DRK is implementing masternode payments in a few hours. That's part of RC2. DarkSends work ok but, up to now, masternodes weren't getting paid 10% of mining output. RC3 will bring more in terms of anonymity.

Basic mixing was achieved within days back in February. For 99% of the cases a mixer is private enough for most uses. However governments can still catch you if they can monitor the nodes. That's the 1% extra effort that DRK is trying to do in the last months in the form of negative incentives to run multiple nodes from "bad actors" (that's why masternode payment protocol / 1000 DRK requirement was put into place). RC3 will try to improve anonymity further - always that last 1%.

Will this become a pure proof of stake coin anytime soon? What is the schedule?

Dev and team, you guys rock. Thank you for your awesome work. I hope the tests turn out succesful but I am sure they will

I am confused, I think DRK is still in the testing (i know they started in Feb, but i think they are still testing and they are trying to implement masternode soon), but XC is almost ready for implement. Please point it out if I am wrong.

once we have confirmation from testers that it actually works. things will take off, plus we need to see the wallet too

hey dev, did you used to play Barren Realms Elite on a bunch of dial-in BBS's?
Or it might have been that Solar Realms Elite?

I'm in from ~10000 sats, really good to see real pro dev. How about new windows wallet, is it been developed after new linux one? How long later?

Hmm Dan Metcalf is buddies with the Dreamcoin dev?

I unlocked my wallet for staking 3 days ago, but I have not generated any POS on approx 1k coins? Any insight as to why I am not getting any returns is greatly appreciated.

Thats the first place I looked and there is no .conf file in that directory. Sorry for the question and thanks for answering them. I always backup the wallet on every coin I hold as soon as I open it for the first time.

+1

also where is the X11coin.conf file? I tried searching in the windows wallet downloaded folder and I cant find it.

This is pointless.  Cinni has a higher PoS of 3.5% and they have only minted 12,965 PoS coins in the last 6 weeks (since creation).  And let's remember that Cinni has had 15m coins staking since day 3.  XC has a far less number of coins staking.  So, we are going to rush to staking so we can reduce the supply by around 100,000 coins max at the end of 2 months PoW (generous estimate)?  That won't solve any of the distribution issues.

where is the stake only option at?

Probably around 50% of coins will always be tied up in markets.  And there is no way stakes at 3.33% annually will be reducing the total supply of 33.3M more than 1 million coins in two months.  I would be surprised if PoS blocks counted for more than 1 million XC.

Cinni is PoS 3.5% and they have only minted 12,965 PoS coins in the last 6 weeks (since creation).  So, yea, that should give you an estimate.

I know it has to be unlocked, I am not sure about it being open. I never got a clear answer on that one, or I just missed the response.

I have yet to hear one solid argument or reasoning from the camp that proposes nothing be changed to XC's code.  All I hear from this camp are personal insults -- how can they be taken seriously then?  I for one do not take anything they have to say seriously.

Besides insults, they make the argument that "This is the dev's original plan" -- Are you serious?  This is an argument?  Businesses in the real world adapt to meet the demands of competitive markets all the time.  If a potential superior business plan is proposed by one of the team, it would only be ignorance and poor management to not give it serious consideration.  And good businesses listen to the ideas and innovations of their employees.  All of this is the same for any alt coin. 

Other than this, they make the argument that "The coin will be successful no matter what" -- The argument was never that XC would NOT be successful.  I have repeatedly stated that they will be successful if they deliver anon tech. The argument however, is that XC's success and longevity will be optimized if they change the mining phase to either reduce total supply (by reducing PoW mining phase/rewards) or if they extend PoW mining for years (by greatly reducing block rewards).

Again:  The main problem with XC is that 75% of the total coin supply will be minted in a 2 month period AFTER it's biggest selling point has already been delivered.  This is what I am proposing needs to be addressed by either of the options above.

Either the 75% supply # needs to be reduced with a shorter PoW phase, or it can stay the same but have a PoW phase that is extended to years with reduce block rewards.  One of these should happen if you want to protect and ensure the highest chance of longevity for this coin.