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[BiteMyShinyMetalAss]

Why dont we stay XCoin (X11 coin) ?

[pookielax31]

Why dont we stay XCoin (X11 coin) ?

LOL rebrand to XC?

[BiteMyShinyMetalAss]

Why dont we stay XCoin (X11 coin) ?

LOL rebrand to XC?

My ignorance, is there somehting XC? I really dont follow any other coins there exepct BTC and DRK...

[oblox]

And for anyone still gun-hoe on sticking with the name, go and recruit 10 new merchants to accept it. If every individual coin holder was capable of doing that, the name would prove to be a non-issue, but unfortunately, it's not easy. It's easy to sit back and nitpick over the name when all Darkcoin really is right now is a small "boys only club". It's more of a speculative, trading instrument than one that could offer real world utility by struggling with an uphill battle for merchant adoption--that's evident by it's oh-so-large marketcap. A coin without merchants (people willing to accept it in exchange for goods and/or services) isn't a currency. If you don't have a growing userbase, you won't be able to make any of the changes everyone so badly wants to see made. It's a one-way street in terms of user acceptance... Dark markets will accept it regardless of name if it proves to be viable to do so. Keeping the name as is, discourages further user acceptance from the mass population. I don't care if the name is Dash or something else... anything that removes the negative connotations associated with the word Dark is a win for future user adoption. Am I saying Darkcoin will replace fiat currencies, no, but it doesn't stand a chance at hitting a billion dollar market cap without an ever increasing merchant network and adoption rate. And before those of you that come in here saying you brought friends and family on, that's way easier than merchants... further, chances are you sold it as an investment vs something that could empower change.

LOL you can already spend dark at anywhere BTC is accepted through shapeshift widget or Coingateway.....Oblox seems to be set on the name chnage even though evan pointed its up for debate... but this dash fanboy is to pressed on everyone using the retarded name DASH that he came up with

How about you actually learn how to read?

[Kienbui]

Forget things about the name. People who stay will make history.

Whatever the name is, I still strongly believe in the bright future of this coin.

Don't worry Evan.

+100

You're just sheep who will follow whatever your cult leader tells you to do

this coin is a disgrace to decentralized cryptocurrency

Time will answer!

Good luck.

[WestHarrison]

Those who dumped because of a name change were going to dump sooner rather than later. Good riddance to short sighted individuals and good luck to them finding another project that can do even half the amount of work that this one has done over the past year.  I personally welcome a rebranding, that said, I do hope for a little more openness during the process.

[toknormal]

I respect people who like the name but I just think it's a total ball and chain round this coin's ankle at this point.

There are no "core markets" in this game.

The alt-coin league is barely 18 months sold. The idea that you can build up a "core market" in that amount of time that will sustain you is ridiculous. If you don't re-invent yourself periodically someone else will come and do it for you - and steal your place in the race.

Thats the real threat - not that Darkcoin looses its following through change, but that it looses its following through not changing.

The name change reflects whats actually going on - progress. If another coin called "DASH" appeared out of nowhere with dual-layer tech, InstantX, multiply redundant anonymity, legacy compliance, a solution to the blockchain boat on the roadmap and a dev that's productive and visionary as ED, Darkcoin would be trounced. Don't think the name would save it.

Thats why I think that this move is good and will not bring the sky crashing down like many are predicting. Dash may sound weird right now - even to me - but in a few weeks time it will sound damn cool again. The market will get lots of things it likes - something new, solutions to problems it knows are a headache for Bitcoin, an anonymous currency that's palatable to the wider world plus a bonus package - pedigree.

That's worth at least as much as loosing a few masternodes IMO.

[WestHarrison]

I'm all up for discussion Adam White, but it seems clear you have a trolling agenda so I won't engage.

[CoHe]

Hey Darkcoiners,

We are now officially accepting Darkcoin to be used on Noobie.io.
Instant X is implemented and can be used on our portal for Darkcoin payments.

This announcement does not look to be timed to well, since you guys seem to be in the middle of something pretty important, but we have been working on this  for the last week and had agreed that it would be released this week.

Kind regards,

CoHe.

[GhostPlayer]

Forget things about the name. People who stay will make history.

Whatever the name is, I still strongly believe in the bright future of this coin.

Don't worry Evan.

+100

You're just sheep who will follow whatever your cult leader tells you to do

this coin is a disgrace to decentralized cryptocurrency

 You have yet to present proof of any of your constant nagging FUD tactics, so s.t.f.u
 
We dont follow what a cult leader tells us to do. I do invest in my beliefs, and Evan is top dog of the crypto coding world, without question. So please do keep on trolling and making yourself look constantly like am imbecil. It helps those in doubt but rationally thinking people to separate the wheat from the chaff.

[emmo]

Forget things about the name. People who stay will make history.

Whatever the name is, I still strongly believe in the bright future of this coin.

Don't worry Evan.

+100

You're just sheep who will follow whatever your cult leader tells you to do

this coin is a disgrace to decentralized cryptocurrency

And you, what are you?As I said, if you lived in the former communist republic. . . just shut up!

[dazbarlby]

Hey Darkcoiners,

We are now officially accepting Darkcoin to be used on Noobie.io.
Instant X is implemented and can be used on our portal for Darkcoin payments.

This announcement does not look to be timed to well, since you guys seem to be in the middle of something pretty important, but we have been working on this  for the last week and had agreed that it would be released this week.

Kind regards,

CoHe.

That's great news, thank you :-)

[Minotaur26]

I bet the Monero people would be partying hard now. And I'm pissed off too.

You are wrong, the smart people on the other communities know very well the name Darkcoin is a weakness for adoption. They may be following what happens and if the community is going to support Evan,etc, but they very well know that rebranding will make this project stronger.

You wont see anyone here from another community posting that rebranding is a bad idea, because it isn't. Think about it this way, there are four groups of people:

1. Anyone that is not already holding DRK will think changing the name is a good idea, they may wonder if we can make the transition, but they know is a good idea. Isn't this our target market? Shouldn't we be interested in reaching them?

2. Then there is the people within the community that feel changing the name is just part of the natural evolution of the project and opens new opportunities for adoption, I am in that group.

3. Then there is the people that don't really care one way or the other, they just want to define this and move on.

4. Finally there are the ones that find the name "Darkcoin" to be a form of protest and their approach to the issue is we should be openly defiant, etc.

To the people in the first three groups I say: Do you think there is a scenario where no one decides to exit after a name change? The people against it are very vocal, that does not mean it makes less sense.

To the people in the fourth group:

 Please consider, the technology is exactly the same, the re-branding can be very positive for adoption. Isn't it about preserving the civil liberties of the majority? If changing the name helps us reach that majority, isn't that what we should do? Aren't we being selfish if we just want to feel radical just for the sake of feeling radical, but if the true purpose is getting this great technology to the majority then shouldn't the name be changed.

[AdamWhite]

Forget things about the name. People who stay will make history.

Whatever the name is, I still strongly believe in the bright future of this coin.

Don't worry Evan.

+100

You're just sheep who will follow whatever your cult leader tells you to do

this coin is a disgrace to decentralized cryptocurrency

 You have yet to present proof of any of your constant nagging FUD tactics, so s.t.f.u
 
We dont follow what a cult leader tells us to do. I do invest in my beliefs, and Evan is top dog of the crypto coding world, without question. So please do keep on trolling and making yourself look constantly like am imbecil. It helps those in doubt but rationally thinking people to separate the wheat from the chaff.

Your dear leader just gave a big fuck-you to the entire community by deciding by himself on a course of action that many don't agree with. You don't think this is proof of centralization?

[Sub-Ether]

Hey Darkcoiners,

We are now officially accepting Darkcoin to be used on Noobie.io.
Instant X is implemented and can be used on our portal for Darkcoin payments.

This announcement does not look to be timed to well, since you guys seem to be in the middle of something pretty important, but we have been working on this  for the last week and had agreed that it would be released this week.

Kind regards,

CoHe.

Good luck with your venture. Excuse all the fudding, there are a lot of hidden agendas coming out from 'competitors', they sense weakness like a predator hunting it's prey and dive in with whatever they think will help destroy Darkcoin.
Hopefully this will all blow over soon, and we will be stronger for it..

[toknormal]

I'm all up for discussion Adam White, but it seems clear you have a trolling agenda so I won't engage.

Same for me. I can't see what that nutcase is saying either.

[BiteMyShinyMetalAss]

Those who dumped because of a name change were going to dump sooner rather than later. Good riddance to short sighted individuals and good luck to them finding another project that can do even half the amount of work that this one has done over the past year.  I personally welcome a rebranding, that said, I do hope for a little more openness during the process.

Pulling out accusation from the ass! this is exact opposite what happened right now!

[BrainShutdown]

Hey Darkcoiners,

We are now officially accepting Darkcoin to be used on Noobie.io.
Instant X is implemented and can be used on our portal for Darkcoin payments.

This announcement does not look to be timed to well, since you guys seem to be in the middle of something pretty important, but we have been working on this  for the last week and had agreed that it would be released this week.

Kind regards,

CoHe.

Great! Thanks  

[eduffield]

If the re-branding is going to coincide with a shift away from anonymity I think the DASH dev knows something we don't, perhaps some flaw not yet disclosed to general public was discovered which is so fatal to anonymity that only re-purposing and re-braning the whole project makes sense.

 Absolutely not!!
 
 Evan has been quite open since the beginning that DRK was NEVER created to serve the dark markets and illegal activity. He created Xcoin with X11, and very intelligently changed to a snappier Darkcoin - which made perfect sense at the time

BTC
LTC
DRK

It was the logical progression and a smart name change!!

A year in cryptos is more than dog years. Mt.Gox seems decades ago, but in reality it was just about 1 year ago.

Darkcoin has evolved into something MUCH bigger than its original premise! And the name is holding us down.

Things have changed considerably, and with so much bullshit scamming/silk roads/Ulbrichs/Karpeles/Green a.k.a. Kennedy/Shreems etc etc etc... "dark" is not going to help one bit.

That does NOT MEAN that a name change will change the fundamental "mission statement" made when he created XCoin originally.

+1

There is NO issue with Darksend, in fact the new masternode blinding system is quite impressive. The mission statement will remain the same with the addition that we want to challenge the monopoly that Bitcoin has on the space. I think it's quite unhealthy if it grows to be the only game in town.

[trafficolaa]

If the re-branding is going to coincide with a shift away from anonymity I think the DASH dev knows something we don't, perhaps some flaw not yet disclosed to general public was discovered which is so fatal to anonymity that only re-purposing and re-braning the whole project makes sense.

 Absolutely not!!
 
 Evan has been quite open since the beginning that DRK was NEVER created to serve the dark markets and illegal activity. He created Xcoin with X11, and very intelligently changed to a snappier Darkcoin - which made perfect sense at the time

BTC
LTC
DRK

It was the logical progression and a smart name change!!

A year in cryptos is more than dog years. Mt.Gox seems decades ago, but in reality it was just about 1 year ago.

Darkcoin has evolved into something MUCH bigger than its original premise! And the name is holding us down.

Things have changed considerably, and with so much bullshit scamming/silk roads/Ulbrichs/Karpeles/Green a.k.a. Kennedy/Shreems etc etc etc... "dark" is not going to help one bit.

That does NOT MEAN that a name change will change the fundamental "mission statement" made when he created XCoin originally.

+1

There is NO issue with Darksend, in fact the new masternode blinding system is quite impressive. The mission statement will remain the same with the addition that we want to challenge the monopoly that Bitcoin has on the space. I think it's quite unhealthy if it grows to be the only game in town.

+1 for that, DRK is the most advanced coin and has the best team behind it,
sure DRK will go to $100 each very soon, i am still holding coin.