It is a plus because if I make a decision to invest my BTC in an entrepreneurial undertaking, I have to be convinced that I'm making a sound, profitable decision. If my business or investment won't pay off more than just holding BTC, then I hold. "Hard money" incentivizes better decision making, which is the opposite of the effect caused by easy money / credit expansion which encourages me to just throw money at projects that might not be sustainable (buying a house I can't afford, opening stupid businesses, consuming too much, etc).

Biggest problem: 51% attack by an entity wishing to destroy Bitcoin. But I am paranoid.

You can't stop math.

meh, I'm more interested in block chain backed wedding licenses... not that I'd convince my gf to accept either of these ideas.

It looks like ZeroCoin(ZERO) is THIS coin and Zerocoin(old) is the actual zerocoin.org project.

From Zerocoin.org:


The developers of the real Zerocoin project don't believe that the Zerocoin code is ready for production use... why would anyone trust this coin?

Source: http://zerocoin.org/q_and_a#can-i-use-it-now

Working on an article about Viacoin now and I'm really into it. If anything, the goals of this project are very important. Everything else looks to be above board too, but only time will tell.

Thanks btcdrak. Viacoin is gonna give us a look into the future of cryptocurrencies. I am ready for software to live on the blockchain.

Great answer. Use the source...

When I have a little extra time, I'll try to find the equivalent lines of code in some coins that don't share the Bitcoin code base.

There might be a site that aggregates that kind of data, but I'd think you need to install the client for whichever coins your interested, or see if they have an online block explorer. Just look at what block the coin is on and what block it is supposed to switch to PoS, or whatever you're interested... reward halving, etc.

Just wanna say that I've been working with Tk on Coins Source content and the whole project is really legit. It's good to be involved in something that has real value and I'm looking forward to seeing the integration of Coins Source and SRCC.

I wanna thank TheMightyX for a great conversation and interview for Coins Source. The interview is definitely worth checking out for anyone that is interested in PreminePlus: http://www.coinssource.com/premineplus-interview-giveaway-going-on-now/

Thanks! After talking with TMX for awhile, I've got no doubt that this coin is legit and should be around for awhile.

Some impressive stuff so far, looking forward to seeing where coins source is in a few more months.