Gah, I'm so frustratingly close to having enough coins for a MN but I'll just have to wait until next pay day I guess

At least it gives me more time to read up on making sure I set it up perfectly.

We saw a minor panic happen with XC remember.

I think there is more behind Cloak than XC but I don't see the big hook.  The white paper obfuscates on some important points and I can't see it offering a better solution than DRK, especially in the medium term.

I hold a bundle of DRK and don't mind admitting that I'm nervous but I'm holding.  Can't be bothered with riding pumps any more.

Evan could really do with having somebody assigned to do a bit of PR now and again.  

Please dear lord let them be using change management

I think my views are somewhat tainted by the fact that I have worked in the markets before, have witnessed release failures and also the subsequent zero tolerance response.  I'm an IT man myself but in Programme Management and not related to dev so I have very little experience in these areas.  

I find it hard to appreciate that you can beta release a crypto currency.  If its there, people will use and abuse it regardless of the risks. For what its worth it seems that every altcoin has gone with the "lets go live and make it work later!" approach which I suppose is just the way things are.  These aren't coins being developed by large teams, these are people with day jobs working on something new that hasn't been done before.

Whichever way you look at it these are exciting times and it appears that DRK is a good distance ahead of its competitors.  Some people have mentioned that there will be room for more than one anon altcoin but I'm not so sure.  If DRK does it first and does it right, I think it won't be long before those who value their privacy will be buying items online and in real life using DRK.

Anyway, apologies for the ramble.  You have no idea how frustrating the last few months of reading this thread have been.  The XC war was particularly hard to stomach.

My very first post  

I have very much enjoyed reading the last few thousand pages of insight, nonsense and FUD.  

From my point of view, it is clear how much Darkcoin has to offer but the big question mark for me is whether the devs can deliver RC4 without a hitch.

Evan and team are clearly working their asses off and doing all they can to ensure a clean release but history does not fill the casual observer with confidence over what may or may not happen when RC4 comes along.  I have huge admiration for the devs but I don't think there will be a second chance should RC4 go badly.

For what its worth, I'm just enjoying the cheap DRK on offer today.  I am just at my limit of what I can in all good conscience afford to lose if things do go wrong.

I have bundles of faith in the concept but so far, not much faith in the execution.  I wish all involved the very best of luck.