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

11 points by habosa ↗ HN
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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grover_hartmann
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.

meric
Over what period, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, 50 years, 100 years, 500 years, 1000 years?
ismaelbej
The first to get 1000 transactions per second at a reasonable fee without consuming the energy of a small country.
slice_of_life
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.
[dead] anon4728
There won't be a single winner, which is good. BTC because popularity and backers. Ethereum because of backers and smart contracts.

The problem is most of these still can't scale to trillions of USD value, not get hacked, work without a CS degree and be cheap and reliable.

thecupisblue
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.

SirLJ
Unfortunately, I broke my crystal ball already...
codemonkeymike
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.

pkalinowski
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)