More on EAC's vision and plans for mainstream adoption
https://earthcointalk.org/forums/topic/eac-strategy-the-road-to-mainstream-adoption/#post-7945amhaggerty asked me if the Earthcoin Mission working group is a bitcoin project.
https://earthcointalk.org/groups/eac-mission-working-group/I felt I should repeat my response here:
This is an earthcoin project. It was my idea, and the aim is to use this as one of the major points illustrating why an altcoin can operate in the sphere of mainstream adoption alongside bitcoin. I dont believe that bitcoin is an inherently better coin. It has roots in the underground, and now a higher profile and more resources. But the underlying rationale for the coin is not necessarily one that answers the demands of this project. Ultimately, cryptos are social networks and communities with peer to peer capabilities, much more than they are simply types of digital money. I feel that all cryptocoins have an imperative to define a vision, and Im not convinced that bitcoins drafted big minds have any monopoly on vision or will necessarily corner the ideas that make cryptos indispensable. If you look at the early history of computers, there were early contenders which, at the time, defined mainstream computing. You can mention their names now, and only tech history buffs have heard of them