Well, already I've gotten tired. I've solidly stated my point. If the name changes, I'm out of this coin for good,

Goodbye.

That's exactly how things like this work. You vote to get changes done, the developer doesn't just come up and do a major change all willy nilly by himself like he owns everything. You're suppose to have a conensus among the community from things like voting. Evan making the name change himself is a literal arrow to the knee.

I can't believe there are actually some in this community that support it. You support the direct opposite approach to decentralization? A dictatorship? 

When RC3's incident happened, I remember most of the members pushing for a rollback, not otherwise. That scenario also can't be compared as that's a technical aspect(Of which frankly most involved with cryptos aren't specialized in) This is something entirely different, as the name itself is one of the most important aspects of the coin, and what distinguishes it as an anonymous currency in the crypto world. Evan wrongly takes it upon himself to be the sole decision maker in what's suppose to be a decentralized cryptocurrency, not a company.

If so, then he needs to stop trying to run Darkcoin like it's his company where he makes all the decisions, it's a "decentralized currency" for god sakes.

That is the point that has me upset the most, to make such a drastic(and frankly stupid) change such as this without even having a vote by the darkcoin community/foundation members. Way to go with the "decentralized" currency, Evan. Congrats with your new found dictatorship.

Just a hint: Litecoin's volume on many chinese exchanges, which I know is what you're referring to, is faked. Many of those exchanges have 0% trading fees, so users just use bots and trade back and forth with themselves to create the illusion of volume.

Also, the name "dark" coin" in Mandarin(Chinese) is not Devilcoin. Whoever told you that is "FUDing"/lying.

That is the reality. The hope is to get a part of the marketshare in anonymity. Darkcoin/Dash is not going to surpass Bitcoin, end of point. What Evan and his totalitarian rule is doing now, is decreasing the chances of Darkcoin/Dash being used as an actual anonymous crytpocurrency within the crypto community, which is the only hope that Darkcoin/Dash would actually thrive.

+1. There is no better name. Darkcoin is the namebrand, has the SEO on search engines, and conveys the message that the currency is about anonymity. Change that and you've got nothing left.

But it seems Evan couldn't give two fucks about what the community wants, and instead becomes a totalitarian ruler, changing the name when he feels fit.

So, the point of this thread is to express the absolute bullshit that is going on right now. Darkcoin's developer has proposed that Darkcoin be renamed, Dash. I myself am extremely against this renaming as Darkcoin embodies exactly what the currency does, provide anonymity. It's name is "unique" in the sense that it's the first currency to have a privacy centered, english name. Besides my opinion of the name and it's meaningfulness, other important factors also come into play.

1) Type darkcoin into Google, and you'll find a millienia of results around the coin. Darkcoin was also a unique domain name/seo wise, because nothing was ever named Darkcoin before Evan coined the name up in March. Changing it to Dash or any other name will make it 10x harder to get any meaningful google search results.

2) My biggest issue is that Evan continues to treat Darkcoin like a company, not a decentralized currency. From what I've seen, he made plans to go straight into changing Darkcoin's name to Dash without even having a vote on it by the foundation members or darkcoin's community at all. One man can't make decisions like this, yet Evan chooses to do so.

As per qwizzie said, " we are discussing it, but appearently its getting implemented as we speak".

So without any vote or anything by the community/foundation members, Evan just goes ahead and decides to make the change to "DASH" by himself, in a coin that's supposed to be decentralized? Give me a fucking break. This is pissing me off completely. Disappointed with him.

I agree

Let me just say who I am,

I would be considered a Darkcoin "whale"(over 50k DRK), and I've been alongside this coin for ages, since back in March, 2014. Darkcoin's been through some hard, controversial times, but it's pulled through and reached new heights in the crypto world. I recently saw a proposal for a name change(About the 5th time I've seen these talks). All I can say is, I'm fucking tired of it, I'm tired of the fuckups and the changes. Let Darkcoin be the way it is and improve upon Masternode anonymity and instant transactions and whatever other exciting new additions that will come to be. Darkcoin's entire being and recognition as a currency lies in it's name. I myself especially like the name darkcoin because of how powerful it sounds by mouth alone, something that goes against the ever transparent system that's out there. Changing it to something as shitty as "Dash" is utter fucking bullshit.

If Darkcoin continues on this stupid path I'm out, I'm done, and I'm gonna sell my coins and call it quits with this coin. Too much bullshit.