What do you guys think needs to happen to create a token (altcoin) that stands the test of time? What are some key best practices and development strategies, plus the right financial analysis and support that should be in place?
Would love to hear your opinions and thoughts!
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It has to deal with the future changes I guess. But almost every crypto that we have claims that they're already future proof because as long as the usage and demand is there, the purpose of it doesn't matter along when it's tradable on exchanges. I think if it means to have a good use case, it can't be ignored if you've made something that's beneficial to the purpose it's done and to the community that you've built.
Technical foundation Research
Scalability and efficiency: Choose a blockchain platform that supports high transaction speeds and low costs. Consider using a Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus mechanism over a more energy-intensive one like Proof-of-Work (PoW).
Modular architecture: Design your blockchain architecture with future upgrades in mind. This allows for adaptability as the technology evolves.
Smart contract security: Prioritize security by having your smart contracts professionally audited before launch to eliminate vulnerabilities.
Interoperability: Explore features like cross-chain interoperability to allow your altcoin to interact with other blockchains, increasing its utility and potential adoption.
Tokenomics and utility
Clear use case: Define a specific, real-world problem your altcoin will solve to ensure genuine utility beyond speculation.
Sound tokenomics: Design a sustainable economic model that includes a clear supply, distribution, and emission schedule. Include incentives for users, like staking rewards.
Governance model: Establish a decentralized governance framework that allows for future adjustments and upgrades to be decided upon by the community.
Growth and sustainability
Strong team and community: Build a committed team with a diverse skill set and cultivate a strong, supportive community around your project.
User-friendly experience: Make it easy for users to access and use your altcoin by integrating with popular wallets and developing a simple user interface.
Legal and regulatory compliance: Stay informed about and comply with all relevant legal and regulatory requirements in your target jurisdictions.
Learn from the early days of Bitcoin, where no one promoted it from the start to sustain it.
Now, most of them are novice traders or developers who need popular figures to promote their projects and create buzz to attract investors or buyers.
As you stated above, demand will naturally create when the development team is able to provide utility within their ecosystem, so hype isn't necessary here.
The quick answer, you might be looking for is, real world application. You cannot create a token only for speculative purposes but you must build a project and for supporting that project you may issue tokens or coins. This is how every project must be working but unfortunately most of the tokens are coming up without real project back up but only for speculative gains.
You do not need to worry about what are the competitors that you already having for a project, it means that you do not need big research in that perspective. Your new project could be similar to an existing one still how perfectly you are doing your business will be deciding your success. So, you do not need any big research for launching a token but you must have real business.
I was thinking something along the lines of a micro bakery to start building the ecosystem if the ecosystem is the form making my the token (AltCoin) a actual currency, something like this:
- Every £5.00 Made Tokens (AltCoins) Will be bought from my own profit £1.00 to £5.00 when a baked recipe is sold, depending on the recipe. (To help build the ecosystem if I am getting how the ecosystem works).
- The Token can be used to buy baked goods from my site or other merch, using the Token (AltCoin).
What do you think of that kind of strategy above post for building the ecosystem?
Remember I do not want my Token (AltCoin) to be massive yet or world wide, but if a investor see potential and wants to invest it should be for the full length of the business if I do desired to close my micro bakery I will still bake but most probably more expensive cakes for events and I will up percentage of how much of my Token (AltCoin) I will buy out my own profits of that one sale.
Well, it is rarely the best coin that wins (or token). It is more about what can be trusted and what is useful. If you want your token to be trusted and useful then you need to provide a market maker. Market makers need liquidity and that is what it boils down to. If your token has a lot of liquidity that is locked so that buyers can have some assurance that they won't be rugpulled or unable to cash out, you have a chance at acceptance.
I believe that the question is being asked incorrectly, in my opinion. That is, the question is not what is necessary, but rather how saturation can hinder future progress. When analyzing the current market, the amount of money and investors has increased exponentially, but where to go? What remains to be developed? Why is there a need to create new tokens? New technologies, if we don't even use 10% of the technology developed today?
How many projects have absurd technologies but lack investment and support?
Why is it that there isn't a culture of investing in existing projects, but rather in creating new tokens? Will we have 1 million projects in the next decade? Tokens, memes?
Maybe it's not the answers that will make you think, but the questions...
Well, it has to have an actual use and reason for people to stack in the long term, in the same manner people is always staking Bitcoin.
It would be also necessary for such coin to have a fixed supply so it becomes deflationary as times goes on.
Besides of that everything could be a plus, like having a fair system of mining and distribution, having a very committed and active team of developers and making all code related to the project open source.
I am posting this thread here (The home page is still underconstruction) https://coinage.cash/forums/index.php?topic=4.msg38#new I am trying to collect all information about Token (AltCoin). Then I will make a in depth post about it.
Is their anyway to make a whole new coin? like bitcoin or ethereum? What would you even need to know? because I heard ethereum basically has all control over ECR-20 altcoins basically making your altcoin worthless if it over takes ethereum they could pull the plug on you.
You people are mistaking about the success of a coin or token. You do not need any new big innovation of technology behind your coin but a honest and profitable business would be more than fine for making your coin to be in the top list crypto ranking. I mean, you do not need to innovate something to be superior than bitcoin or ethereum but backed by a real business might be enough criteria for me at least to invest and hold such coin.
Overall, I just wish tokens to be working exactly the same manner how stocks are working. Tokens could be a better mean for sharing profits with your share holders. But, unfortunately this not the way how this altcoin space has been working so far.