This is a copy of my submission to the dev team in jira this morning. Tell me what you think:
DarkMix: A New Road
When Darkcoin was first created, the term "Darksend" made sense because the funds were sitting in the wallets unanonymized, and when the user wanted to send the coins anonymously, he would have to engage the "Darksend" process at that time. This would be easy for the layman to understand.
Well, with RC4 came an entirely new idea by Evan (which was brilliant by the way) to pre-mix the funds before the user sends them sometime in the future. As such, I do not think the term "Darksend" accurately portrays what is technically happening with the coin after RC4.
A completely new way of anonymizing deserves a completely new term for it:
DarkMix:
This is a sexy term which really brings what is happening behind the scenes post-RC4 and explains it in a way that my mom could understand. It also could lead to easier UI explanations as follows:
"The DarkMix feature requires that you unlock your wallet so it can auto-transact with the network. Please enter your password." - Easy to understand. You need to enter your password to MIX your coins, you are not "Darksend"ing anything at this time.
"Payment to yourself" could become "DarkMix Initialization"
"Darksend Denominate" could become "DarkMix Denomination"
"N/A" could become "DarkMix Transaction, No Address"
All of the above would be easier for Mom and Pop to understand: not actually "sending" anything at the time, just mixing, anonymizing!
The above are only the technical benefits to DarkMix, from a marketing perspective it could be a potential gold mine:
"Darkcoin releases RC5, with open-source DarkMix technology"
This kind of attention-grabbing headline is just what we need right now to generate interest and curiosity in our drastically improved tech. We all know how cool Darkcoin is, but a terminology change would have a far-reaching effect amongst people (potential whales) who have written Darkcoin off as a pump and dump scheme, haven't been following us since, and may not even know that "Darksend"'s been flipped upside down, drastically improved, and is now kick-ass!
It would be a fresh start, furthering us from the "instamine" crap, the "closed source" argument and all the other growing pains of the first few months.
With the way this tech works, generating interest (and more users) right off the bat would be VERY beneficial.
I'm excited, we have a great coin here, let's show it off!!
"DarkMix" is submitted for your approval.
The term "Darksend" is very important to the history of the coin and could still be used at the time of sending, from the dropdown menu: Darksend (Use anonymous funds). In addition, it could be used in videos and promotional materials alongside DarkMix (Darkcoin featuring DarkMix/Darksend)
Thank you for reading,
Tao
http://jira.darkcoin.qa/browse/DRK-68 
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