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In your opinion, what should we call cryptocurrencies that aren’t Bitcoin? (inb4 shitcoin) In my own writing, I use “crypto-offspring”. It denotes that BTC was the origin of this phenomenon while remaining neutral on any other protocol or token. I used to use “altcoin” but even that seems to elevate too many of the scam projects, while leaving objectively interesting and valuable projects like Monero in the same category. Andreas Antonopoulos uses “open blockchains” which I kind of like too, but it’s fairly broad

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Or if I'm among futurist types, then 'Bitcoin is sixth wave but your coin is a regression to fifth wave and doomed to failure.' Or 'ypur coin is Bitcoin reinvented for a fiat paradigm'... which is, ironically, an encouraging compliment because they don't know any better. But LARP Coin is more punchy and likely to provoke discussion.