Altcoin(s) for the week

tomato · February 10, 2018, 5:35am

I have seen python, c++, nodejs, and even php

i hope someone writes rust at somep oint.

manch · February 10, 2018, 5:36am

I would never buy anything written in php. That’s indicative of the devs’ level.

tomato · February 10, 2018, 5:38am

php was particularly bad i agree.

tomato · February 10, 2018, 5:39am

ah also i have seen java, and c# too.

manch · February 10, 2018, 5:43am

Node is bad too. Won’t touch anything in JS.

tomato · February 10, 2018, 5:46am

node is not bad at all

manch · February 10, 2018, 5:50am

What is the first coin written in node? How did that come about? I thought all coin code branched off the original?

tomato · February 10, 2018, 5:54am

byteball is nodejs, and it’s a fairly “practical” coin.

not all coins forked off bitcoin - monero is c++ (iirc) but did not fork of bitcoin.
raiblocks, i think is similar - did not fork.

manch · February 10, 2018, 6:00am

So does it mean it’s relatively easy to code a coin from scratch? How many person year do you think it takes?

tomato · February 10, 2018, 6:10am

less than 1. it’s not magic.

however, cloning an existing coin is most often a better idea. There can be bugs that gives you “overflows” which can result in infinite coin creation, so you don’t want these to happen. Cloning gives you the edge of not repeating these bugs.

manch · February 10, 2018, 6:14am

I think writing about the development history of the coins would make a very good read. Anything on this topic?

BAJacket · February 10, 2018, 6:17am

I don’t think the stealth stuff they are working on is in the public github, but either way I threw peanuts at it. This one is a longshot for me anyways. I have pretty sizable chunks in Monero and ZClassic for my privacy related stuff. I’m waiting to get in on the Keep ICO as well.

BAJacket · February 10, 2018, 6:24am

There are some platforms now that set it up for you. You don’t even need to know to code, but this is for more basic use cases, nothing revolutionary.

tomato · February 10, 2018, 6:36am

you want manchcoin? i would pay 0.001$/coin at 100000000 supply.

manch · February 10, 2018, 6:37am

Stealing from kids and widows is not my thang…

tomato · February 10, 2018, 6:38am

but so much potential. dev team is good, whitepaper is good, we can make it a real thing!!

btw, remember my crypto-fund idea for buying real estate… now that’s a real idea i would definitely think…

BAJacket · February 10, 2018, 6:52am

I’m thinking MachoManch coin that gives off Wuqijun Gas. Could be the next NEO/GAS.

tomato · February 10, 2018, 6:58am

manchcoin would probably have masternodes which gives manch “dividends”. you can think this as an “active income”, and probably can put into 401k tax free!!!

Elt1 · February 10, 2018, 7:11am

BAJacket · February 13, 2018, 7:39pm

@tomato, have you looked at Polymath? Thoughts?