My guess is you are talking about a coin that is premined, but doesn't suffer from the centralization of power that we've been raised to believe in the crypto universe is the enemy of all that is decentralized and good, correct? So now, if you invent it and that's the model you chose, you will have to convince early adopters that what they've been led to believe by everyone relevant in the community is not true for your coin, which is the exception to this "rule". I hope you see the chalenge you are building for yourself-- the early adopters are the ones who determine which turn the speculators take in the maze.

This, usually along with shoddy tech, is why premined coins can't get enough traction. You can educate, but ignoring the problem will only get you a bunch of stubborn speculators who can't see the limitations of their greed.

This assumes that everyone who is speculating is only thinking as (or for) speculators in their equation, some, if not most, might be using their own metrics for use to determine what to invest in--not a "what would someone else use" mindset, but a "what would I use" mindset. It is possible for people to be both user and speculator and simultaneously spur adoption and speculation.

Could this bias be what prevents the very scenario you are talking about? I'm fairly certain there is a psychological term for it, but don't feel like looking it up when the example is right here.

Duh, look at his sig. He's not even trying to hide the fact that he wants to manipulate Monero up or down depending on his position. Annoying to read, but at least he isn't trying to hide his motives.

I don't like boy bands, so I don't listen to them--seems to work. Pretty sure you can apply the same technique with threads you don't like.

Maybe they can build a soda machine.

This should be an interesting challenge and give some insight into the mass consumption side of the game, so count me in.

I would apply the same concept to your claim that it is an "incorrect" theory. Shen is hardly a slouch when it comes to cryptography, so if Shen uses math to show a flaw, you better be able to disprove his claim mathematically, not with rhetoric. Not sure why there is such a do or die mentality taken by XMR or SDC supporters; if Shen is correct, then the flaw can be fixed, SDC Devs should give him a bounty, and then go about fixing it--it won't destroy the coin the way a flaw in one of the 11 algos used in Dash could, but it will leave transactions before the fix traceable. Hardly end of the world stuff.

The people who would want to de-anonymize a transaction aren't going to tell you about it or benefit from a few hundred dollars in bounty money--it's more a question of, "if this coin makes it to where governments or corporations are willing to spy on it, how well does it hold up to their methods for doing so?"

Personally, I think it's strange AP would try and convert SDC people over to XMR. People have brand loyalty and that's not something that can be glossed over with a few words and a welcome mat.  The majority of SDC pundits are smart and well-versed in what makes for a good privacy coin, so they'll most likely make informed decisions based on the pertinent information, not by pleas or words of discouragement.

As for the cryptography being broken, or faulty, here is the relevant conversation.

https://github.com/shadowproject/shadow/issues/25#issuecomment-182987660

I think it is a great name for a help site, but wonder about its impact as a main address.

Shut up, rOach! <--- because I'm invested

I'm guessing you are scared that the dash price can't stay above the .01 line, but I can buy plenty of things with Monero (like Peter Todd does) thanks to xmr.to and shapeshift and I can do so instantly and privately, unlike you die hard dashers who would rather pre-mix coins with a twenty plus hour mix in time than admit darksend is useless for the average person. I'm glad the Monero developers are making the tech work as advertised before marketing and official GUIs--rather than overpromising and under delivering like dash.

X11 is more than a bug, but go on in your imaginary world of Dash mass acceptance. Last time I checked, I couldn't buy a happy meal with Dash. No one's there yet, so maybe I'll stick with a coin that doesn't take twenty hours to mix or have an algo with a fatal flaw--IE can't get there.

Soooooo, how long does it take to mix using darksend? How many peer reviews has evolution had? Are there any plans to fix (replace) X11?

The Margrave of Plath would also like to announce his intentions to open Plath.

On the good guy front: http://thehackernews.com/2016/02/hacking-wireless-router.html

If only there were a virus that could distribute itself when someone is trying to spy on you--it would be like a hot naked woman walking into a biker bar with a sign on her chest that reads "I had razor blades surgically implanted in all my orifices, wanna fuck?"

And you aren't using your claimed resources to short XMR? Because what? Too easy? You'd rather bash the coin in hopes that some random whale buys into your reverse psychology (that you just put-up for everyone to see) and pumps the price so you can sell--while supporting the network with your "free" hashrate?

Guessing you never heard of K.I.S.S.  

And your plan is to tell them that's your plan?

You have idle servers mining a currency that you publicly claim is worthless (and possibly by that claim, lower what it is worth), so you can buy less of a currency you desire--and I'm the idiot