Today there are other cryptocurrencies that have excellent privacy and anonymity during all of transactions and operations with them. One of these altcoins is DASH.
Darkcoin = Dash (name-change). That is why it is pointless to bump such an old thread with a (by now) incorrect name in the title.
If people want to compare Dash to Monero just make a new thread.
This thread will only confuse new people.