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[camosoul]

DarkCoin is what bitcoin should have been. Some might call it "Bitcoin 2.0" but would do better by saying:
"DarkCoin is digital cash."

+1

But that's why I think its better to call it D-coin or something else (not related to dark)
New people will think that darkcoin is related to illegal things and thats not the intention, idea of it. Maybe it will scare/put off (I don't know the right word) some people...No?

I echo all of these sentiments. If we called cash "paper crime bucks" people would probably look down on that, too... BitCoin is already perceived as crime currency because of the media slant.

When you can say that DarkCoin is really "just a digital form of the cash you already use," it undermines that dirty media and government propaganda against cryptocurrencies. So, if you can do that in just a name, why not do it? Why deliberately attach yourself to the negative aspect?

I agree, this looks like what BitCoin should have been from the beginning. Real digital cash for the people. But damn, why bring it down by functionally naming it "crime money?" Erk! For the volume of crypto involved, name it cryptcoin.... Or digicoin, or bytecoin, or ciphercoin, damn, anything but crimecoin... Lols.

[slyA]

Is it possible to use Darkcoin to send anonymous funds to protesters in Ukraine? Or get a protester to brandish the Dark coin brand asking for help on a news coverage. From that point we will post it on Reddit or something? Too far fetched?

[camosoul]

Is it possible to use Darkcoin to send anonymous funds to protesters in Ukraine? Or get a protester to brandish the Dark coin brand asking for help on a news coverage. From that point we will post it on Reddit or something? Too far fetched?

Fly there, take a picture of yourself with such a sign, come back home... It's a really big country, Kiev is just one city... Round-trip airfare from my place to Sevastopol is approx $850. Already sent a few BTC to several guy's signs...

Too bad I can't send them guns to shoot back with... Much more valuable than the money right now.

[AlexGR]

The coin is being dumped everywhere. Putting up a buy wall wont stop it. As long as dark send is not yet live, it will unfortunately continue. Right now its an aspiration to be the first. We're not there yet.

The problem is there is not enough demand at the moment for the steady supply of fresh coins.

Unfortunately there is no marketing. No PR. No dev interviews. Nothing. Its all hinged on darksend right now. The sooner that is up and running the better.

That might be actually intentional I have a similar feeling about Vertcoin btw, that the creators want to give themselves more time before they start the hype machine on full steam.

Without any hype right now, and with all the dumps because of the hack on ccex... it's hard for it to go up. Praying for darksend.

It's just a question of rational buying. Why buy from the dumper at an elevated price? We wait for him to get lower and then buy as much DRK we can with the fewest BTCs possible. When the dumps are over and the cheap supply is over the price has only one way to go due to the scarcity of daily supply / low daily inflation.

[essjayeire]

Checkout the work-in-progress website! It's really coming along

http://darkcoin.us/io/

I'm sorry eduffield, but the first background with the lock.... it looks like a jail, LOL

I love the lock, but the grid with it.... immediate jail impression 

Gah..... I'll have a look around and see what other stock images are available

[AlexGR]

Unfortunately there is no marketing. No PR. No dev interviews. Nothing. Its all hinged on darksend right now. The sooner that is up and running the better.

Agreed. A Google News search for "Vertcoin" returns 97 results; "Darkcoin" returns 1.

...and despite that mist of DRKness surrounding the coin, it was ahead of both Vert + Max before the ccex incident.

It all has to do with the fundamentals. You go over the list of coins and they're all junk with very few exceptions like DRK. This alone attracts the attention of the right BTC holders. If people want to make a quick buck there is a ton of those shitcoins out there to pump and dump. Hype attracts the second type of crowd which is like the guy who was "oh it's droppiiiiiiing" and getting disappointed. Apparently there are plenty of coins that rise every single day -guaranteed- for like months, and which can sustain drops in value despite fracked up situations with exchanges (cough, Bitcoin, cough) so I figure he's heading for them 

[eizh]

Checkout the work-in-progress website! It's really coming along

http://darkcoin.us/io/

Looking great. Some comments on this current state:

1. Logo should be more prominent somewhere, not just the little substitute for the D up in the top left.
2. Yellow highlighting and links doesn't look good among all the cooler color temperatures. Underlining or a background box upon hovering works. Light orange is better with blue if it needs to be a color. See this example from our corporate overlords for a blue/white website: http://www.mckinsey.com/insights
3. First image is negative and it's very busy/distracting with the white-on-white.
4. The favicon is a G for some reason.

[xorpheus]

DarkCoin is what bitcoin should have been. Some might call it "Bitcoin 2.0" but would do better by saying:
"DarkCoin is digital cash."

+1

But that's why I think its better to call it D-coin or something else (not related to dark)
New people will think that darkcoin is related to illegal things and thats not the intention, idea of it. Maybe it will scare/put off (I don't know the right word) some people...No?

I tend to agree with this.  The name itself will be the reason darkcoin is never widely accepted by, er, "normal" people (also can't think of the right word sorry).  It doesn't matter how great it is, give it a shady or evil sounding name and it's doomed.

[eizh]

DarkCoin is what bitcoin should have been. Some might call it "Bitcoin 2.0" but would do better by saying:
"DarkCoin is digital cash."

+1

But that's why I think its better to call it D-coin or something else (not related to dark)
New people will think that darkcoin is related to illegal things and thats not the intention, idea of it. Maybe it will scare/put off (I don't know the right word) some people...No?

I tend to agree with this.  The name itself will be the reason darkcoin is never widely accepted by, er, "normal" people (also can't think of the right word sorry).  It doesn't matter how great it is, give it a shady or evil sounding name and it's doomed.

Yeah, I do think the name exerts a drag on adoption. I was dismissive of DRK for a while for this reason and only came around after reading through this thread. But most people won't put in that effort.

[poornamelessme]

I tend to agree with this.  The name itself will be the reason darkcoin is never widely accepted by, er, "normal" people (also can't think of the right word sorry).  It doesn't matter how great it is, give it a shady or evil sounding name and it's doomed.

Not that I condone criminal activity, but to be honest, that is how bitcoins gained some traction. I don't think any rational person will see the name darkcoin and say, oh, I can't use that, as it's an evil coin used for bad things. If so, they wouldn't use bitcoins or any currency either. It's not like someone made a coin called devilcoin (although give them time, they are sort of running out of names)....

Bitcoin - litecoin - darkcoin    ... has a nice ring to it, and perhaps darkcoin becomes the copper to litecoin's silver. Although litecoin isn't doing particularly well either lately.

[AlexGR]

I tend to agree with this.  The name itself will be the reason darkcoin is never widely accepted by, er, "normal" people (also can't think of the right word sorry).  It doesn't matter how great it is, give it a shady or evil sounding name and it's doomed.

Not that I condone criminal activity, but to be honest, that is how bitcoins gained some traction. I don't think any rational person will see the name darkcoin and say, oh, I can't use that, as it's an evil coin used for bad things. If so, they wouldn't use bitcoins or any currency either. It's not like someone made a coin called devilcoin (although give them time, they are sort of running out of names)....

Bitcoin - litecoin - darkcoin    ... has a nice ring to it, and perhaps darkcoin becomes the copper to litecoin's silver. Although litecoin isn't doing particularly well either lately.

Darkcoin will become the dark side of li(gh)t-coin

[blajde]

stealthcoin, shadowcoin, greybutnotsoshadycoin.... no point was made that day..

The next day though:

Anyone have a nice config for Sapphire r9 290?


rig 1 (2x290): d0 - 2040 Kh/s, d1 2150 Kh/s

rig 2 (7970,280x): d0 - 2050 Kh/s, d1 - 2100 Kh/s

I should be able to push the 290s right?

[TingCoin]

To be honest I don't see why the word "Dark" has to be relative to criminal activity... I'd say it's more relative to the anonymous aspect of the coin. The blockchain is in the dark, transactions made in darkness. Darkness provides a means to be unseen, and that's what DarkCoin is doing in a way.

[coins101]

stealthcoin, shadowcoin, greybutnotsoshadycoin.... no point was made that day..

The next day though:

Anyone have a nice config for Sapphire r9 290?


rig 1 (2x290): d0 - 2040 Kh/s, d1 2150 Kh/s

rig 2 (7970,280x): d0 - 2050 Kh/s, d1 - 2100 Kh/s

I should be able to push the 290s right?

bump

[chompyZ]

DarkCoin is what bitcoin should have been. Some might call it "Bitcoin 2.0" but would do better by saying:
"DarkCoin is digital cash."

+1

But that's why I think its better to call it D-coin or something else (not related to dark)
New people will think that darkcoin is related to illegal things and thats not the intention, idea of it. Maybe it will scare/put off (I don't know the right word) some people...No?

I tend to agree with this.  The name itself will be the reason darkcoin is never widely accepted by, er, "normal" people (also can't think of the right word sorry).  It doesn't matter how great it is, give it a shady or evil sounding name and it's doomed.

When I heard the name "darkcoin", it was pretty obvious to me that i'll avoid it as being too creepy.
I now understand though that had it been a 'softer' name like xcoin or pcoin etc., i would not have noticed it, dug into it, or remembered it. It is more important to stand-out from the crowd then blend with mainstream. 

[cryptonewbie]

What happened to the pump last night?  Just keeps going down.

[essjayeire]

Checkout the work-in-progress website! It's really coming along

http://darkcoin.us/io/

Looking great. Some comments on this current state:

1. Logo should be more prominent somewhere, not just the little substitute for the D up in the top left.
2. Yellow highlighting and links doesn't look good among all the cooler color temperatures. Underlining or a background box upon hovering works. Light orange is better with blue if it needs to be a color. See this example from our corporate overlords for a blue/white website: http://www.mckinsey.com/insights
3. First image is negative and it's very busy/distracting with the white-on-white.
4. The favicon is a G for some reason.

Thanks for the feedback. All opinions do matter.

1. I'm not so sure. Putting a large logo in will detract from the site unless the whole word "darkcoin" is incorporated into the logo itself. Look at the Bitcoin website where the whole word is part of the logo and the "B" is really an icon of sorts.

2. I'll have a look at an orange. Personally I like yellow with blue, but that's just me.

3. OK, I'll have a look around for more stock images. If you want to can have a look on Shutterstock and suggest some. All suggestions help. I can always darken the blue overlay to make the images less distracting. Here's a few cheesy ones:
http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-165303932/stock-photo-internet-security-online-business-concept-pointing-security-services.html?src=bcDEBlC4nE5AN6VbHcuZOQ-1-1
http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-131579165/stock-photo-cloud-computing-or-network-security-concept-pixelated-cloud-with-padlock-icon-on-digital.html?src=bcDEBlC4nE5AN6VbHcuZOQ-1-36
http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-171277964/stock-photo-security-consulting-concept-compass-needle-pointing-the-word-secure-red-and-brown-tones-with-blur.html?src=bcDEBlC4nE5AN6VbHcuZOQ-1-92

These images are costing me around $11 each so only recommend ones that you think would really work.

4. G as it's built on the Genesis Framework. As soon as we have a definite logo, I'll create the favicon.ico file.

At this stage we're getting very close to parking the design for now. We really need to get some content written and the site live. The design can always be revisited but need content to get indexed ASAP.

[Biteasy77]

What happened to the pump last night?  Just keeps going down.

It's actually going back up now.  It appears that some people decided to jump ship and get Auroracoin, the latest scamcoin out with 50% premine and 0 % innovation other than an a shady (and most likely unrealistic) promise to distribute the premine to the people of Iceland.  The Aurora dump has already started to happen.  The stupidity and greed of people never ceases to amaze me.  This is one of the only coins out there that actually has one of the most promising features right around the corner.  I'm actually continuing to buy Dark since the price is low now.   A month from now, Auroracoin will not even be remembered.

[cryptonewbie]

What happened to the pump last night?  Just keeps going down.

It's actually going back up now.  It appears that some people decided to jump ship and get Auroracoin, the latest scamcoin out with 50% premine and 0 % innovation other than an a shady (and most likely unrealistic) promise to distribute the premine to the people of Iceland.  The Aurora dump has already started to happen.  The stupidity and greed of people never ceases to amaze me.  This is one of the only coins out there that actually has one of the most promising features right around the corner.  I'm actually continuing to buy Dark since the price is low now.   A month from now, Auroracoin will not even be remembered.

Yeah that coin obviously isnt worth $25 lol.

Darkcoin was dumped earlier this morning.  Price went up.  Now its going back down again.  Too much of a rollercoaster for me.  Im going to wait a few days and let the dust settle and see what happens.

[CHAOSiTEC]

The Aurora dump has already started to happen.

as i predicted...

when someone try to force price down he chain price with walls .....but what we have here is someone got ALOT OF DARKCOIN and just want to get out of market FAST for some reason

It was some sad people trying to rush into aurora on poloniex. Hilariously, they are now the bag holders who bought in at 35 dollars.

and with a premine of aurora of 50% and iceland has declared crypto currency illegal i can only assume its a pump and dump operation in progress..

i have a feeling that aurora is going to be dumped soon.. its just a gut feeling but anyway