****REFERENCE THIS POST 1 WEEK FROM TODAY****   Chart on top is a very small snippet from another asset's chart where I have seen this pattern DRK is in before. DRK chart for last 24 hours or so is on bottom. The referencing chart on top isn't to be used as a direct perfect picture of the future but is a general guideline. And in general it's saying that we've got a little more rally left but are going to do a short-term top in the lower-.008 region in the next 24-48 hours and then proceed to consolidate, perhaps in a triangular pattern for 2-5 days before..... All I'll say is I've just sent in a bunch of fiat and have locked in these soon-to-be-ridiculously low prices. I might post the next small snippet next week. We'll see. JL We're now about halfway between those first two vertical gray time-lines, which means we have one more good rally ahead of us, probably to .0084 is my guess. Don't think we've seen short-term top yet before 2-5 day consolidation begins. JL .0084 reached...Short term top in, or just about to be in within next 12-24 hours is my guess. 10% down and overall consolidation for next couple days now? JL Another short-term top anyone? (Perhaps the 'final' short-term one before a pullback?) I have "guessed" pull backs wrongly on so many occasions now I dare not put any coins at risk of a bath, even if it's a minor one; I just don't have the stomach for sitting there watching the chart go the wrong way yet again! I really don't know what's going to happen. With BTC starting to rise again and more than 1470 views of Evan's InstantX Youtube demo, it just may be that there are many more people expecting some sort of rocket launch rise to take DRK closer to or beyond the ATH, so it's very very dicey to be offloading at this point (and toknormal's great piece of TA in a post on the previous page also indicates the high risks involved). Having said all that, we could be back down to 0.0055 or thereabouts next week, such is the fickle nature of crypto at this time that if there aren't 5 or 6 "staggering developments" announced the 30 second attention span of many crypto investors might wane. Regardless, I'm holding. (Glad you're back by the way. You and toknormal provide much interesting persepctive on the trading aspects of DRK) |
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I'm also enjoying watching LTC sell off down to the 0.01 level which I have my doubts will hold. I see .0097-.0098 and then a retest of the lows back at 0.0079-0.008.
It's interesting isn't it. I've been referring to this past couple of months where DRK's price has been so suppressed (and kept going down every time Evan released something new!) as the "crypto winter"; a period of extraordinary lack of inspiration or motivation by investors and more people heading for the exits than taking an interest or position. And the MintGox/RyAlex KenGreen disaster hasn't helped at all either. But maybe the phenomena we've witnessed of LTC continuing on through this period relatively unscathed even though it has virtually nothing to offer in terms of innovation or value, is simply a "safe-haven" aspect of this period and now that circulation back through the veins of the anaemic crypto body has recommenced LTC will lose it's status and funds will move-on to greener and more exciting pastures. I certainly hope so (and everyone who's hung in here supporting DRK and the extraordinary work by Evan and the team that's been/is being done, deserve success). |
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************** Trading Alert ***************** Look at this folks. This is the 1-Week DRK /BTC MACD (Moving Average Convergreance / Divergence) histogram. Basically, 1 bar lasts 1 week, so it's very long range. This is where we're at right now in the long game. We've been correcting heavily since the big high back in June and the simple fact of the matter is that it takes months for a huge revaluation like that to properly consolidate. But, as you can see, we're approaching the end of this correction. Maybe a couple of weeks - possibly a few more if we are to take the pessimistic view - but all the same, the pattern's unambiguous. The selling momentum is slowing every week. That means there's progressively less in it for the dumpers every time there's a rise because we've been testing the 5 level so many times and the bear market is "tapering" (LoL - had to get that term jammed in there somewhere  ).  If we take a look at the 3-day MACD histogram, we can see its correction is already in and completed around mid September. It's been positive ever since so this endorses the view (at least from the perspective of this particular analysis - there are lots of ways to look at it but these trends are unambiguous).  Now lets take a look at a more direct way to identify bull / bear markets - the DMI (Directional Movement Index). Again - this is a VERY long term analysis. It can't be overturned with a few day's trading. Basically, it's confirming the interpretation of the trading momentum analysis above - i.e. that we are approaching the end of the bear market. We had a strong bull market up until early August when the bears gained the upper hand in the 1-week chart. Then there's been a bit of a battle between bulls and bears between August and now. Finally, with this latest rise we've broken the trend and sent this long term chart into a bull configuration again. Note - even though this happened before in mid September, it didn't impact the trend strength line (i.e. the trend strength line didn't consider it a trend reversal). This time however, it's been batted level by the last few day's rise. It's not yet a reversal - it needs to start going back up again (with the green line still in charge) for that to be confirmed, but all indicators are starting to point in the same direction.  WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR TRADING ? Basically, what it means is this: If you're planning to dump at 8, expecting it to dive back down to 5 and pick up a few more DRK (like it did before) it may well do so. But the price is much more elastic than it was in the last couple of months. There's less weight holding it down there, so be very careful. This is what you've got to watch: [1] - it may not go back down all the way [2] - if it does, the market won't be as liquid as before so not as easy to get out and back in at target exit / entry points for large amounts (we can already see this on Cryptsy - exiting with 2000 DRK will take you to 78, but entering with 2000 will take you to 84. That's a whopping spread. Not something you want to be caught on the wrong side of so you need to be sure we're going to loose at least 0.0006 in value just to be safe that you can get back in without a loss [3] - as the momentum analysis shows, the downward momentum is suddenly half what it was a week ago. Ergo the valuation is more buoyant and can spring back up easier. If you're going to dump then eyes need to be on charts to keep your a*ss from getting dumped in the quicksand Thats my take on the current situation ! Totally unscientific and subjective of course. All others welcome A great post (as usual) toknormal. Appreciate the effort you've put into this analysis and it's great you're able to distil the TA jargon down into some "Basically, what it means is this" plain English. Thanks very much. |
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So if I hold my drk til I die, does that mean I have to read shojays comments for the rest of my life? Think I might just KMS.
You just can't stand to hear anything that goes against your narrow view of the world and how things work can you? Please either put me on ignore or KYS. Problem solved. Shojayxt since the lobotomy you're substantially improved (actually more of a road-to-Damascus-conversion really) but people here have long memories and recall just what a complete tool you were back in your trolling days. I'm not saying that some of what you wrote in the past wasn't relevant or didn't have some truth (and the need to get everyone to undergo reality checks within fan-boy movements is important), but your MO was to put shit on just about everyone here in the DRK thread and boast about how much more successful you were jumping in and out of DRK continually while the "losers" just retained their DRK holdings in MNs. Many of us that have invested in MNs and refrained from being part of the mad trading scene have helped to maintain stability throughout this crypto winter, not that trading isn't essential to how assets like this work, but your continuous criticism and expression of disdain for the people here who've believed in DRK and stayed the course was pretty offensive and frankly you owe an apology. I don't owe anyone an apology. Lets try and keep this thread about Darkcoin and related issues. Rehashing the past is a waste of time. Thanks I don't owe anyone an apology
Oh really! Ha ha, I'd rather be a dick head than a dick sucker like you.
I was here early. I sold some coins early but bought back in low and sold at the top. I just dumped the last of my DRK the other day because I can't stand the stench of this coin. I will admit that I am mining on one of the pools that isn't taxing me 20%. I'll sell whatever I mine and feel good about not paying the 20% tax.
But feel free to believe whatever fairy tale you want. You believe in the Darkcoin fairy tale about overtaking bitcoin, going to $300 a coin etc... so why wouldn't you believe the fairy tale that you posted about me.
You have the early supporter part right. But after observing what has been going on I can't support this instamined scam any longer.
Yes I used the words INSTAMINED and SCAM.
Rehashing the past is indeed often a waste of time, but you have demonstrated beyond measure that you are untrustworthy and you could turn again at any moment. Goodness knows what damage you did to DRK's name back then in other threads and on other sites. "Forgive, but not forget" is an all important measure and most of the longer term members of this forum will be mindful of this when interacting with you. |
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So if I hold my drk til I die, does that mean I have to read shojays comments for the rest of my life? Think I might just KMS.
You just can't stand to hear anything that goes against your narrow view of the world and how things work can you? Please either put me on ignore or KYS. Problem solved. Shojayxt since the lobotomy you're substantially improved (actually more of a road-to-Damascus-conversion really) but people here have long memories and recall just what a complete tool you were back in your trolling days. I'm not saying that some of what you wrote in the past wasn't relevant or didn't have some truth (and the need to get everyone to undergo reality checks within fan-boy movements is important), but your MO was to put shit on just about everyone here in the DRK thread and boast about how much more successful you were jumping in and out of DRK continually while the "losers" just retained their DRK holdings in MNs. Many of us that have invested in MNs and refrained from being part of the mad trading scene have helped to maintain stability throughout this crypto winter, not that trading isn't essential to how assets like this work, but your continuous criticism and expression of disdain for the people here who've believed in DRK and stayed the course was pretty offensive and frankly you owe an apology. |
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I'm trying to understand this. Is it (as someone's previously suggested) an April fool's joke in November? Providing access to Facebook via Tor is like saying "New SSL release supports clear-text pass through" or "Best practise for anonymity is to publish a user's identity and their pseudonym" i.e. isn't the mere notion of a social media platform being used though Tor an oxymoron? |
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The wallet executable on windoze 7 64bit is terrible - generally slow & very unresponsive, it takes an age to sync & is pretty unusable while doing so - & not much better when it's finished. I see a few members have commented on this problem also - is the issue being looked into? Thanks Let me guess...synchronizing the blockchain on a Commodore 64 diskette ? I'm on Win7 64 and the blockchain synchronized in a matter of minutes (from 0) and the wallet is working perfectly fine. Maybe because i'm on SSD ? Maybe because you have a shit 4500rpm laptop HDD ? Who knows... Edit : Could it be that you are using an Asus Eee PC 900 ? Don't lie to me. Please, Commadore 64 is so 5 minutes ago... Amiga 500 is where all the BlockChain Bandits are these days... Ha! Youngsters. Loading the BlockChain from cassette tape on a Tandy TRS-80 would indicate some level of longevity in this realm.... |
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Heads up friends. TheBoffin was the person who facilitated Alex Greens operations. The American business was under Landons name, the accounts as well, YET I have not heard a thing about his involvement. Without him, this whole operation cannot function. It is 100% known through chat logs that TheBoffin was willing to take responsibility for a company, while just an employee, and knowing that Alex Green had no face, wanted to remain anonymous, and ADMITTED he thought it was sketchy, but still took his paycheque and enables thousands to lose their money. So I guess, before he enables more fundsmissing, he is starting a new business CryptoGold.me - Reddit Gold with Altcoins by TheBoffinin dogecoin TheBoffin 1 point 10 days ago This is a side project that myself and some of the previous Moolah staff have started. We are trying to move on the best we can all things considered http://cryptogold.me/. I would recomend using your brain before supporting these people. I don't feel all themoolah employees should be accountable for Alex Greens actions, but Boffin was a willing participant in something he was even fishy about. He took $$ over matter and offered to be the face ofa financial service that even he thought could be a scam.. Use these services with extreme caution. Is Landon TheBoffin? Landon was the one who said 'no evidence of any wrongdoing by Moolah at this time' despite 5000 BTC gone AWOL... BlockaFett and sushibi it's pretty clear TheBoffin is Landon (as you've noted) otherwise why would he give this Skype address? ("[21:55] <TheBoffin> Skype? Landon@Moolah.io" in https://network23.org/dogecoin/2014/10/21/first-chat-with-the-boffin-typos-and-all/) And to me this bit gives some idea that it's far more than just the "paycheck" factor here: Agreed completely, until i read these logs. https://network23.org/dogecoin/2014/10/21/first-chat-with-the-boffin-typos-and-all/ He was 100% aware that his boss has no face. He was 100% aware that his boss wanted to be anonymous. He was 100% aware that this was fishy. Now, how on earth, does someone put a FINANCIAL business in their name, with these unknowns is beyond me, in the real world. BUT the crypto ecosystem, give me a break. It's called a paycheck and turning the blind eye to 100% of any risk. Accountability for these people is important. You can almost guarantee that Alex/Ryan set up some sort of incentive arrangement for Landon to receive some equity in the business or a major financial benefit if certain objectives were met. The nature of his comments in that discussion with FeltPen are too far beyond mere "employee". He's attempting to defuse suspicion, protect Alex/Ryan and denounce any need for more transparency/openness. I'd say he was far more aware of the many issues with Alex/Ryan than he's (subsequent to that interaction with FeltPen) let on. He's most likely way in over his head too and being involved with someone like Alex/Ryan (who appears to be your classic corporate psychopath) it would have been very hard to walk a straight line without being subject to threats, recriminations and all sorts of subversive pressures: If anyone reading this hasn't seen the appalling interaction between Alex Green/Ryan Kennedy/Ryan Gentle/(who knows what other names?) and a couple of people from the Doge Foundation watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjUsn2rH_xEIt starts off pretty tame but go to about an hour in and you will see Alex/Ryan in full flight. Credit to Ben Doernberg (previously) from the Dogecoin Foundation for standing up to him. As I've said, classic corporate bully/psychopath who will have left multiple trails of destruction wherever he goes. |
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Can someone explain to me what the 0.2% of masternodes at version 0.10.16 means? Why is there a version number that seems to be in advance of the latest version 0.10.15.17 that 89.7% of the masternodes are at?
10.16.x was the experimental version which supports holding multiple 1000 DRK masternode batches in one wallet, so you can start multiple remote masternodes using one local wallet. Oh okay, thanks. So is there just one of these running on main-net as a continuing test? |
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This bit about on BlockNET and the never ending bs the XC crowd dish up is just atypical of the crap that keeps popping up in crypto. I long for the day this type of stuff will be routed before it even gets started. It seems like so many people are in on these scams at the ground floor hoping to ride them up and make fast dollars at genuine investors' loss. It just damages all of crypto. We all need to rally around the good people in crypto and really highlight their commitment and decency. This realm is very badly effected by "evil flourishes when good (people) see it and do nothing". https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=842039.0 |
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1111 masternodes! Can someone explain to me what the 0.2% of masternodes at version 0.10.16 means? Why is there a version number that seems to be in advance of the latest version 0.10.15.17 that 89.7% of the masternodes are at?  |
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Nobody I contacted (who replied) had the BTC to buy what I had to sell. Thats the only reason I went to the free and open market.
Hey stonehedge, are you in fact coinzcoinzcoinz too? You seem to have answered this thread below as coinzcoinzcoinz because your text in that thread indicates you're observing the sells going on whereas coinzcoinzcoinz was the one who sold 20K worth? mister whale, please continue to dump
my orders haven't been filled yet
I don't think this is a whale. Some mini whales dumped 100,000DRK+ in three hits within the last 30 days. We are currently seeing smaller amounts of dumping influencing the market. As pointed out up thread though, volume is low so I suppose this has a comparable effect. I stand corrected. Just saw the 33k dump last night. Resistance indeed. I dumped 20k yesterday. I always told myself that at $1.70 I would have to sell about half of my coins. I reached my panic point. I quit my job few months ago because of my DRK investments (I went all-in with 95% of my net worth), so I needed to secure my future to have enough money to start a business. Hopefully you understand, price has never been important for me, but it becomes important when your personal future gets in danger. I'm done dumping now and holding on to my remaining 30k as a long term hold. I'm still a firm believer in this project and I'm fairly confident that at the end of the road this project will change the world. This is utterly unacceptable behavior. You have been engaged in this community long enough to know that there is over the counter methods and interest to purchase Darkcoin, even by Evan himself. You basically decided to punish the community by dumping on an exchange as you turned supposedly part of your holding back to BTC. Shame, shame, shame on you! Falsealarm, one of the key attributes of investing in things like DRK is there's enough liquidity that you can choose to do whatever you need to do whenever you need to do it. A person has that right when they've taken the risk of putting their money into it. I'm so sicking of hearing this "holier than thou" "high-priest of crypto" attitude. The constant use of the term "dumping" creates an impression of nasty underhandedness and that anyone who sells anything close to a large amount is a shameless manipulator. I'm not suggesting manipulation isn't going on (crypto is probably one of the worst arenas for it I've seen in a long time) but if someone wants to sell their coins on an exchange that's their business. It's a free market and they can do whatever they like with their assets. I think you need to check in with reality and have a think about what you've said, the situation coinz described and why your response is so unreasonable. Hold on, hold on, hold on. F' the free market, and the community, the individuals who make up the community, the ideas behind Darkcoin or the rest of the crypto ecosystem. Would an intelligent investor who claims to still hold 30K in Darkcoins sell 20K on an exchange? Would a large institutional investor do this? Does the large sale of 20K at market prices at a time volume is significatly low not work against your remaining holding of 30K and your hopes of ever recouping your investment? He should have at least pinged a couple of the largest supposed holders via direct messaging. Does the large sale of 20K at market prices at a time volume is significatly low not work against your remaining holding of 30K and your hopes of ever recouping your investment?
Yes it does. Probably not the way I would've done it, but my point is one can choose whatever to do with their assets. It's like when a few neighbours in a street all decide to sell their properties at the same time and they all have similar properties priced approximately within a few percentage points of each other. then one of them cuts loose and drops their price for a quick sale and the others all get very upset. It's the dynamics of the market (as brutal as it can be sometimes). If Darkcoin is to progress and grow, as well as adoption, we need to see the market able to deal with all the different types of decisions people make about buying and selling and their choices on the speed they either acquire or offload through pricing to suit. I think your "shame on you" comment is overly harsh and out of line. He should have at least pinged a couple of the largest supposed holders via direct messaging.
Well he may have done this (based on my query above as to who is who); we don't really know. Again, each to his own and people should be able to choose what do do with their assets without someone coming down on them like a ton of bricks. |
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The XC thread hasn't even seen the above thread either. Instead they're all worried about the premine funds being spent without any notice to anyone. 500,000xc to 6k. XC has always been interesting. They used to brag that you could run a mixer without 1000xc and then changed that to match darkcoin's requirement of 1000. (only one example) Basically every single idea that dark creates, xc tries to copy it and sell it as better. Each day they seem to bite off more and more than they can chew. The xc dev starts separate projects here and there and never finishes the original ones like anonymity. They announced they wanted to have the currency become a company and sell shares of it. What is the endgame; is it a currency or a company? What's really fascinating now is that the xc dev is now involved in another currency that allows selling his old currency for the new one. On top of all this, the above article is stating that he has been behind developing another shit coin as well. Last but not least: he's been code reviewing other shitcoins for their anonymity. XC isn't on github and has no source available. It's hard to code review another coin when your own so called anonymous coin isn't even able to be proved that it actually delivers what it states. All of these things are just some of the many red flags for xc. It's not even worth taken seriously at this point. If I held any, I'd sell immediately. Good summary Propulsion. I could see the beginning of some serious red flags a couple of months back and got out at 169,000 satoshi. Very similar to the silliness and hyperbole of Cloakcoin. I remember when Bob(neverany)surplus was on here sprouting complete BS about how much better Cloak was than Dark I thought about just how these types of "investments" seem to attract that type of shark. Now XC have made all these promises about how the pre-mine funds will be reserved and there'll be complete transparency on what they spend them on; yet they've gone ahead and pretty much drained the kitty with virtually no advisories and effectively a complete changing of the rules on how those funds will be used. Massive red flags now! |
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Nobody I contacted (who replied) had the BTC to buy what I had to sell. Thats the only reason I went to the free and open market.
Hey stonehedge, are you in fact coinzcoinzcoinz too? You seem to have answered this thread below as coinzcoinzcoinz because your text in that thread indicates you're observing the sells going on whereas coinzcoinzcoinz was the one who sold 20K worth? mister whale, please continue to dump
my orders haven't been filled yet
I don't think this is a whale. Some mini whales dumped 100,000DRK+ in three hits within the last 30 days. We are currently seeing smaller amounts of dumping influencing the market. As pointed out up thread though, volume is low so I suppose this has a comparable effect. I stand corrected. Just saw the 33k dump last night. Resistance indeed. I dumped 20k yesterday. I always told myself that at $1.70 I would have to sell about half of my coins. I reached my panic point. I quit my job few months ago because of my DRK investments (I went all-in with 95% of my net worth), so I needed to secure my future to have enough money to start a business. Hopefully you understand, price has never been important for me, but it becomes important when your personal future gets in danger. I'm done dumping now and holding on to my remaining 30k as a long term hold. I'm still a firm believer in this project and I'm fairly confident that at the end of the road this project will change the world. This is utterly unacceptable behavior. You have been engaged in this community long enough to know that there is over the counter methods and interest to purchase Darkcoin, even by Evan himself. You basically decided to punish the community by dumping on an exchange as you turned supposedly part of your holding back to BTC. Shame, shame, shame on you! Falsealarm, one of the key attributes of investing in things like DRK is there's enough liquidity that you can choose to do whatever you need to do whenever you need to do it. A person has that right when they've taken the risk of putting their money into it. I'm so sicking of hearing this "holier than thou" "high-priest of crypto" attitude. The constant use of the term "dumping" creates an impression of nasty underhandedness and that anyone who sells anything close to a large amount is a shameless manipulator. I'm not suggesting manipulation isn't going on (crypto is probably one of the worst arenas for it I've seen in a long time) but if someone wants to sell their coins on an exchange that's their business. It's a free market and they can do whatever they like with their assets. I think you need to check in with reality and have a think about what you've said, the situation coinz described and why your response is so unreasonable. |
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Why prices have been not fly
Every so often I read a posting on here and I think "FFS what sort of intelligence level are we dealing with here....a retarded parrot?" Now I know that English may not be your first language and you may not be super skilled (or even unskilled) at asking questions with great articulation, but surely...SURELY!!! you can come up with something better than "Why prices have been not fly"....good grief! |
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What should owners of masternodes that are stuck on blocks do? About a third of mine are stuck.
Just checked mine oblox and the block height is up to date and progressing. I'm no expert but I've had a situation before where I started darkcoind and although it seemed to all start correctly and a grep showed it active on the MN list, the block height was "stuck" and showed no indication it was going to get moving so I simply stopped darkcoind and started it again. On the second start it caught up and continued on without any further hitch. Perhaps you should stop darkcoind on those MNs where it's stuck and restart it. |
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Georgem we have to tell the story, clearly and concisely.
Please do so. Absolutely.But in the process of it, don't belittle any fan created material. (I am not saying that you specifically have done that, but in general)The one has nothing to do with the other. Both are essential, and must coexist. Okay. Sounds good. I'm pretty much supportive of all the work people are doing either as part of the core team or in isolation. And I've been tweeting with the #darkcoin tag 3 or so times per day too. Certainly the energy level of individuals on here and DCT is fantastic. Both are essential, and must coexist.
Yes, I believe this is correct too. We need a higher level message that's core and consistent and lots of grass roots work from individuals and groups within the DRK community. Thanks for the interaction and ideas |
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Successfully enabled enforcement.  getcheckpoint { "synccheckpoint" : "0000000000166aaacca1d17a941d7a09460a3512e9af6ab5d5b677e29d600121", "height" : 160228, "timestamp" : 1414511509, "subscribemode" : "enforce", "enforcing" : "on" } Tremendous Evan (I think, I'm not a dev). Looking forward to seeing consistency on the MN payments now. It would be great if you could give some commentary sometime on this discussion about marketing/video production. |
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That's what this video and core marketing needs to communicate: Trust, Certainty, Backing, Credibility, Efficiency, Security, Anonymity, Privacy.
My opinion is, either darkcoin manages to really evolve into a true ecash, and all the attributes you mentioned will simply follow because the tool (that can be used for all that) will now actually EXIST and will be used. Or we can just try to build an overblown image now that our software tries forever to chase after. Especially strong words like "Certainty" and "Efficiency" can't just be claimed... you have to earn them. Darkcoin isn't even 1 year old! EDIT: I am not saying that such an official serious video shouldn't be done now. But I don't look at it as more relevant than anything a fan could make. Because we are far from entering the real promotional era of darkcoin. Georgem we have to tell the story, clearly and concisely. Just like when you write a resume or CV and apply for a job, you have to present credentials and attributes that will give the potential employer confidence you're going to be solid and deliver on the expectations being set. We already have a story on each of those attributes I've listed: Trust: Darkcoin has an experienced and real-world identified dev with a very strong financial background. He has consistently delivered for the project; Certainty: The project has reached many milestones, it is stable with a strong community that is very supportive and committed; Backing: Many serious people are associated, again all real-world identified, the Foundation has structure, process and governance; Credibility: The system works and has been verified by an external crypto expert. The masternode network with approx 1000 servers around the world is architecturally advanced, robust and economically well structured to lessen volatility; Efficiency: Transactions are secure and confirmed by a healthy robust network, InstantX provides rapid confirmation as efficient as proprietary closed-source traditional credit card networks (but with a tiny fraction of the transaction costs); Security: Vulnerabilities are addressed within hours, users identities are protected, the system is very secure; Anonymity: Darksend guarantees transactions are untraceable; no real-world user identity metadata is needed to use Darkcoin; Privacy: Users are completely anonymous and, unlike Bitcoin and many other crypto-currencies, block chain analysis cannot identify wallet addresses to specific user's real-world identities. Privacy is the hallmark feature of Darkcoin to address ever increasing government intrusion on privacy. It's all very well to talk about "darkcoin manages to really evolve into a true ecash" but without a solid marketing we'll never get there. You can't expect it to succeed through a "build it and they will come" process, nor will it get there if there are many hundreds of cottage industry style marketing attempts going on with hundreds of slants on what it is and what it does. We need a core message and core positioning statement of what it's for, how it's supported and why people can trust in it. And we need that first....THEN we'll get more adoption...then it will be seen as "ecash for the Internet". Solid messaging....increased interest....adoption....understanding of value.....ecash for the Internet.....Market cap dramatically increases. |
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Dear me, I'd have to quote so many great opinions from these past few hours... so here goes my 0.2 duffs
I work professionally in a specific area of the entertainment field. Image is everything when it comes to promotion.
One thing is an official video, the other is fun-lovin´fan work.
I was thinking exactly what Kai posted. A simple and "stupid", extremely sober and professional animated short video, to serves as basis for the gist of Darkcoin in general. Then eventually sub-sequent videos for the finer details, tutorials, in-depth explanations, etc...
This is NOT Dogecoin. Humour is dangerous! Add that to "dark markets" and you'll get slammed with "junkie coin" by the media, just 'cos you know how they're like... Darkcoin can very well become one of the most interesting, important and influential financial tools of our times. Like all things powerful, for the good and the bad. It is crucial that the official video contains all the answers to core questioning upon it's viewing. Copywriting the script (pun not intended) for such a video far outweighs who the hell animates it. Having said that, image is everything, so a killer script + killer video = mass awareness.
It is imperative the Darkcoin's official core image directives represent its phisolophy and it's origins and objectives. A very serious protocol to empower the individual. The individuals of the world need a simple and cross-cultured presentation of what Darkcoin is and what is proposes.
That Bitcoin video, to whom I've shown to many dozen people so far, masters it.
But listen to yourself, already you try to distance yourself from dogecoin etc... what? why?  What's wrong with funny memes again? Humour is dangerous? Why can't darkcoin have that too???It can be fun and it can be diverse but the core messaging coming out from the dev and the foundation needs to be "this is a serious open source tool you can depend on for moving millions of dollars anonymously". Dogecoin has a meme of a dog and people that have never heard of it don't even know how to say it properly. It's fun and kooky but it doesn't say "High net worth individual, you can trust us to transact large sums of money. We are a serious organisation and system that's been built for the long haul". That's what this video and core marketing needs to communicate: Trust, Certainty, Backing, Credibility, Efficiency, Security, Anonymity, Privacy. These attributes need to be communicated very succinctly and clearly without kooky memes (not taking away from all the fun stuff you do georgem, which I really appreciate) or silly, whacky stuff. That can all come later along with Mad Bitcoins type of guys doing shows and things but a serious "this is revolutionary development in finance which you should be taking advantage of" needs to be the main message first and foremost. |
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