after work today I'm gonna start digging around bitcointalk and see if I can get further insight on these and other low coins...discussions on some of these coins have dated back to last year and in some cases earlier than that...so I'm hoping to see if some of these have a solid following...that could be a good hint to jump in...it's also interesting to read earlier discussions of successful coins to see who generally seems to be good @ picking winners since there is a lot of trolling on that site
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example looking @ the chart for earthcoin and the old discussions in bitcointalk dating back to 2013 it looks like earthcoin's best days are behind them...seems like a dead coin that has gotten a recent pump in this new market...I could be wrong tho...I dismissed verge initially as a shitcoin...and now I'm thinking it might be the one