Ask HN: Which cryptocurrencies do you think will succeed and why?

11 points·habosa··10 comments

I'm not asking for investment/speculation advice, just curious what cryptocurrencies people on HN think have a chance to make it in the long term.

I'll leave the definition of "succeed" open-ended.

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Bitcoin, hands down.

SegWit will activate soon and after that we'll get things like lightning with super fast / cheap transactions and no more waiting for transactions to get confirmed.

I think we'll see a lot more mainstream use after LN and the price will either skyrocket or stabilize as a result.

Bitcoin because it was first.

I would invest in a few storage coins, there are 2-3 major ones depending on who you ask. I wont list them here, do some research put a little into 2 of the ones you think are best. Your guess is as good as mine.

I would note that I have investments in 2 of the largest storage coins.

Bitcoin.

1. Because it was first .

2. Because it's got a strong ecosystem .

3. Because a lot of new ones are scams, pump and dumps or unreliable.

Hasn't Bitcoin already succeeded? I think it will prevail, although very different from what it is now.

Also, Ethereum or its successor, as it's designed for autonomous applications (dapps)

The first to get 1000 transactions per second at a reasonable fee without consuming the energy of a small country.

Yes. Succinct answer that brings cryptocurrency's problems to the surface. Only when this is solved will it be practical to largely abandon fiat and I simply cannot wait.

Over what period, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, 50 years, 100 years, 500 years, 1000 years?

Unfortunately, I broke my crystal ball already...

Why not Ethereum?

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