difficulties like a blockchain fork/Chinese ban/Federal auction, the 2nd Place coin comes to the fore.

Because we know such Black Swans are inevitable, hloding 'PepsiCoins' like LTC and BBR is a much more rational action than buying lottery tickets that will most likely expire worthless.

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'Why would I invest in MammalCoins, which are too tiny to even be on my radar? DinoCoins are a safe bet, having ruled the earth for 250 million years.'

>*giant meteor strikes Yucatan, 50 years of volcanic winter ensues*

'Hurr durr, I'd like to trade all my DinoCoins for just one MammalCoin please.'

>'Sorry you should have been more flexible and less risk-averse when you had the chance. Did you learn nothing about the inevitability of punctuated equilibrium from TriloBytes?'