Hash is relevant considering 10,000 poor hashing CPUs can be taken over by 10 asics with huge hash. The idea is to get enough hashing in the hands of several people so this doesn't happen. Just like BTC and just like what LTC is trying to do. This shouldn't be fought by CPU and GPU miners who don't' want to reinvest in hardware. It should be welcomed esp as this drives innovation and more investments behind the currency.

Also, your points about the skyrocket are both speculation and probably wrong. In all reality it was probably willy.

I do agree, issues of one have no affect on other, thats good.
ASICs? Yes, More hash is out there the better is for all, network secured, less coins for people, price skyrockets, new technology for x11 mining, history of BTC? History like to repeat

Yes, it is true.
What is a small miner ? One 750ti for 100 Euro gets you 2.6MHs.
And you can have multiple miners submit under same address, right ? Like if you want to use your University Cluster for mining

bitcoin shows the opposite..
if there would be additionally p2pool everything would be fine

ASICs should not be considered a thread. ASICs are a natural evolution of a coin and helping provide greater security to the network.

C'mon, not again. I hate this 'miners are shit, just the working class the upper class does not give a shit about' attitude.
Miners are the ones that secure the block chain, and 'create' new coins. It's not MN, its not an exchange.
And don't start with ' if the miners leave, difficulty will come down, and they will return' crap.

 My suggestion is an optional choice to "tip" back the p2pool network, not to redistribute mining earnings. That way incentivising the use of p2pool network. This was back in April when MN earned 10%. I'm not technically savvy to fully propose a valid solution (for example, where would the payment go? a central wallet? thats a very bad idea... ) ... but in essence, p2pool nodes could have could have a "genkey", and participant MN's could send out a % cut, much in the same way MN receive a % cut from mining rewards.

 Like I said, that would seriously work against central ASIC raping and potentially all the centralised issues of mining.

https://darkcointalk.org/threads/masternode-donation-to-p2pool.326/

LOL, will be the same discussion as miners strongly disagreeing with MN payments
But I also think that is not the way to go.
In the end, it's miners who should be rewarded for using p2pool nodes.

 Linux newbies? bribe? say what? ... no way man. In my proposal I merely suggest that a MN owner could choose to contribute and incentivise the use of p2pool. What is wrong with that? Choice, not imposition. I would gladly do it.

 Any serious miner will do p2pool because it is way better and safer and makes the network much more robust. Running a p2pool node, yeah thats a different thing and not for anyone. But without doubt, the best gains come from running and mining from your own node.

 I would gladly give back a few % to the p2pool network. Its decentralised, impossible to 51% attack, impossible to DDoS, no account hacking, no need for logins and 2FA, no bad actors stealing, and without any central authority whatsoever. The only problem is most hobby miners out there dont understand it fully and tend to flip pools or algo's looking for better gains. And the ramp-up really does suck.

 Once you get serious about mining, there is no better experience than p2pool. Payouts just roll without effort, and are statistically better than any central pool. All in all, p2pool is the ultimate solution for ultimate network stability.

i see the point, but in general the network will gain huge advantages from decentralized mining..
Every coin, including btc, is dominated by huge pools. If drkcoin had primarily p2pminers it would be safer than btc from that view..
(this could affect the value of your investment also )

btw. whats about the idea supporting p2p pools somehow..? masternode donation seems quite interesting..

whats evans opinion?  

The description from Darkcoin.io would be perfect.

BUMP~!

Well, it already looks like a sinking ship looking at the order book  

 When was this listed? That has got to be the (potentially) biggest p&d I've ever seen in crypto

Hello! Is it safe to run minerd on my vps? What port will it use? How many DRK should I expect to mine?

If you can post your issue and what the fix was, it may help other people around here.

So I was thinking about starting a cartoon to celebrate evan's achievements:



A proposal:
Is the community/foundation willing to pay me a monthly amount of DRK (I don't know, 150 DRK or something) so I can allocate some time every day and create a daily cartoon?
I could create hilarious confrontations between darkcoin and other coins, etc...  
Let me know your thoughts.

Donations: XtAdMy5nSxArut6rKKLQXxm84rpJNipXib

He was a genius, but he died a poor, forgotten man.
I would rather attach him to the Monero thread...