Their cryptocurrency engineer /u/ryancarnated said it won't be an altcoin, but coloured coins or sidechains [1]. What's not clear is why they don't use the wor

Their cryptocurrency engineer /u/ryancarnated said it won't be an altcoin, but coloured coins or sidechains [1]. What's not clear is why they don't use the word "Bitcoin", if they have already decided they will be building on top of its blockchain. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2pt4kl/reddit_announces_reddit_notes_aka_reddit_bitcoin/cmztlb0 https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2pt4kl/reddit_anno...