Well, thats a development internal release (maybe only for testnet, but don't know for sure). In order to avoid possible issues, I'd strongly suggest waiting for the official release, which is expected to be out later today.

Sure, feel free. Once you will start valuing your time, you'll stop anyway. Till then, nobody can stop you.

Just to make it clear, this is an attempt to confuse people, nothing more.

If anyone has doubts, read the post mentioned by the op in this topic: https://www.darkcoin.io/news/rebranding-to-dash/

Afaik official time of the rebranding is 1pm Pacific time, which is almost 12 hours from now. Be patient.

Well, what did this Bill guy do that I do not know of? (have no clue who he is, I just love this quote)
Well, actually it doesn't matter

"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody." - Bill Cosby

Focus on newbies. It's impossible to create a video for all target markets. Focus on the most important one.
If we try to make something that fits everyone, the end result won't fit anyone.

There was a ~2600ish dump on finex as well at the same time.

You are right. It might have happened. Just like this message could have been typed in by my cat walking back and forth on the keyboard.
Before accusing, please provide some solid claims.

I understand your point. The lucky thing is that there's a ~90% chance the buyer can sell his coins in the green, as current price is higher than it's been since the coin was created (it was higher only for 2 months back in may-june 2014). So if someone is willing to part from his coins because of the branding change, he can do so now.

We all know it's a tough subject, and there any many drawbacks. Only time will tell if it was the correct move.

Don't worry, the decision was made only about the name. Logo, graphics, websites, communication channels will come soon.

What you are seeing here is community brainstorming, which is actually quite good for field testing ideas.

I asked the same question multiple times, and the answer turned out to be a "No, it's not final". See the first post of https://darkcointalk.org/threads/rebranding-followup.4266/

Wow....

You guys are blaming vertoe for quitting, wtf? She was a major investor, a core dev, and the whole discussion was done behind her. And you do not understand why she is so upset. I mean, are you serious?
On one hand, she might not agree with a name change. But she is probably way more upset because of being left out of the conversation totally, and selectively some whales / foundatino members (wasn't she a foundation member as well?) were included.

Same with Propulsion. And moli. And manyo thers...

Sure, you can say thanks for the cheap coins, have a good life, etc. But this all comes off arrogant. The coin WILL miss the input of the aforementioned people.

I am against the name change. But executed properly, we all would have accepted it to some degree. This was terrible. So many bright minds together, and this was the end result.

Please field test an idea first. Involve as many important people as possible. Make sure not to leave out key players.
Then comunicate clearly!!! I still do not know if we changed the name... Abnormal. Seriously, did we?


Oh, and about redistribution. Vertoe's 50k goes to the biggest whale who is around 10% of all coins now. And you call this redistribution.
I like Otoh, no offense, but we shouldn't be fanboyish. He alone can kill the market. This is an inherent risk with such a huge whale.


Do not make such mistakes again. Please.

well, my 2 cents

So Minotaur, is the decision final?

I (as a huge drk supporter) find it quite saddening how we react to criticism and possible flaws. The one above was a nice example.

You know guys, we need to be able to take criticism without becoming emotional. Sure, trolls come and go. But for someone neutral, what we (I mean DRK supporters in this thread) are doing is EXACTLY THE SAME behaviour. Many here are trying to fight trolls with logic, which does not work. Then trying to give them a lecture, explaining how things work in great detail. It doesn't work either. The next step is becoming aggressive, which is exactly what the trolls want to achieve. And the end result is argument thrown back and forth, without actually listening to each other. For a neutral, it's repelling.

Sure, sure, I know you cannot argue with a troll. But since we all know it, why do we even try?

Please guys, without fighting back, first reconsider if you are responsing to someone's constructive criticism, or just a random troll. And act according to this information.
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Don't_feed_the_Troll <- further information here

We also have to make sure not to repel people forming constructive arguments, finding bugs, etc. This is in our own interest. I know there is a thin line between these ard pure troll posts, yet we HAVE TO make a difference. If we treat these people as trolls we drive them away.

Take a look at Evan. What I love about him as that he's always acted professionally. We should try to mimic this. Sure, fanboyism kicks in and we'll get overprotective, but please guys, THINK. If you're answering to a troll by feeding his anger, you are not doing any good - you're the one the troll couldn't exist without.

This has been debated over and over again. I doubt the name will ever be changed.

And now, something completely different...

Is it ok to stay on .23? Or is .24 mandatory.

I hope not yet. Let it mature - even if for days it stays stable, the dump potential decreases significantly. I personally hope it gets back to ~15-16, and stabilizes there at least for a few days.

Don't be blind guys. There will be dumps. If the market overreacts by shooting to unjustified hights, people will dump and try to buy back lower. I mean this is standard, no fundamentals can change this.

So expect dumps guys in case of an overly large price increase till the market finds equilibrium. When will these dumps happen? My guess is not yet, but it's up to the market to decide.

Oh, and don't panic. Fundamentals are strong enough to support current price easily imho.

If prices increase the fee of the MN operators has to decrease. It's a free market, and another mn operator would provide a service for less in case the original operator does not discount his prices.