Metalcoin is a minable cryptocurrency, backed by tangible assets. Miners will be able to mine MetalCoins with their computers and trade them in for actual gold, silver and copper coins (minted by MetalCoin), if they choose to sell. MetalCoin will also hold a derivative value based on future franchise performance. Word of warning as their website and twitter feeds are not working as of april 2015.The official MetalCoin ticker is “METAL” and trades under that name on all the exchanges where it has been listed. The designation “METALCOIN” is for CryptoCompare.com only.
