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[Minotaur26]

Guys, maybe we can get back to work with the marketing. Evan is doing his part we should do ours. This is a reply from TheCryptoDepot to my communication to them yesterday. I am setting a goal for myself of contacting at least 5 merchants a day.  Is there official communication in English that could be sent to the Chinese exchanges I can get it translated really quick, my sisters boyfriend lived in China for several years and is willing to help.

support@thecryptodepot.com
   
Apr 25 (1 day ago)
      
to me
Hello,

Thank you for your email regarding adding DarkCoin to our accepted coins
list.  We are not opposed to adding a digital currency that has good
backing and a good community behind it. That being said, before adding we
want to make sure our service would actually be used by those who hold
DarkCoins.

Thank you,

- The Crypto Depot Support Team

You can make a poll (e.g. "Will you use thecryptodepot.com service with your Darkcoins" Yes or No)  and send the result and the link to them, if there is a sufficient number of respondents  + the current market cap and position.

Good idea. In the meantime Merchants contacted today:

• chronicstar.net
• bitcoinseedstore.com
• foreverpleasure.com
• bitcoinbazaar.co.uk
• allthingsluxury.biz
• bitezze.com

If we all do this we can create awareness really quick.

[TanteStefana]

I suggested something to Evan last night.  Imagine this;  The master nodes are decentralized.  There will be a lot of them by the time this gets going, therefore they are another decentralized service.

Thank you. Is there a link that explains "master nodes". I like the coin and want to support it but I'm just not very tech savvy to be honest, though I'm trying to increase my knowledge.
Where can I learn about the benefits of DRK?

Best place I can think of is going to http://www.darkcointalk.org and reading the developer thread and newb section.  There are tutorials in a sub-section for newbs.

If you were to do a masternode, please do it on a server such as an Amazon EC2 tiny and use a well vetted tutorial such as the one on that site.

[Kai Proctor]

I suggested something to Evan last night.  Imagine this;  The master nodes are decentralized.  There will be a lot of them by the time this gets going, therefore they are another decentralized service.

Thank you. Is there a link that explains "master nodes". I like the coin and want to support it but I'm just not very tech savvy to be honest, though I'm trying to increase my knowledge.
Where can I learn about the benefits of DRK?

https://darkcointalk.org/threads/darkcoin-update-masternode-requirements-masternode-payments.225/

[GhostPlayer]

http://crypto-prices.com/DRK started indexing DRK with Mintpal instead of Cryptsy !! yey !!

[camosoul]

No news - price doubles. RC2 testing - price drops 30%. I'll just hold what I have left and forget trying to make more from trading it.

People who are trading and/or pumping it probably don't even know about RC2.. or RC1 or masternodes for that matter.

Yeah I guess, but that's my point. Might as well hit up a casino instead of trying to apply logic to any of this mess.

How many times have I said it?

Every altcoin gets pumped and dumped by people who do pump and dump. Has nothing to do with the coin. With DRK, the pumps and dumps will be stretched out as it's mixed in with people who see it's real utility. Same pattern, just over longer period of time.

[Kai Proctor]

I suggested something to Evan last night.  Imagine this;  The master nodes are decentralized.  There will be a lot of them by the time this gets going, therefore they are another decentralized service.

Thank you. Is there a link that explains "master nodes". I like the coin and want to support it but I'm just not very tech savvy to be honest, though I'm trying to increase my knowledge.
Where can I learn about the benefits of DRK?

[...] please do it on a server such as an Amazon EC2 tiny [...]

I think it's better to diversify the hosts. (reliable + DDOS protection included)

[TanteStefana]

We all understand this, but frankly, no serious users will ever use a closed source system.  But to relieve your fears a bit, integrating DarkSend into an existing coin will be very difficult.  According to Evan, the developer, it will take someone with real skill and it will be very easy to break your existing coin.  Second, most of us believe we have something special just because we have Evan Duffield as our developer.  This MasterNode thing is going to enable us to do things not thought of yet.  

I suggested something to Evan last night.  Imagine this;  The master nodes are decentralized.  There will be a lot of them by the time this gets going, therefore they are another decentralized service.  What if you put the blockchain on them to serve up?  What if wallets don't have to hold 17 gigs of blockchain, but are all lightweight due to the MasterNodes serving up this information when needed?  The lightweight wallets for bitcoin use a centralized solution, and if everyone used only lightweight wallets, the network would be easily destabilized.  Not with MasterNodes.  MasterNodes could enable everyone to use a light wallet!  Now thinking along those lines... can you think of other things DarkCoin MasterNodes would be able to do for everyone?  Just use your imagination...

If anyone has any doubts about DarkCoins future....  Think on the above.... Think about our fantastically gifted developer who can implement anything.  If you still don't see it, I can't help you, you're limited, LOL

This plus the dual licensing (yes me again with this  )

That would be great, but I don't have enough knowledge of licensing to know if it's possible.  There is also the probability that it would simply be ripped off anyway, and then what could we do?  Sue?  In a court of law?  Either you function outside the system or enslave yourself to the system.  The community already pretty much "polices" cloned coins by not taking any that don't offer anything new seriously.  Sure, scams are everywhere, and newbs get taken for a ride, that's life.  Everyone has to beware and careful in the wild west.  But this is a different world with no guarantees.

[camosoul]

I suggested something to Evan last night.  Imagine this;  The master nodes are decentralized.  There will be a lot of them by the time this gets going, therefore they are another decentralized service.  What if you put the blockchain on them to serve up?  What if wallets don't have to hold 17 gigs of blockchain, but are all lightweight due to the MasterNodes serving up this information when needed?  The lightweight wallets for bitcoin use a centralized solution, and if everyone used only lightweight wallets, the network would be easily destabilized.  Not with MasterNodes.  MasterNodes could enable everyone to use a light wallet!  Now thinking along those lines... can you think of other things DarkCoin MasterNodes would be able to do for everyone?  Just use your imagination...

I floated exactly this idea, and then it came to pass... ;-)

[TanteStefana]

I suggested something to Evan last night.  Imagine this;  The master nodes are decentralized.  There will be a lot of them by the time this gets going, therefore they are another decentralized service.

Thank you. Is there a link that explains "master nodes". I like the coin and want to support it but I'm just not very tech savvy to be honest, though I'm trying to increase my knowledge.
Where can I learn about the benefits of DRK?

[...] please do it on a server such as an Amazon EC2 tiny [...]

I think it's better to diversify the hosts. (reliable + DDOS protection included)

I wouldn't disagree.  I'm just thinking it's better than running it off of your desktop at home   It needs to be a dedicated server, IMO, to protect your stake.  That 1000 coins is worth 1600 bucks right now!  I don't want to see anyone who doesn't know what they're doing lose their coin, more than I care about the network.  That would be painful to watch.

[Kai Proctor]

We all understand this, but frankly, no serious users will ever use a closed source system.  But to relieve your fears a bit, integrating DarkSend into an existing coin will be very difficult.  According to Evan, the developer, it will take someone with real skill and it will be very easy to break your existing coin.  Second, most of us believe we have something special just because we have Evan Duffield as our developer.  This MasterNode thing is going to enable us to do things not thought of yet.  

I suggested something to Evan last night.  Imagine this;  The master nodes are decentralized.  There will be a lot of them by the time this gets going, therefore they are another decentralized service.  What if you put the blockchain on them to serve up?  What if wallets don't have to hold 17 gigs of blockchain, but are all lightweight due to the MasterNodes serving up this information when needed?  The lightweight wallets for bitcoin use a centralized solution, and if everyone used only lightweight wallets, the network would be easily destabilized.  Not with MasterNodes.  MasterNodes could enable everyone to use a light wallet!  Now thinking along those lines... can you think of other things DarkCoin MasterNodes would be able to do for everyone?  Just use your imagination...

If anyone has any doubts about DarkCoins future....  Think on the above.... Think about our fantastically gifted developer who can implement anything.  If you still don't see it, I can't help you, you're limited, LOL

This plus the dual licensing (yes me again with this  )

That would be great, but I don't have enough knowledge of licensing to know if it's possible.  There is also the probability that it would simply be ripped off anyway, and then what could we do?  Sue?  In a court of law?  Either you function outside the system or enslave yourself to the system.  The community already pretty much "polices" cloned coins by not taking any that don't offer anything new seriously.  Sure, scams are everywhere, and newbs get taken for a ride, that's life.  Everyone has to beware and careful in the wild west.  But this is a different world with no guarantees.

Yeah but can you trust a dev (and his coin) if he uses DarkSend without permission ? In that case it can be self-policed using the community trust.

[TanteStefana]

I suggested something to Evan last night.  Imagine this;  The master nodes are decentralized.  There will be a lot of them by the time this gets going, therefore they are another decentralized service.  What if you put the blockchain on them to serve up?  What if wallets don't have to hold 17 gigs of blockchain, but are all lightweight due to the MasterNodes serving up this information when needed?  The lightweight wallets for bitcoin use a centralized solution, and if everyone used only lightweight wallets, the network would be easily destabilized.  Not with MasterNodes.  MasterNodes could enable everyone to use a light wallet!  Now thinking along those lines... can you think of other things DarkCoin MasterNodes would be able to do for everyone?  Just use your imagination...

I floated exactly this idea, and then it came to pass... ;-)

Yah, I'm thinking other uses might be an exchange, or how about that dark...er... commerce thing?  We could make a decentralized ebay-like bidding site.  We could also charge a VERY minimal fee for it, and make a lot of coin for the masternodes that way without dipping into mining rewards.  This would make the masternodes worth more when the mining rewards dip even lower.  There are endless possibilities.

[ErrorId]

I suggested something to Evan last night.  Imagine this;  The master nodes are decentralized.  There will be a lot of them by the time this gets going, therefore they are another decentralized service.  What if you put the blockchain on them to serve up?  What if wallets don't have to hold 17 gigs of blockchain, but are all lightweight due to the MasterNodes serving up this information when needed?  The lightweight wallets for bitcoin use a centralized solution, and if everyone used only lightweight wallets, the network would be easily destabilized.  Not with MasterNodes.  MasterNodes could enable everyone to use a light wallet!  Now thinking along those lines... can you think of other things DarkCoin MasterNodes would be able to do for everyone?  Just use your imagination...

I floated exactly this idea, and then it came to pass... ;-)

Yah, I'm thinking other uses might be an exchange, or how about that dark...er... commerce thing?  We could make a decentralized ebay-like bidding site.  We could also charge a VERY minimal fee for it, and make a lot of coin for the masternodes that way without dipping into mining rewards.  This would make the masternodes worth more when the mining rewards dip even lower.  There are endless possibilities.

That's exactly what I was thinking when I read your post. Also, TS do you know if master nodes get paid only if they are selected for the darksend or if all master nodes share the reward of each block between them?

[kaene]

I suggested something to Evan last night.  Imagine this;  The master nodes are decentralized.  There will be a lot of them by the time this gets going, therefore they are another decentralized service.  What if you put the blockchain on them to serve up?  What if wallets don't have to hold 17 gigs of blockchain, but are all lightweight due to the MasterNodes serving up this information when needed?  The lightweight wallets for bitcoin use a centralized solution, and if everyone used only lightweight wallets, the network would be easily destabilized.  Not with MasterNodes.  MasterNodes could enable everyone to use a light wallet!  Now thinking along those lines... can you think of other things DarkCoin MasterNodes would be able to do for everyone?  Just use your imagination...

I floated exactly this idea, and then it came to pass... ;-)

Yah, I'm thinking other uses might be an exchange, or how about that dark...er... commerce thing?  We could make a decentralized ebay-like bidding site.  We could also charge a VERY minimal fee for it, and make a lot of coin for the masternodes that way without dipping into mining rewards.  This would make the masternodes worth more when the mining rewards dip even lower.  There are endless possibilities.

That's exactly what I was thinking when I read your post. Also, TS do you know if master nodes get paid only if they are selected for the darksend or if all master nodes share the reward of each block between them?

They get paid only if they are selected.

[ErrorId]

I suggested something to Evan last night.  Imagine this;  The master nodes are decentralized.  There will be a lot of them by the time this gets going, therefore they are another decentralized service.  What if you put the blockchain on them to serve up?  What if wallets don't have to hold 17 gigs of blockchain, but are all lightweight due to the MasterNodes serving up this information when needed?  The lightweight wallets for bitcoin use a centralized solution, and if everyone used only lightweight wallets, the network would be easily destabilized.  Not with MasterNodes.  MasterNodes could enable everyone to use a light wallet!  Now thinking along those lines... can you think of other things DarkCoin MasterNodes would be able to do for everyone?  Just use your imagination...

I floated exactly this idea, and then it came to pass... ;-)

Yah, I'm thinking other uses might be an exchange, or how about that dark...er... commerce thing?  We could make a decentralized ebay-like bidding site.  We could also charge a VERY minimal fee for it, and make a lot of coin for the masternodes that way without dipping into mining rewards.  This would make the masternodes worth more when the mining rewards dip even lower.  There are endless possibilities.

That's exactly what I was thinking when I read your post. Also, TS do you know if master nodes get paid only if they are selected for the darksend or if all master nodes share the reward of each block between them?

They get paid only if they are selected.

Thanks. Thought I read that somewhere just wasn't sure.

[lacrossewacker]

any guides on how to run a masternode?

is this something we can do to help support the infrastructure?  I'm willing to help out however I can.

[Simcom]

any guides on how to run a masternode?

http://www.reddit.com/r/DRKCoin/wiki/index#wiki_setting_up_a_masternode

[Moloch]

While on the subject of master nodes, how does one make it so payments from a master node are sent to another wallet address. Is that possible?

[TanteStefana]

I really don't know how payments are going to work yet.  Evan is testing something right now, but I think he was the only one running a masternode, and he said it's still buggy.  

I think Evan will eventually put together an AMI on Amazon for easy setup, quote from darkcointalk "We will be working on creating AWS AMI’s for you to use as well as Ubuntu ISO images ...."  Right now, it's the cheapest place to run masternodes.  

Geepers, I feel so burned out from all the excitement these past couple of days!  I'm so glad the price dropped even so I lost coin.  It was just too much excitement for me, LOL

Anybody else feel that way?  Or am I just old?  LOL

[coins101]

off to the pub to celebrate 

Pissed as a fart, drunk as a sunk and still loving the DRK one, price up or price down. Whose the daddy of alt-coins 



How do you like them apples ^

 

[coins101]

How about them apples ^

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