This is all so confusing. I have been reading all the different cryptocurrency threads and it all changes so fast that it makes it difficult for a newbie to keep up. I thought Ethereum was the popular one and on the rise still, but the last few pages are about dropping it for a bunch of new cryptocurrencies. It seems like a full time job to keep up.
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Check out that site above. I've spent all of today reading about Crytpo. I have off till Jan 2nd so I wanna get a handle on it by the time I get back to work.
I look at Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin as the "reserve" cryptocurrencies akin to the US Dollar, European Euro, British Pound etc. They are the more "stable" (relatively) and established against other currencies. Just like established currencies that are backed by "steady" economies/institutions, we will not see tremendous short term gain from these cryptocurrencies, they are a long term play.
It's the altcoins, akin to emerging economies' currencies if you will, think Nigerian Naira, Thai Bhat, Kenyan Shilling etc that have the potential to really blow up and see strong gains. In the same way emerging economies can grow 6-10% per year over a 6-7 year period these alt coins can do that 10 times that amount of growth.
From what I've read ICOs can be where you really see some big gains as far as speculation is concerned.
This stuff is pretty interesting.