Hi, I'm a dedicated DRK miner/holder and am generally a forum lurker, but I just read an article that put DarkCoin in a positive light:
http://cryptolife.net/breakdown-anonymizing-cryptocurrencies/"The nice thing about this implementation [DarkSend] is that it doesn’t require any additional overhead, and doesn’t require trusting third parties..."
And the conclusion was "I don’t think any of these solve the problem completely. Currently, darkcoin with it’s coinjoin implementation is likely the most reasonable proposal..."
Despite this recent chaos, I'm still very bullish about DarkCoin's growth potential.