I don't really think they effect each other by any significant amount.

The total number of transactions stored on the Bitcoin blockchain hit an ATH today. This must be the reason for the panic buy.  

This didn't really seem possible (OKCoin Wall eaten!). I am impressed.

It does. More OKcoin users sell to the invisible buy wall rather than buying on ask price.
But they are feared to buy more on other exchanges (cheaper) because this increase feels unsustainable.

This invisible wall on OKcoin is really amusing.

Please don't cry! I forgot to insert a smiling face. I thought it has been an ongoing topic joke. I didn't want to hurt your feelings. Calm down.
Sigh.

Your alternative ego. Don't be lazy! Use to use the proper forum account or it doesn't count!

LOL! I should have trolled about Litecoin's inevitable damnation here instead of doing so in the DarkCoin thread, I see.
Nah, it wouldn't have made any difference, right?

Hey, give him credit for not joking with Africa!

The "The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin" was a real eye opener for me regardin Karpelés. (A have never seen any video footage from him before. I didn't care. Not even after the last incident.)
It felt like the boos of the company sometimes lets his/her retarded child play the boss (while making sure he can't do any harm ... in himself) and somebody compiled a video from the random video footages which makes this game look like Mark is in fact the real boss. His Gay friend is a similar story. Not as retarded but funny because I bet he is straight (just to give this story a twist) while called Gay and look gay and acts like Mark's gay friend (who is also straight, I guess, only to give this strange relationship the secondary twist...). Jesus...

How will you sleep at night, thinking about all that profit you make in every seconds?

I have a feeling it will start falling tomorrow.

LOL. With 3:1 margin they can extract 9 Billion ... out of a virtually 8 Billion market (which is far smaller in reality...). Now, that would be something!
-> You can't possibly need that much money for shorting Bitcoin. Unless you fear somebody has even more for pumping.

Roller coasters are not real trains.

@podyx - Why don't you try trading with a really small amount first (deposit 1/100 of what you plan to risk and play with that "safely" until you get to know the system)?

Though I agree that these Bitcoin trading platforms could use some real documentation instead of a "friendly" oversimplified "How it Works" page (literally).

Worry none. I hereby give you my word I shall take good care of the Bitcoin economy from that day on.
Though it would be only wise to propagate your coins to my disposal while you are still potent. Shall I consult with the sathosi wallet and divine you an address for this mighty purpose?
PS: I don't deal with insects. Reptilians are fine though, from a respectable distance.

Oh, I wasn't clear, I see. I didn't say the problem is on your end. It's not your fault. I guess it's either the installer or the executable itself which doesn't properly take some facts into account. I proposed a possible workaround idea for the problem. If you continue on testing then you might find the real underlaying problem and/or eliminate other possibilities which can help the developer to fix it...

I will try to use the installer myself.

Sounds like a problem with file system permissions (C:\Program Files\ requires admin privileges for certain modifications) and/or folder names with special characters (something like C:\Users\AppData\János doesn't work with most of the wallet softwares).

In this case, I gues you should try to set a different directory for the installer or set the C:\Program Files\Darkcoin folder writable by anyone (for a one time launch when it creates some new files in the folder).

I guess because it's really user friendly (both cosmetically and as a market).
The only thing what really freaks me out is the depth of the swap market. It requires some faith to believe USD depositors lend out a sum of 22M USD at 0.06-0.07 average daily interest rate on a market like this (current numbers at this moment). I can think of many possible reasons (they park their money there in case BTC starts a big crash or rally, so they might as well lend it out until they want to trade themselfs ; some rich BTC whales want to support the Bitcoin market by fueling trades with money, etc, etc) but after Mt.Gox and all the sh|t it's hard not to think about other possibilities (aka a "fractional reserve" system).

You can do both.
You have deposit (lender) exchange (buy-sell) and trader (margin trade on leverage ; BTC,LTC,THS-only, sadly no DRK here) accounts and their separate wallets (you can move your funds between these wallets quickly though). And it's pretty easy to learn how to use their Trading platform (the one based on leverage system) by experimenting with the minimum order amounts.