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Re:Founders Fund Makes Bet on Bitcoin by neuronexmachina on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @02:31PM (#16054698)
A couple I've been watching:

* Stellar: scaling and extremely low fees, with basic smart contracts. uses federated Byzantine agreement instead of proof-of-work or proof-of-stake

* RaiBlocks: scaling and zero fees, no smart contracts

Re:Founders Fund Makes Bet on Bitcoin by StavrosK on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @02:48PM (#16054902)
I'm really loving RaiBlocks too. My main concerns now is that there's no financial incentive to run a node, and the current price seems fictional (because 99.98% of the supply is locked up in wallets). I have high hopes for it, though, I read the whitepaper and nothing stood out as a huge problem, which is good.

The worst whitepaper I've read recently was for something called Verge, which was basically "we're gonna run a bitcoin wallet over Tor for anonymity you guys!"

Re:Founders Fund Makes Bet on Bitcoin by Nursie on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @06:59PM (#16057097)
800% gains in the last few weeks, Verge.

And they say it ain't a bubble...