Zerocoin To Become An Independent Cryptocurrency

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How many different "coins" are out now? I am almost embarrassed to admit that I can't keep track of all the new cryptocurrencies are out now. :(

When a group of cryptographers launched Zerocoin last year, they hoped their cryptography project could upgrade Bitcoin to be as anonymous as its most privacy-focused users have always wanted it to be. Now, after six months of waiting in vain for their code to be adopted by the Bitcoin community, they’re taking a bolder approach: Creating their own cryptocurrency, with privacy baked in from the start.
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ugh zerocoin, no one wants to hard fork BTC's blockchain, suprised they finally figured it out.

Pump n dump - anon edition
 
One of these days, some government (US, China, Russia, etc etc) is going to anonymously start a cryptocurrency so they can keep track of the users and the money flow.
 
The only question I have is; are there going to be ASICs available for this or will Joe Schmoe's with a gaming computer actually have a chance of generating more money than they spend on electricity costs?
 
DedEmbryonicCe11 said:
The only question I have is; are there going to be ASICs available for this or will Joe Schmoe's with a gaming computer actually have a chance of generating more money than they spend on electricity costs?
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If its a SHA-256 coin then current ASICs should work,if its scrypt based then currently only GPUS can mine it. There is talk about ASICs coming for scrypt but it wont be a huge jump in speed,if any jump. But they are more power efficient then GPUS
 
CoinCoin. Every coin mined generates a new currency to be used for that coin, which is split up according to the rules generated for that new currency.
 
HFBallad said:
One of these days, some government (US, China, Russia, etc etc) is going to anonymously start a cryptocurrency so they can keep track of the users and the money flow.
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The entire Bitcoin transaction history is publicly visible. The only thing they don't already have is a link between the BTC wallet and its owner, and I can't see how their own currency would make that any easier.
 
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