Right you are! Done.

You weren't the only one missing a payment. I too had not received a payment since 3/26. I just got paid this morning ~1.97. I think it sucks that we were due for a payment on 3/26 then the new wallet came out so we missed getting our payment. Then the payment table was cleared, then enforcement came on and the table was cleared again and we ( you and I ) somehow got bumped all the way to the back of the line and went 11ish days without payment.

Hopefully this persistent record ED has implemented will mean we don't have that happen to us again.

IMHO if you MUST respond to trolls, THIS is the way to do it. Please note #1; the lack of any direct quote, depriving the troll of the attention he craves. #2; the reasonable tone, without shrill or corse language. #3; Content which is a pleasure to read in its own right, and adds substance to the thread.

If the only response to trolling here was either this, or complete silence, this thread would become a true joy to read, and trolls would soon realize that they really were helping our cause. Shrill, rude, and in-kind responses only give the trolls what they want, distract from the readability of the thread, and cause lurkers to wonder if we are any different than they are. Yes the trolls are frustrating, but a consistent reasoned response, or total silence, will quickly reveal to lurkers and newbies who is worth listening to.

For those who don't have Tokenormal's silver tongue, but feel compelled to enter the fray, you might consider the suggestions offered on this link and cite the trolling techniques by number: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-04-04/how-beat-internet-trolls

Ok and I agree, I also hate blatant trolling like lying/misrepresenting things/using emoticons/memes etc. I don't mind worthwhile conversations though even if about technical features and likes/dislikes, advantages/disadvantages.

If you're going to try and "troll", at least don't lie and at least be accurate. Cryptonote was designed to offer anonymity and transparency. The idea was to implement a default mixin of 3(Just as bitcoin-QT has a default fee, etc) so that users get automatic anonymity, even beginners when they first use the wallet. A mixin of 0 was purposely designed to give transparency, and mixins above that purposely designed to give anonymity.

Let's troll Monero forum!

Can we stop quoting the trolls or pay the fucking troll donation fee?  I'm tired of seeing their posts, which is exactly why they are on ignore.  You can't change their minds or reason with them... They will just keep coming if we keep replying.  It's better to ignore, let the inevitable happen, which is Monero flopping,and then they will have no where to throw their 1K crypto investment (really guys... All this over 1k?) but Dash.  They will be reaching out to Mangled or spławik to run a shared node lol

You see that's where you're completely wrong. It's not "cheer-only" but it is about being constructive. There's nothing you do that's constructive. All you're about (which is why it's embarrassing thinking about the fact that each day you actually think these thoughts about coming here to do this) is cry foul, put shit on the many excellent people here and try to turn away new people that are expressing an interest. You've decided that Dash is a scam and you're just going to scream that non-stop from the rooftops without any critical thought process or rationalisation. And you wonder why people here "don't appreciate (your) contributions". Are you insane?

No cypto has had perfect launches, no crypto is immune to aspects that are potentially imbalanced in the way it's being handled. But like bigrcanada keeps pointing out and none of you knockers want to acknowledge, no one has been hurt by the rapid mining at the start of Darkcoin/Dash. We all dealt with it a long long time ago. It just isn't of any importance to us. So some people have a lot more coins than others. Well, good for them, they were in the right place at the right time. Just like early Microsoft employees that ended up being multi-millionaires many times over simply because they held such large stock parcels from the early share schemes that were so very generous compared to today. They were in the right place at the right time....but they also had to hang in there and work hard to turn their opportunity into something.

It's the same here, some people were in the right place at the right time but their potential benefits are far from being realised. There's so much more work to be done and so many mountains to climb before true greatness can be achieved.

But we're all here because Dash represents something profound and of tremendous substance. We know that some people have access to far more Dash than others. Just like how wealth is so poorly distributed in the world; there are now 2300 billionaires and they have far more 'access' to $USD than most others do. Is it fair? Not always. Have they had to work hard? In most cases yes? Were those billionaires in the right place at the right time? Often, yes. Is it a scam that these 2300 have so much money compared to the rest of us? Well, in some respects when you look at the way the Fed operates and the manner in which the big international banks conduct themselves under provisions made for them, yes it's a big ugly boys-club scam. In other ways many of those 2300 billionaires have earned their money fairly and squarely. What we're hoping to achieve with Dash is something infinitely more beneficial than the current fiat financial systems (as are most of the major crypto projects). We're on the way to that and there's every possibility we'll achieve it; but we're never going to get there through never ending criticism and negativity in the style you're embroiled in. We have to have a high goal before us and STRIVE to reach it. That will never come if we're not using critical thinking and perception so this thread is far beyond how you've characterised it.

All your screaming and frothing at the mouth is truly just an embarrassment Adam. And one day you'll fully realise this and wonder how you could have acted so badly and with such reprehensible disdain for such good people building something so revolutionary and useful that will go on to benefit humanity. That's the unfortunate future realisation you're going to have to grapple with, and it's not going to feel good for you. The good news though is you can change your ways and become constructive rather than just a wrecker and destroyer. Then, years from now you'd really have something great to remember rather than just embarrassment.

It's on for more than a day now.

You can always check the current status here.

I own 852 coins in DRK or whatever its called now,still have not downloaded the new wallet as I keep all my wallets offline and never got round to it.Now I hear there Is one man running the show through the dark coin foundation !!!
Can you please explain your role on the foundation board and how you came to obtain the position? Was there a vote I missed or something?

LoL ! Your giving them too much credit. It's not even as complicated as that.

Here's the real reason for the trolling - nothing to do with the "instamine".

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1001642.msg10959114#msg10959114

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I'm still trying to help, granted I've made quite a sum from this cryptocoin, don't try and present the option that it has a future outside of this forum. I warned Tanta on her previous account in 2014 that dumps were going to happen and I hope she did the right thing. While I'm at it, the instamine of this cryptocoin is it's own personal barricade. I've presented the opportunity to invest in alternative currencies besides Bitcoin to my investment group and one common factor most of them all shared, was that they were never going to invest a dime in Dash, named Darkcoin at that time mainly because of it's instamine. What would ordinary people think? A friend and myself were the only ones that invested and made a huge return on this crypocoin, partly because we knew something like a instamine would be perfect for "pumping" and the like, not much else.

Just a friendly reminder to not get sentimentally attached. Goodybe for now.

I don't know what it is about you Monero people, but you just can't stop coming here to this thread and arguing. Toknormal is a highly respected member of this community. He's not a dev but has a sound overall understanding of the different architectures and technology configurations found in crypto and how that's relevant to the economics/practicality of adoption/real-world-usage. Your statements that he is clueless are offensive and WRONG.

You're just like so many of the Monero people that continually post in this thread, you're pedantic and desperately looking for opportunities to "catch out" individuals you're engaging with so you can trumpet how ignorant they are and how much more knowledgeable you are.

It is so immature and so lame.

We know that most of you don't like (actually let me rewrite that "detest") DRK/Dash and everything about this project, all of which gets right up your noses.

The mature and reasonable thing to do would be to just say to yourself "each to their own" and leave us be in our "ignorance" and "cluelessness" so you can focus on your own crypto project's success.

But no....alas....you (and a whole lot of others) just HAVE TO come here and argue with us and treat everyone here with disdain.

Really.....it's beyond pathetic.

haha good one, 2 in 1