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Or comparing it to a guy that goes to the gym:
All polo cry babies are like the dudes that just want to pump their arms fast for the summer time. They achieve that by filling the arm with liquids and not with muscle tissue.
On the other hand we have this guy that wants to have a strong and balanced body, and for that he needs to work hard over long period of time.
Sure that after 2 months he won't have the big arms like the first one, but guess who will kick ass after 1-2 years?
The largest trading volume of top 10 cryptos by MarketCap is on Poloniex, not Kraken (Ethereum, Monero, Dash, Maid, Augur, Steem, Nem...)
Are you suggesting these are all pump & dump shitcoins?
Not at all. The purpose of those app tokens is not to bring fiat investors into crypto. For them it is essential to be traded on a crypto-only exchange, since their target audience is crypto users.
Like I wrote, Iconomi has quite the opposite approach - bring the fiat investors into crypto. How many of these potential fiat investors are going to buy ICN, if it would be listed on polo and not Kraken?
Most of them don't know, and don't want to know how to buy or use bitcoin.
As for all these privacy-oriented coins - you'd be surprised how minor and insignificant the privacy niche is outside crypto community.
For 99% of people out there, the level of privacy that bitcoin provides is more than enough.