I'm sure it has been mentioned many times in this thread, but at over 1000 pages isn't exactly easy to find. But can someone point me to a masternode setup guide? What is needed exactly and how is it setup?

I need baby-level instructions, or at least some instructions. Thanks.

One way around that, sort of, which was discussed in the Drk coin thread early on, is to have a trusted 3rd party audit the code. Finding a trusted 3rd party, and if that would be good enough, is a question though.

For systems that are truly unique, a coin does sort of need to be closed source, at least to start with, or P&D clones will just kill whatever is unique about the coin. And probably do a poor job of implementing the 'unique system' to begin with.

But I agree about the forking thing. You can't hardfork Noble repeatedly, trying to catch the latest fad. The partner coin idea could potentially work. One problem is the fact that people may not really care about any features really. They say they do, but in reality all they could be doing is jumping from one pump and dump to the next, using new features as a context for the pump. It's the same reason why pumps quite often occur on the flimsiest of coin news -- listed in coin market cap, listed on new exchange, listed in some obscure article that nobody will read anyway, nation coin does airdrop, etc. It's just a reason for a pump, so people may not care so much about whatever feature is in fad right now ... it's just a way to make money. Exceptions would be things that are truly unique and serve a purpose, perhaps anonymity, true anonymity, coins like Ethereum or MadeSafe (in theory), that sort of thing.

One thing that could help Noble, and for all I know has been implemented and I missed it, is to incorporate the marketplace into the wallet, as well as have it set up for both android and ios. If you have discounts or marketplace news, it can then appear as a popup in the wallet itself. It's one way to get the marketplace more attention and be a bit more unique than other coins.

I disagree. FUD is when people make up outrageous statements. XLC wallet has a virus in it! The dev is holding 2 million XLC, ready to dump! Stuff that doesn't even make sense.

People here are rightfully just wondering if the dev will repeat history and walk away from the coin. And also wondering about his past statements in regard to delays. That's not FUD, just general talk. People can be objective about coins, even coins they own. They don't all have to be in coin hype mode (just as dangerous and annoying as trolling to me).

XBC was weird in that there was FUD, but quite often it appeared to be more for price manipulation than any other purpose. That's the logical reason for trolls, after a pump or price rise, to buy back in cheap, wait for rise again, and repeat process. So far, there has been little reason for trolling, as there hasn't been a price rise yet with XLC.

A bit odd that it's gone down. I thought it'd stabilize around .015.

Then again, until the coin gets to a bigger exchange, I'm not sure it will stabilize so much. Remember before all the wallet hubbub, we played the .01 to .02 game for a while, with rounds of trolls bringing the price down, and then it moving back up... then repeating several times... way to double profit. I'm curious if that will continue while it's solely on poloniex. I'd also think people would stock up before it gets to a bigger exchange, as that is when we usually see at least some upwards movement.

I'm almost hesitant to mention it, as people may gobble up all the amazon cards before I even get any. But you do know that amazon sells gold/silver coins, right? They sell basically everything. I'm not sure how their prices are, but at 20-30% off, I expect they'd be profitable.

According to what was said by others, no, he's not on the XBC dev team. He hasn't been involved with XBC in some time now really, at least in a direct way.

I assumed everyone knew this from the start. jiapetz  provided a detailed explanation, but his post was deleted.

The only thing I had an issue with was the dev implying that the xbc wallet was the reason for a lack of dev activity here. He has no direct involvement with the xbc wallet, isn't on the xbc team, and certainly didn't code the new wallet. So I was confused as to what he even meant.

And his actions on this thread are already sketchy, due to him deleting posts. That, and unusually long periods of silence from him.

Yeah, and I honestly don't even get it. It's not like anyone said anything overly negative about the coin or dev... simply that the delay in things couldn't have been due to the xlc dev working on the xbc wallet.

If he simply replied and said the delay was a courtesy to xbc, until they got their wallet problems sorted out, I think it would have been fine. Deleting everyone's posts for no sensible reason makes the dev look even worse than he already does. Strange.

I wouldn't expect anyone holding to speak too negatively, and yeah, at these prices, might as well hold if you bought at ipo or higher prices. I'm still holding a small amount, but it's not so much that it'd make a big difference to me.

I'm not so sure about the XBC/XLC coexisting part exactly... yeah, they both can 'exist', but no idea what one will have to do with another.  And I can't speak for anyone on the XBC team, but I see no logical reason for them to also take over XLC.

Ah,  I see my comments were deleted too. I thought I was pretty fair with my questions, simply asking why the xbc wallet would affect xlc's schedule. I'm hardly the troll-sort.

An XBC member even posted here, clearing things up. And his entire post was removed.

And I'm glad I didn't get much xlc, and already sold enough to give me a tiny profit. I don't mind moderation when they go around deleting obvious trolls, but I read the comments that were deleted... nothing was that bad. It's a terrible sign when a dev does that.

Stocked up on a very small amount, but will hold off on any more for now. Every time I think I got a good price, the price seems to go lower. I am curious as to why, unless it's miners dumping or something.

Now that the wallet is out, what are the next steps planned?

Coinpayments/Moolah voting?
MP voting?

Due to recent volume, have Cryptsy/MP considered taking the coin regardless?

I assume merchants and such are already in the works, but that is more of a thing for the project team.

It might kick in at 20%+ It depends on how much folks want to order. Also depends a lot on how many even know about it.

One thing I was wondering about, and would be a question for the dev in regard to the freebie partner coin idea.

If the marketplace discounts are meant as a way for folks to gain interest in Noble, yet the partner coins are distributed based on the amount of noble held... aren't these two ideas contradictory in a way?

People would logically be less likely to spend their Noble at the marketplace if they are given freebie (or swapped) partner coins based on the amount of Noble they are holding. They'll lose out on freebie partner coins if they spend them.

This won't matter if folks simply buy noble the day of their marketplace purchase, but it may mean less people who have stocked up on noble would be willing to take part in the discount. It's basically trading a 30% discount for free coins. If folks have enough money, of course they could just do a bit of both... just not sure if people will think that way.

That makes more sense then, in regard to coinpayments. Otherwise it might be a situation where too many marketplace buyers inadvertently lower the price of noble.

As for the discount, I think a better gauge will be when you are near the max level. I mean, it's sort of like commonsense from a consumer standpoint. A store mentions a sale of 30% off in two weeks, people won't go and buy stuff for a lower discount right now. But I expect you are right in regard to the regular discount. Most people here aren't into using crypto as a currency, strangely enough. Many coins don't even pretend to ever be used as a currency. The  pump and dump mindset overall is way too prevalent among crypto people... their main goal is to get in and out, cash their money, and don't think about ever actually ever using any coin. I guess one roadblock to that is the giant price fluctuations present in crypto overall... nobody want to be the guy who purchases 2 pizzas and a year later finds out he just spent a small (or in btc's case, large) fortune on them.

For myself, I think it'll be a quick and easy way to take a small amount of profit, assuming you have profit to cash out. Instead of coinbase/banks and all that, just convert coin to amazon gcs, which to me is basically the same as real money. If you have goods on the site I want, possibly even better.

New site does look pretty good. I'm not sure if it's there and I missed it, but eventually you should put a little merchant section too ... right now I guess you have that coffee guy + apparel?

I haven't kept track of the pot related coins, although do agree that crypto would make sense for them. But I don't know what advantages a pot-named coin (or features, I should say) they have over say bitcoin, or probably better yet, something like darkcoin or an anonymous coin, may have.

The short term risk for quebecoin is simply getting delisted. Bittrex has upped its delisting schedule, by the way, and I believe they plan it weekly now. Quebecoin missed the cut, this week. They have stated a coin needs to be at .1 btc daily for it to make financial sense -- today QBC is at .05 btc. Unless the dev becomes more active, gets the coin on more exchanges, I wouldn't think it very safe.

Not sure if the OP was trolling or serious... doesn't really matter, but bizarre either way.

I am wondering something, as I wasn't about during the time during btc's rise (not saying Drk will mimic it, just curious). Were people like this when btc started to go up... crash... rise again... crash again, and so on?

I just find it peculiar how there are people who seem to believe a coin will go up in a straight line until it reaches some astronomical height, yet don't take into account no coin has ever done that, including btc. I am speaking in generalities, not just related to Drk or this thread.

Are you saying anything at all from TigerDirect, or just selected items, i.e. giftcards (if they have them)?

And yeah, people will wait. I don't see people really ordering much until you get near the high point of 30%ish. I mean, as a customer, why would you?

The pricing is something I'm a little confused about.

Assume we stock up on Noble for the main goal of spending at the marketplace when the discount is highest. When coinpayments converts it to btc during the purchase, will that negatively affect the price at the time, due to people in effect 'selling' their noble?

If a person simply wants noble for the discount and wants to play it completely safe, the time to buy would be the day they wish to make a purchase -- guaranteed discount that way. The coin would be unlikely to crash or rise a whole lot during that short time period.

Buying now makes sense if you believe people will stock up on Noble, to cash out later on, as the price should slowly rise as more people become interested. It's a question of how many are interested in the market discount though, or how many are simply speculating on the price overall. I also wonder what happens after the 'high discount' period is over ... will Noble then lose value?

In a way, I applaud your enthusiasm  -- in the way I admire people who believe in something and are enthusiastic about it -- yet at the same time I don't really understand it.

I know it's not just me who thinks this, but the dev's activity, or lack thereof, should be a major concern. He is simply working on a different timetable than the rest of the cryptoworld. And that assumes the best case scenario.

This android wallet and multipool has taken what now, weeks and weeks? The android wallet should have been started when the coin was announced during the ipo, anyway. So it's not like it's a brand new concept he had to whip up over a weekend. I also don't see it making a ton of difference anyway... plenty of coins have android wallets and it's not like it really matters a whole lot to the coin.

Has anyone received their syrups yet?

Has there been the slightest effort to get the coin on other exchanges?

So, I don't get the reason for being that optimistic about the coin. I don't want this to sound like fud or trolling, so won't tell anyone not to buy or mine any coin they like. But I suggest you may wish to diversify a bit and look at other coins more too.

How much did you invest?

And as stated, only put as much into crypto as you are willing to lose.

An obvious tip, that others pointed out, don't jump in on a coin rise unless you are very sure you aren't getting in near the top.  The safe way to go is to just avoid pumps if you don't already own said coin.

That said, you really are getting upset because the coin went down 10%? If so, cryptos definitely are not for you. Prices don't move in a straight line... it may go down by half tomorrow, and a month from now be triple. Nobody knows. I expect Drk to go up over time, but up until recently it's been a real slow mover. It may stabilize at a lower level and the price will be stagnant for months at a time. Or tomorrow it will go up 50%.

The only thing I can suggest is if you invested enough for several thousand Drk, sell off enough where you feel comfortable with the investment, and use the rest for masternodes.