altcoins
3 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Matthew Green · across every show →
Everything said about altcoins, oldest first
Jan 2, 2019 neutral
Green: Altcoins are experimenting with supernodes for fast transaction confirmations
“So some of the altcoins, actually anonymous altcoins, have middle, semi, semi-decentralized layers, where there are the users, and then there's kind of a small number of supernodes. And an experiment that some of these altcoins are doing is trying to use those…”
Jan 2, 2019 bullish
Green: Exchange inefficiencies, not network effects, limit altcoin adoption
“See, actually, I don't agree with that. I think that there's room for a large number of altcoins, and I think the reason that the existing altcoins are not as popular is just because of inefficiencies in the way that exchanges work.”
Jul 23, 2024 bearish
Mark Casey predicts no crypto altcoins will succeed long term
“I kind of don't think any of the altcoins are really gonna work long term, whether maybe the architecture isn't decentralized, or maybe Gary Gensler at the SEC will get his way and successfully argue legally that the altcoin is an unregistered security and nee…”