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by medecau 1960 days ago
I'm out of the loop on blockchain currencies.

What would be a good 'non-shit' shitcoin?

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I like Iota a lot. Decentralized, no fees (to get a transaction validated, you validate others) low energy requirements, lots of industrial partnerships. About to get smart contracts a-la Ethereum, but without the out of control costs for transactions.
IOTA arguably is not decentralized at the moment and has questionable history: https://www.coindesk.com/iota-being-shut-off-is-the-latest-c...
Have a look at Cardano Ouroboros: "An environmentally sustainable, verifiably secure proof-of-stake protocol with rigorous security guarantees."
Tezos is technically awesome, it uses proof of stakes, and use a non brain dead Turing complete language for its smart contracts.