Kbroadfoot I noticed
Counterparty was not on your list of innovative coins...
I found that to be disappointing.
You would think the first fair-start protocol (no premine, proof-of-burn) with an integrated distributed exchange and asset issuance services was a pretty big deal.
Until Etherium or Mastercoin gets there shit together, counterparty is probably the most technologically inspiring project out there right now. It's always on page 1 of the announcements page so I was surprised when it wasn't on your list.
For the most part though I thought your post was insightful and beneficial to PMC.
I will look into Counterparty...
Proof of Burn <----- does this seem necessary, though? Instead of sending BTC to an address with no privatekey why not sent those same BTC to a charity? Or 'put them away' in just-dice, or rapidballs, even mcxFEE shares, or whatever making money for XCP holders in some way?
I get it to some degree, but seems to me the same thing could have been accomplished and the BTC could go on to a new life...
The is protocol layer idea is being tested with namecoin, datacoin, it is what Ripple is now... I suppose the BTC burn is an initial fairness to distribution...
I will study it..