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Title: What is altcoin?
Post by: Nitcoin on June 28, 2018, 05:00:58 PM
I'm a new member here,  please i want to know what is altcoin.
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Post by: Pheonyx on June 28, 2018, 06:41:27 PM
I'm a new member here,  please i want to know what is altcoin.
Altcoin is a coins/tokens that were/are created after the birth of bitcoin. All digital money are called  crypto currency for example bitcoin, ethereum, litecoin, ripple, bitcoincash and all that you can see in the all different exchanges.
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Post by: llvroyxd on June 30, 2018, 12:06:13 PM
I'm a new member here,  please i want to know what is altcoin.


Altcoins is a combination of two words: "alt" and "coin"; alt signifying 'alternative' and coin signifying cryptocurrency or alternative cryptocurrency launched after the success of Bitcoin.Example of altcoins are Ethereum, Ripple, Litecoin, Cardano, Monero and many others every coins has a different platform or different use

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Post by: divine75 on July 02, 2018, 04:38:48 AM
I'm a new member here,  please i want to know what is altcoin.

altcoins is another parts of cryptocurrency,thats being competent by bitcoins in the crypto market.we could also consider this as a rival of bitcoin in the coin market caps,in terms of price value and popularazation,but all of this have disame purpose in the economic growth.
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Post by: sugarchrisp on July 02, 2018, 04:48:02 AM
Altcoins are any coins that are not bitcoins.  Altcoins are commonly referred to as shitcoins as well, though not all of them are shitcoins a great many of them are.
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Post by: sharecel on July 02, 2018, 08:53:43 AM
Altcoin is one of the crypto currencies which developed after bitcoin. The difference of the two is the range of exchange.
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Post by: Jun on July 11, 2018, 03:47:40 AM
altcoins meaning alternative coin and there are many crypto
 coin  in crypto market today,altcoin is a rival of all coin such as moniro , ethereum, bitcoin ,  dash,ripple ,name of few.  pupularazation and value is the difference of this coin , but desame crypyo currency same purpose in economic growth
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Post by: sharecel on July 11, 2018, 08:31:27 AM
Altcoins has a token called (ALTS) in which it is distributed to all active members of this forum every time you contribute on the forum like creating a topic or by merly Replying to certain post you earn points. Every 10 points can be traded to 1 ALTS.
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Post by: reaheart on July 12, 2018, 04:46:00 AM
There are many parts of crypto currency in crypto world, Altcoins are one of them, the competent of bitcoins. Altcoins - "alternative coins" the hottest crypto in the crypto market. Altcoins is easier to deal and to manage, even the new once. The company are helping each other to earn and to build good future in the crypto world and to make economic growth in the world.
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Post by: Blueblockxx on July 12, 2018, 05:00:21 AM
Alternative coins - Meaning of Altcoins. It is a rivalry of the bitcoin, but altcoins is the number one crypto currency in the market today, building a beautiful feature for every one. Altcoins is easier rather than other crypto, it is easy to deal with and to manage even the newbies. The companies higher ranks are helping new members to earn and to familiarize the forum and build good future in the crypto world.
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Post by: alerk on July 12, 2018, 11:41:25 AM

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Post by: santawarrior on July 22, 2018, 03:15:19 PM
I'm a new member here,  please i want to know what is altcoin.
In my opinion, Altcoin is a group of cryptocurrencies introduce in the market except bitcoin.
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Post by: korkorjkk on July 22, 2018, 09:25:10 PM
Altcoin.simply means alternate cryptocurrencies. It was created after Bitcoin. Since Bitcoin has been created, other digital currencies were created to improve the crypto community.
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Post by: The Translator on August 03, 2018, 09:58:50 AM
Altcoin is one coin that is also used in cryptocurrency. If seen from its name, this altcoin is an alternative coin in cryptocurrency. Alt stands for alternatives
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Post by: Quantum X on August 03, 2018, 08:06:11 PM
Altcoin.simply means alternate cryptocurrencies. It was created after Bitcoin. Since Bitcoin has been created, other digital currencies were created to improve the crypto community.
That's right. All digital currencies that were created and will be created after bitcoin are called altcoins or alternate crypto currencies.
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Post by: The Translator on August 04, 2018, 03:44:34 AM
The word "altcoin" stands for "alternative bitcoin," which describes every single cryptocurrency except for Bitcoin. Altcoins are referred to as Bitcoin alternatives because, at least to some extent, most altcoins are expected to replace or repair at least one component of Bitcoin.
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Post by: Black ID on August 04, 2018, 08:27:36 AM
altcoin is an alternative coin that also has the same function as bitcoin. the issuance of altcoin is because there are many people who want to have bitcoin, while bitcoin is limited.
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Post by: Arendra on August 04, 2018, 09:08:41 AM
Altcoin words can be interpreted as two extensions, namely "Alternative Bitcoin" and "Alternative Coin". While Altcoins is a plural word from Altcoin that shows a large number. Initially Altcoin was intended to act as an Alternative Bitcoin, because at least to some extent, most Altcoins are expected to "replace" or "fix", at least one deficiency component owned by Bitcoin.
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Post by: Crypto Prime on August 06, 2018, 08:25:31 AM
altcoin is another coin that has functions like bitcoin. there are many kind of altcoin that you can use. and, you can also benefit by using this altcoin.
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Post by: Crypto Prime on August 07, 2018, 05:50:00 AM
Altcoin is a term for cyptocurrency other than Bitcoin, an acronym for Alternate Coin. To calculate how much the amount of bitcoin earned every month, that is by adding up the final bitcon you get from the beginning of investing, then the result is reduced by the amount of capital spent at the beginning. Then the end result is the profit you get from comparing Altcoin through cryptocurrency.
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Post by: thanks rye18 on August 07, 2018, 05:13:33 PM
I'm a new member here,  please i want to know what is altcoin.
Based on my own knowledge, altcoins is a group of cryptocuurency  that we can use as investment.
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Post by: bitpation on August 08, 2018, 09:17:56 AM
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Post by: Graceland on August 08, 2018, 02:13:31 PM
Altcoin is another term of alternative coins, it may follows the footstep of bitcoin but have the same function although had different value on cryptoworld..
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Post by: Silverstone on August 09, 2018, 02:41:15 AM
I'm a new member here,  please i want to know what is altcoin.
As I know, altcoins means alternative coins. They are coins other than bitcoin and their price is lesser.
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Post by: Black ID on August 09, 2018, 08:13:06 AM
The abbreviation of Altcoin is an alternativecoin which means coins other than bitcoin. The purpose of making this altcoin is to cover the weaknesses of bitcoin, namely the limited amount of bitcoin in circulation, which is only about 22 million coins, then the altcoin is made. Until now there are around 150 altcoins circulating in the market with varying prices, even there is an altcoin price that exceeds the price of the bitcoin itself in 2x, 3x, or even 10x. that's an explanation from me. may be useful
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Post by: Prime on August 11, 2018, 09:27:40 AM
altcoin in simple language is an alternative coin and the coin is an alternative Cryptocurrency coin. Altcoin was launched after the success of Bitcoin. and there are many altcoins including Ethereum, Litecoin, Monero. actually there are many more if written. but the coins vary in performance.
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Post by: debra on August 13, 2018, 10:11:47 AM
Altcoin means alternative coins. Altcoin is created by creative people because Bitcoin is limited in number. Currently, there are many altcoins that enliven the crypto market. But only a few are in demand by traders. They are Ripple, Ethereum, Dash, Litecoin, Neo and etc.
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Post by: Prime on August 14, 2018, 08:58:08 AM
The word "Altcoin" is an abbreviation of "Alternative Bitcoin," which describes every single cryptocurrency except for Bitcoin. Altcoins are referred to as alternative Bitcoins because, at least to some extent, most Altcoins are expected to replace or repair at least one component of Bitcoin.
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Post by: Prime on August 15, 2018, 08:51:16 AM
Altcoin is an alternative coin from Bitcoin. Altcoin was founded and created in 2013. and now Altcoin is very successful and many people are jumping in, because coins in Altcoin are valued almost the same as those in Bitcoin.
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Post by: bitpation on August 16, 2018, 08:28:37 AM
Altcoin is an alternative to the king of cryptocurrency, Bitcoin. Altcoin is the second choice after Bitcoin for us to invest, trade and make as much profit as possible in this Crypto world. But the Altcoin market still follows the market from Bitcoin, because Altcoin still cannot go beyond Bitcoin until now.
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Post by: albel on August 16, 2018, 03:29:40 PM
welcome (I'm also still kind of "freshman" here :D). digital currencies or money = cryptocurrencies ... and so bitcoin for example is one of the cryptocurrencies and, probably, the most popular one. and then there are other cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, that were created after the bitcoin - these are called altcoins. so basically every cryptocurrency apart from bitcoin. thats the idea I have about altcoins. :) Alex.
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Post by: Faisalul on August 16, 2018, 04:53:37 PM
I'm a new member here,  please i want to know what is altcoin.
Altcoins full meaning is Alternative. Such as: XRP, ADA, ETH, Steem etc coins are known as altcoin. You can buy that coins from any exchange site like bittrex, livecoin.
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Post by: Dacosta on August 16, 2018, 06:02:38 PM
Altcoin is any coin powered by the blockchain technology which came after bitcoin. There are hundreds of them and more keep coming everyday
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Post by: Goku01 on August 16, 2018, 08:13:30 PM
Altcoin is an other option to the ruler of digital currency, Bitcoin. Altcoin is the second decision after Bitcoin for us to contribute, exchange and make however much benefit as could reasonably be expected in this Crypto world. Be that as it may, the Altcoin showcase still takes after the market from Bitcoin, on the grounds that Altcoin still can't go past Bitcoin up to this point.
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Post by: Elaine99M on August 16, 2018, 08:34:28 PM
Many of us know already what is an altcoin. Altcoin is coming from the word "alternative" and "coin"  which means alternative coin. An alternate crypto for bitcoin which is used in ICO projects or bounties as rewards and bonuses to bounty participants and investors.
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Post by: ICOcrypto on August 17, 2018, 04:05:24 AM
I'm a new member here,  please i want to know what is altcoin.

It just means altcoin beside bitcoin. So altcoin also can refers to ethereum which is the 2nd most popular coins and even tokens created under ethereum ecosystem can also be considered altcoin.
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Post by: Yellowish on August 17, 2018, 01:59:35 PM
We know that bitcoins was the first coin aired as a crypto currency. Altcoin is an alternative coins that built with a strong members on society that can encourage more investors to join on altcoins. This digital money are also carrying a lots of legit bounty campaigns that can everybody will earn and enjoying the companion with all altcoiners.
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Post by: BestSSS on August 17, 2018, 07:07:35 PM
The word "altcoin "is an abbreviation for" Bitcoin alternatives", and they are called all cryptocurrencies except bitcoin. Altcoins are called an alternative to bitcoin, as most altcoins hope to either replace bitcoin or improve at least one of the parameters of bitcoin.
There are hundreds of altcoins, for example, the site Coinmarketcap lists more than 1000 altcoins . Every day there are more and more altcoins. Most altcoins are not much more than just clones of bitcoin, while changing only 1-2 minor characteristics, such as the speed of the transaction of coins in the network, the method of distribution of coins, or mining algorithm. Most of these coins do not live for a long time. The only exception is Litecoin (Litecoin), due to the fact that it was created as one of the first altcoins. Compared to Bitcoin, litecoin has a different mining algorithm and a much larger number of coins. For this reason the litecoin established themselves as the silver to gold
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Post by: Arendra on August 18, 2018, 08:44:02 AM
When viewed from its function, this altcoin is the same as bitcoin. Both coins can be used for investment or transactions. But both are different, this altcoin is a digital currency that comes after the success of bitcoin in the crypto world. Altcoin came to perfect bitcoin as its predecessor. In addition, this altcoin is very many types, including eth, ripple, neo, dash, stellar and others.
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Post by: Jetski on August 21, 2018, 08:52:17 AM
For me Altcoins is composed of many coins like Ethereum, Litecoin, XMR and many more and this was created after the successful launch of bitcoin.
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Post by: Marby on August 21, 2018, 02:00:54 PM
I'm a new member here,  please i want to know what is altcoin.
Altcoin is a coins/tokens that were/are created after the birth of bitcoin. All digital money are called  crypto currency for example bitcoin, ethereum, litecoin, ripple, bitcoincash and all that you can see in the all different exchanges.


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Post by: bagas79 on August 25, 2018, 08:38:51 AM
Altcoin is an alternative coin which means coin other than bitcoin. The purpose of making this altcoin is to cover the weaknesses of bitcoin, namely the limited number of bitcoins that are circulating, therefore making an altcoin is made. Until now there are around hundreds or maybe even thousands of altcoins circulating in the market at varying prices.
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Post by: capt ronald on August 25, 2018, 05:30:39 PM
I'm a new member here,  please i want to know what is altcoin.

In my own understanding Altcoins is composed of different coins available in the market today except for bitcoin.
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Post by: arifrey77 on August 26, 2018, 02:11:28 AM
I'm a new member here,  please i want to know what is altcoin.

In my own understanding Altcoins is composed of different coins available in the market today except for bitcoin.
Altcoin is almost the same as Bitcoin, that is, the price cannot be predicted to rise quickly, it can also go down very swiftly. The amount of Altcoin in circulation can also increase without anyone being able to control it. These factors make the future of Altcoin bright. Altcoin can also be an alternative for us to collect bitcoin, once collected we can exchange it for bitcoin.
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Post by: bitpation on September 07, 2018, 08:35:20 AM
Altcoin is an alternative coin created because the amount of bitcoin is very limited. In addition, high bitcoin prices cannot be bought by everyone. That's why Altcoin is here so that it can be an investment solution for everyone.
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Post by: Salauddin on September 07, 2018, 10:40:54 AM
An altcoin is any digital cryptocurrency similar to Bitcoin. The term is said to stand for “alternative to Bitcoin” and is used describe any cryptocurrency that is not a Bitcoin. Altcoins are created by diverging from Bitcoin consensus rules (the fundamental rules of the cryptocurrency’s network) or by developing a new cryptocurrency from scratch.

Most popular altcoins use the same fundamental building blocks as Bitcoin. This approach is relatively easy to carry out because Bitcoin is a free, open source platform. When an altcoin forks at the blockchain level, an alternate system of consensus rules must be used and the coin will have an entirely different distributed ledger. The same is true for altcoins built from scratch.

Some altcoins have different monetary policy rules built into the currency to encourage different uses and treatment. Policies such as minimum spend, or positive or negative interest on coins stored, can encourage or discourage hoarding. Policies for coin mining may function differently from Bitcoin, as may the number of coins paid out per new block mined.

Some altcoins are made to discourage ASIC or GPU mining. This limitation is designed to reduce the advantage of specialized coin miners, as in the case of Litecoin, upon which half of all altcoins are based. An altcoin blockchain may also store different metadata about the coin’s previous transactions or may allow the coin to be repurposed as an alternate asset.

While some altcoins can be attempts to enrich founders and offer little new, many have found niches because of way their differences encouraged new miners and uses. Since Bitcoin's inception there have been upwards of 500 altcoins created. Litecoin, Dogecoin, Blackcoin, Freicoin, Peercoin, Vericoin, Myriad, NXT are just a few examples of altcoins.

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Post by: Cheratu Mesir on September 07, 2018, 12:34:26 PM
Altcoins are derivatives of the bitcoin unit, the initial indicator of which is the counterweight and comparator of bitcoin prices. The initial purpose of the distribution of the altcoin was to cover the weaknesses of bitcoin with a limited supply of 21 million coins. Bitcoin consists of only one coin, while altcoin consists of many types of coins even though two coins both adopt blockchain technology.
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Post by: Master107 on September 07, 2018, 04:19:02 PM
Altcoins is alternative investment of bitcoin. There are a lot of altcoins in the market and you can choose whatever you want to invest for long term or for short term. It depends on your understanding of every possible aspects.
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Post by: Ragnar on September 07, 2018, 10:06:46 PM
Alt coin - is also same as bitcoin. It is a cryptocurrency but it's based on bitcoin like litecoin, ethereum, dogecoin and much more. If we're talking about token it's ethereum based token or simply called as erc20
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Post by: b-day38 on September 25, 2018, 05:21:59 PM
In my own point of views Altcoins is a group of coins created to compete bitcoins and this is now composed of thousand of coins.
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Post by: Tayecrypto on September 25, 2018, 06:25:05 PM
Altcoin also known as "alternative coin" are coins which are created after bitcoin was invented in 2009. You can check coinmarketcap to see list of all altcoins in crypto world.
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Post by: investmark on September 26, 2018, 01:32:37 PM
In my opinion, fights are great for quickly grab cash on some currency if you have a lot of your own funds.
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Post by: avicii on September 26, 2018, 01:56:01 PM
I'm a new member here,  please i want to know what is altcoin.
Usually people call it a coin other than bitcoin. that's what I know about altcoins. the type of altcoin is very much. maybe I will research very long to get to know the type of altcoin.
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Post by: Unknown on September 28, 2018, 06:50:32 AM
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Post by: Stuart on October 08, 2018, 07:20:16 AM
I'm a new member here,  please i want to know what is altcoin.

Altcoins are called alternative cryptocurrency, they are coins other than bitcoin, or used instead of bitcoin. Altcoins includes Lisk, ETH, LTC, KICK, GOAL... And many more. There are over five hundred to one thousand or two thousand of altcoins out there in the crypto market.