How many total coins will there be, or is it ever expanding year on year?

Best Crypto alternative so far if it comes through as planned.

I'd buy 1BTC's worth at 0.003, pm me if you can offer such a price......I was gutted finding out about this project literally 10 minutes after the final burn had finished! Had i found out about Counterparty a day earlier i would have burned a few BTC's of my own, but due to a ridiculous work schedule I haven't frequented this forum much since Dec 2012.

Sadly, yes, this is what appears to be happening, I like the idea behind Counterparty and was initially interested, until i did a quick workout of the maths and you're right, most burners got between 1000-1500 XCP per 1 BTC and are immediately looking to turn that round to selling you 100XCP per 1 BTC. I can understand a markup being added but not a 10-15x markup of their brand new XCP, looking to offload immediately making a massive profit. Please convince me otherwise.

If 0.01BTC/XCP, 5BTC?!

+1, looking to buy some XCP if any for sale, pm me.

Damn! Is it too late to join the countyparty burn up? Need some XCP in my life, this development sounds amazing! How can I get on board?

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Wow! Thanks for your responses guys. I have been looking into a lot of alt-coins but none are really doing it for me. I had already bought some bitcoins, when they were at a near high of $982. I wish I had of waited a week though as I could have bought in the $600+ mark. I'm kind of kicking myself that I went all in on my first trade and didn't dollar cross average over a longer period of time. I have learnt a valuable lesson though, making this trade on the high side hopefully pay off, through experience in the long run. This is my first dabble at trading and as such it's all a bit of a learning curve. I will definitely being buying more BTC but will not be making the same mistake again.

Anyway, the reason that I like Mastercoin as a concept is that it is actually built as a new protocol layer on top of the already existing Bitcoin protocol, utilising the massive hashing and network power. These points alone seem to lend Mastercoin to possibly being the next big thing in the world of bitcoin, adding additional functionality whilst utilising the immense infrastructure of the blockchain and network. I have read a lot of positive things about the potential of Mastercoin. No fans here then?

I have also set my MacBook up to 'mine' Ripples through joining the 'computing for good' program by RippleLabs. Whilst not technically mining, you get given Ripple XRP for contributing computer processing power to scientific causes. I have also read some really positive stuff about Ripple, with some predictions saying that Ripple is he future of Cryptocurrency and a Fiat lending and trading and that in essence it compliments Bitcoin perfectly and would only serve to enhance and Strengthen the Bitcoin protocol and the bitcoin currency. What are your thoughts on that?

Also, is anyone here digging Protoshares/Bitshares? I think the new Coda consortium could be a really positive thing for the Bitcoin world as it effectively groups together Mastercoin, Bitshares and Coloured Coins into a self regulating consortium made up of and linked in to a lot of Bitcoin programmers, so the support is there. Also, Mastercoin has just hit Cryptocoin Market cap in 3rd position, it looks like it means business. A lot of points made and questions asked I know, thanks for any further responses and suggestions. Anything you think is particularly hot right now? I just noticed that LTC is like up 23%, nice! (If you hold some that is)

I only recently just got my head around the technology of Bitcoin, having spent a solid 2 weeks of researching and learning and I as a result, I have become a firm believer in the amazing potential it has to offer the world.

Feeling as though I may have missed the bitcoin boat as it were is a little peeving, especially as I've been hearing about it regularly from Max and Stacy for well over a year now........but anyway, it's always easier to make calls with the benefit of hindsight.

As a result of embracing the world of Bitcoin however I am aware that there are still going to to be a whole load of amazing opportunities to get behind, ideas that complement and evolve the technology. 2 technologies that I have been looking into seriously lately are Ripple and Mastercoin. Does anyone have any good or bad things to say about these? How could I invest in either of these 2 options? Any other recommendations that I should be looking at investing a little spare cash into? All feedback and replies appreciated.

Thanks & Happy Christmas