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1941  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][DRK] Darkcoin | First Anonymous Coin | Inventor of X11, DGW, Darksend and InstantX on: March 14, 2015, 03:53:36 PM
DASH: Building decentralized infrastructure through incentivized full-node operation:

Masternodes is how DASH calls their full nodes. Every coin needs full nodes.

From this Coindesk article:  http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-nodes-need/



Quote
"To function to its full potential, the bitcoin network must not only provide an avenue for transactions, but also remain secure. By using a number of randomly selected nodes, the network can reduce the problem of double spending – when a user attempts to spend the same digital token twice.

However, bitcoin doesn't just need nodes, it requires lots of fully functioning nodes – nodes that have the bitcoin core client on a machine instance with the complete block chain. The more nodes there are, the more secure the network is. This is one of the reasons there is a plan to put bitcoin nodes in space, and that the plan has important implications for bitcoin. The problem is, the number of nodes on the network is dropping, and core developers believe it may continue to do so."

There are two main differences between DASH full-nodes(Masternodes) and other crypto currencies full nodes. In DASH full-node operators are incentivized and the DASH network requires a 1000DASH collateral to run a node.

From, the same Coindesk article Bitcoiners have found lack of incentive to be one of the main reasons for the drop in nodes:


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"Unlike bitcoin mining, where participants are rewarded for confirming transactions, running a bitcoin node does not provide any incentive. The only benefit for someone to run a node is to help protect the network, and based on the Bitnodes data, the number of people interested in supporting the network with a full node is waning.

There could be a number of reasons for that.

For one thing, running a full node utilizes the resources of a machine for basically no monetary return. Plus, the collapse of Mt. Gox has likely left many people with less desire to support the digital currency."


On the other hand, the lack of a collateral makes it free for people to Sybil attack the network and spoof transactions. From this link http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2yvy6b/a_regulatory_compliance_service_is_sybil/ you can see:


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"A "regulatory compliance" service is sybil attacking Bitcoin with surveillance nodes to deanonymize transactions."

Another issue of lack of incentive to run full-nodes is that as crypto-networks grow it leads to more centralitzation:

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"Members of the bitcoin community seem to be losing interest in hosting full nodes. And it's something to pay attention to, because over time it might mean that the major companies in the industry may have to pick up the slack.

If larger players are taking up the role of supporting the network as full nodes, though, it continues to lessen the amount of decentralization the network has at an infrastructure level."



DASH strategy solves all of these issues, through collateral requirement and incetivized full-node operation.

Once you have a decentralized network of full nodes, where you can count on updates, committed operators and protection from bad actors, all tied to your blockchain. You can really start building features and services over it to provide added value services to end users.

So far DASH has implemented on this platform:

1. Better fungibility and privacy than other existing solutions, by using denominations and pre-emptive mixing, effectively creating digital cash. In DASH you can divide your money into denominations: 0.1, 1, 10, 100, mix it preemptively with other users in the network in a completely trustless and decentralized way and finally use it to pay for things just like with cash.

2. instant transaction confirmations without creating any additional bloat in the blockchain. This technology will allow for crypto-currencies such as DRK/DASH to compete with nearly instantaneous transaction systems such as credit cards for point-of-sale situations while not relying on a centralized authority. It shortens the delay in confirmation of transactions to as little as 4 seconds.

Planned features:

3. 2FA at the protocol level
4. Pruning and scalability
5. Additional decentralized features and services yet to be revealed.

This is DASH's added value proposition. Please discuss.


References:
http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-nodes-need/
http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2yvy6b/a_regulatory_compliance_service_is_sybil/
You and I are going to make a great team! You keep churning this win out and I will make sure the world sees it! BRB...
1942  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][DRK] Darkcoin | First Anonymous Coin | Inventor of X11, DGW, Darksend and InstantX on: March 14, 2015, 03:22:55 PM
Small change...


Bumpitty, bump, bump!
This logo animation shouldn't stay buried for long!
DASH
1943  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][DRK] Darkcoin | First Anonymous Coin | Inventor of X11, DGW, Darksend and InstantX on: March 14, 2015, 03:14:56 PM
http://coinmarketcap.com/exchanges/volume/24-hour/

Cryptsy


Currency      Pair             Volume (24h)    Price            Volume (%)

1 Darkcoin    DRK/BTC         $ 109,200         $ 3.07           47.34 %
2 PayCoin     XPY/BTC            $ 32,718         $ 0.692329   14.18 %
3 Dogecoin   DOGE/BTC         $ 21,734         $ 0.000139     9.42 %
4 Bitcoin      BTC/USD           $ 11,246          $ 282.88         4.88 %
5 Litecoin     LTC/BTC             $ 7,297          $ 2.00             3.16 %


Bitfinex


Currency      Pair             Volume (24h)    Price            Volume (%)

1 Bitcoin         BTC/USD      $ 9,362,540      $ 284.61        98.85 %
2 Darkcoin      DRK/BTC      $ 56,846           $ 3.06             0.60 %
3 Litecoin        LTC/USD       $ 23,190           $ 2.00            0.24 %
4 Tether         USDT/USD     $ 17,639           $ 1.00            0.19 %
5 Litecoin       LTC/BTC        $ 7,877             $ 2.00            0.08 %
6 Darkcoin      DRK/USD      $ 2,998             $ 3.00            0.03 %

DASH is on the rise again as people realize it's the same revolutionary tech, only now more marketable...
#DASH is #DigitalCash!

Nice to see more volume on Finex!
1944  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][DRK] Darkcoin | First Anonymous Coin | Inventor of X11, DGW, Darksend and InstantX on: March 13, 2015, 11:46:25 PM
KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM

Damn, What set you off? Seriousely?


PS  You can't discuss and ignore someone at the same time.  Unless you're a hypocrite or surrealist who enjoys performative contradiction.

Sure we can, its rather effective too. But lets be honest here, the real reason you are so upset is that you were exspecting this rebranding
to break the Darkcoin / DASH community up and when you noticed we didnt you couldnt handle that and resorted to below the belt
troll attacks on the Darkcoin / DASH forum.

  


Oh, don't worry, Mr. ICEBREAKER, you're safely back on ignore...
1945  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][DRK] Darkcoin | First Anonymous Coin | Inventor of X11, DGW, Darksend and InstantX on: March 13, 2015, 11:15:03 PM


Sad to see a hero member letting his emotions get the best of him and to sink to that low level of trolling/spamming.


LoL ! Hey, we've got off lightly Wink ......https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=941331.msg10551132#msg10551132




I had to unignore him for that, and I'm glad I did. Well played ICEBREAKER, we could have been friends in another life...
1946  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][DRK] Darkcoin | First Anonymous Coin | Inventor of X11, DGW, Darksend and InstantX on: March 13, 2015, 10:45:04 PM
I have delusions of grandeur. I am of the mistaken impression that anyone here gives two sweet f♢cks what I think just because I'm a Hero Member with an avatar. The only purpose I'm serving is to continually bump this thread to the top of the page.
Keep trying champ, you'll make friends one day. Thank you for availing yourself of my ignore list. Goodbye!
1947  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][DRK] Darkcoin | First Anonymous Coin | Inventor of X11, DGW, Darksend and InstantX on: March 13, 2015, 09:29:23 PM
Small change...


Bumped for awesomeness...A lot of people REALLY love this logo, FWIW...
1948  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][DRK] Darkcoin | First Anonymous Coin | Inventor of X11, DGW, Darksend and InstantX on: March 13, 2015, 09:27:00 PM
So the rationale behind changing the name is to further adoption... To what, compete against Bitcoin? Darkcoin has lowered itself to Litecoin 2.0. What a shame.

How does furthering adoption of a payment platform is related to Litecoin in any way?  Litecoin adds 0 value, they dont have any differentiators, go check their Github.

DASH has an original value proposition and is looking to differentiate itself from the regular altcoin. DASH is no altcoin, it is just a younger original crypto payment platform proposal. You can invest in it or not, but LTC has nothing to do with this.
Awesome.
https://twitter.com/TaoOfSatoshi/status/576494362261110784?s=09
1949  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][DRK] Darkcoin | First Anonymous Coin | Inventor of X11, DGW, Darksend and InstantX on: March 13, 2015, 03:17:37 PM
Small change...


I don't usually swear, but this is f*cking awesome! And this logo would get my vote if it came to it.
1950  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][DRK] Darkcoin | First Anonymous Coin | Inventor of X11, DGW, Darksend and InstantX on: March 13, 2015, 06:58:59 AM
Nice first article out after re-branding to DASH. This is only the beginning...

http://www.newsbtc.com/2015/03/13/darkcoin-rebranding-dash-digital-cash/

1951  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][DRK] Darkcoin | First Anonymous Coin | Inventor of X11, DGW, Darksend and InstantX on: March 13, 2015, 05:03:41 AM
I presented some ideas to Evan on DCT, let me know what you guys think:

Overview Screen ===> DASHboard

Darksend Mixing ===> DASH! (The simple term DASH! would be to create Digital Cash)

Darksend Balance ===> DASH STASH

Darksend ===> Eliminated. Give users two options: Send from Normal Funds or DASH STASH...

Cheers,

Tao

P.S. Looking forward to the next chapter in our journey together. We really have a great community!

LOL, certainly fun.  Not sure if everyone would be in agreement again, as it might be too fun ;P
No one will agree on anything...we've seen that in the last few days. Thanks for your input, we'll see what Evan thinks!
1952  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][DRK] Darkcoin | First Anonymous Coin | Inventor of X11, DGW, Darksend and InstantX on: March 13, 2015, 04:39:23 AM
I presented some ideas to Evan on DCT, let me know what you guys think:

Overview Screen ===> DASHboard

Darksend Mixing ===> DASH! (The simple term DASH! would be to create Digital Cash)

Darksend Balance ===> DASH STASH

Darksend ===> Eliminated. Give users two options: Send from Normal Funds or DASH STASH...

Cheers,

Tao

P.S. Looking forward to the next chapter in our journey together. We really have a great community!
1953  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][DRK] Darkcoin | First Anonymous Coin | Inventor of X11, DGW, Darksend and InstantX on: March 12, 2015, 06:19:30 PM
Just playing around...

This is great! Gave you some Twitter love:

https://twitter.com/taoofsatoshi/status/576084576541503490

Cheers, Tao

1954  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][DRK] Darkcoin | First Anonymous Coin | Inventor of X11, DGW, Darksend and InstantX on: March 12, 2015, 04:17:46 AM
Just a thought: If this re-brand goes through,  to "Dine and DASH" will suddenly become respectable!

 Grin
1955  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][DRK] Darkcoin | First Anonymous Coin | Inventor of X11, DGW, Darksend and InstantX on: March 11, 2015, 11:43:33 PM
okay


did more research and I'm in for DASH

I retract previous statements


BUT


this is getting a little to "busy"



K.I.S.S.

I like the Morse Code better


Welcome aboard! I thought from your Twitter that you were almost out, I'm glad that's not true. You maybe are going to become a DASH Masternode business operator now... Grin
1956  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][DRK] Darkcoin | First Anonymous Coin | Inventor of X11, DGW, Darksend and InstantX on: March 11, 2015, 10:31:08 AM
My wife is a big Darkcoin supporter and thinks DASH is great and she's always right.  

She's definitely not pointing a knife to me at this moment.  (help!)
Female DASH adoption will be key... Grin
1957  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][DRK] Darkcoin | First Anonymous Coin | Inventor of X11, DGW, Darksend and InstantX on: March 11, 2015, 09:17:42 AM
Two retailers (close friends) who I have previously discussed accepting DRK actually said "come back if you change the name".

I love the name Darkcoin and don't want to see it go but it feels like the right time to move on now.
I completely agree. This is also the sentiment I've been getting. If we are truly going to take this technology to the whole world so everyone can enjoy the benefits, this is the way to go.
Cheers, mate, it's nice to see a similar viewpoint to my own. I've been getting torn apart in the DCT thread all night!  Wink
1958  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][DRK] Darkcoin | First Anonymous Coin | Inventor of X11, DGW, Darksend and InstantX on: March 11, 2015, 07:21:20 AM
My masternode count shows 2092 masternodes. So we lost a bit more than 200 nodes.
But consider that it is much easier to close one than open a new one.
After redistributing a lot of coins it will take a bit longer until the new nodes are online again.
Maybe otoh can say something if he has set up new ones.

I think it should seriously be considered lowering the amount needed for a MN. If it were half of the original value then sales would increase and there would be far more masternodes in existence.
I don't think we lost a single node. We are still well above 2300. You guys are really running out of ideas.
EDIT : Well played Flowerpots! Beaten by a smidge!
1959  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][DRK] Darkcoin | First Anonymous Coin | Inventor of X11, DGW, Darksend and InstantX on: March 11, 2015, 05:22:17 AM
Why a dog guys ? The faster animal is a Cheetah , so maybe put an cheetah or an leopard(more build) jump over the Digital cash should look good   Smiley

Just an example:


Do like. Smiley

Oh nice Smiley

Thanks guys. Smiley
I like it, but DASH Cheetah doesn't have the same ring as DASH Dalmatian, and that's important to me. Cool design, though. I will do a contest when the time comes.
1960  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][DRK] Darkcoin | First Anonymous Coin | Inventor of X11, DGW, Darksend and InstantX on: March 11, 2015, 02:53:17 AM
I like the idea of logos for spots.
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