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[georgem]

Watch Kristov Atlas's newest speech.
He talks about darkness and the dark market.

Awesome speech:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhVpPs-Cp_8

I'm starting to like this Kristov Atlas guy. Pity he failed to mention Darkcoin in any of that though, despite Darkcoin completely solving the Bitcoin problems he was mentioning. Centralised-browser-plugin-vapourware Dark Wallet got airtime instead...  

Maybe he's afraid that openly acknowledging DRK's superiority will get him cast out of the BTC zealots club?

This speech was back in June.

Damn, you are right,... so why did it pop up today in my youtube feed... I hate it when they do that... 

Sorry everybody.  

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Damn, you are right,... so why did it pop up today in my youtube feed... I hate it when they do that... 

Looks like the video was just put online today. It's a good speech man, thanks for sharing!

[tungfa]

Watch Kristov Atlas's newest speech.
He talks about darkness and the dark market.

Awesome speech:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhVpPs-Cp_8

I'm starting to like this Kristov Atlas guy. Pity he failed to mention Darkcoin in any of that though, despite Darkcoin completely solving the Bitcoin problems he was mentioning. Centralised-browser-plugin-vapourware Dark Wallet got airtime instead...  

Maybe he's afraid that openly acknowledging DRK's superiority will get him cast out of the BTC zealots club?

This speech was back in June.

Damn, you are right,... so why did it pop up today in my youtube feed... I hate it when they do that... 

Sorry everybody.  

it is from 22nd June !
he put it up on his FB today !

[TaoOfSaatoshi]

Jane: Bitcoin is great, easy and so secure?
Bob: Hmmmm...
Jane: What do you mean Hmmmm…
Bob: Let me ask you something… do you enjoy getting cold calls?
Jane: No! Of course I don’t, I find them a real pest.
Bob: So, is your number unlisted/ex-directory?
Jane: It sure is! I don’t want strangers knowing my number and I hate companies calling me.
Bob: I know what you mean, your phone number is private and you only want people you trust to have it.
Jane: That’s right… where are you going with this?
Bob: Like a telephone directory holding phone numbers for anybody to view and use, bitcoin keeps a ledger of every single transaction you and everybody has made and will make in the future. That ledger is known as the blockchain and can be viewed by anybody.
Jane: Wow!
Bob: The problem is those transactions can be linked and tracked in such a way that people with the right knowledge can find all your past transactions and even know how much money you have in your wallet.
Jane: I thought bitcoin was anonymous and secure!?
Bob: Unfortunately that’s a misconception many people have. Bitcoin is secure in as much as you can’t double spend but your transaction history is completely open for all to see.
Jane: OMG… There would be riots if everybody was able to view other people’s bank transactions…
Bob: I know, and can you imagine when Bitcoin is used more widely…. Companies will start tracing their customer’s transactions and merging it with other information they have to find out what they have purchased and how much is in their account. Services will pop up inviting you to track your partners’ transactions and much more. Not to mention what criminals will be able to do with such information… To me this is very scary.
Jane: It sounds scary to me too… What can I do to protect myself?
Bob: I would recommend you use an anonymous coin, such as Darkcoin
Jane: What is Darkcoin?
Bob: Darkcoin is an anonymous cryptocurrency based on Bitcoin but it has privacy at its heart and obfuscates/hides your coins in the blockchain by mixing them with other coins on the network. It does this when you’re not using your wallet so your anonymous coins are available to spend when you need them.
Jane: That sounds great but I can spend my Bitcoins everywhere and more companies and services and popping up all the time. Where can I spend my Darkcoin?
Bob: Because Darkcoin is based on Bitcoin, there would be very little effort for all those services to start accepting Darkcoin too. The problem is Darkcoin is still a young coin in comparison to Bitcoin and many people haven’t heard about it and the many advantages it has over Bitcoin.
Jane:  That’s fab… So how else does Darkcoin differ?
Bob: Did I mention instant transactions?...
To be continued…..

A conversation between Jane and Bob: http://buff.ly/1nbiBbl #getintothedark #darkcoin #bitcoin

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[coins101]

PR output links?

[TaoOfSaatoshi]

"Hello, ladies. Look at your man. Does he use Darkcoin? I do." #getintothedark #darkcoin #bitcoin



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[coins101]

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[TaoOfSaatoshi]

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[coins101]

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[coins101]

Darkcoin name checked by Mr Atlas

http://www.notbeinggoverned.com/crypto-bits-kristov-atlas/#more-2581

[TaoOfSaatoshi]

"If you had half a brain, you'd switch to #Darkcoin." #getintothedark #bitcoin



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[splawik21]

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Come on coin101, lets have some more female into dark
my wife just said she wanna be in ahhh that dark

[TaoOfSaatoshi]

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We have to reach out the ladies, right TanteStefana?

[TaoOfSaatoshi]

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Come on coin101, lets have some more female into dark
my wife just said she wanna be in ahhh that dark

True Words! Thanks for the support.

Guys, we need some ladies in the Dark, it's better!

[coins101]

Actually, I was wondering if we could use the Master Nodes to host a decentralised Escort Agency?

Now I would love to attract them ladies.....

[TaoOfSaatoshi]

Actually, I was wondering if we could use the Master Nodes to host a decentralised Escort Agency?

Now I would love to attract them ladies.....

Now your talking! That's good thinking!

[camosoul]

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Come on coin101, lets have some more female into dark
my wife just said she wanna be in ahhh that dark

Genitalia != Brains

I don't care what they have between their legs. I care that they have brains enough to figure out the value of these massive innovations, and the failures of what they're using right now.

I care not to comment on the demographic deltas that emerge from this metric. It speaks for itself.

You can't force people to be smart with marketing. Quite the contrary; marketing only works on stupid people.

Simply making people aware is worth it, tho. 99.9% of your hits will fall on deaf ears, but that 0.1% is always worth it.

[camosoul]

Actually, I was wondering if we could use the Master Nodes to host a decentralised Escort Agency?

Now I would love to attract them ladies.....

I think it's called porn. Close enough for most people. See: TitCoin, WankCoin.

Doesn't help since you have to meet face to face anyway... No anon. Maybe, if you deny all transaction occurrence... But then she just takes your money, like every other woman. So why bother? Same results as not taking the prison risk?

It almost requires a middle man pimp, but then it can still be a vice op... I think it'd have to be a pay-after deal to work out... That's how they do it in Thailand anyway, to ask for it up-front is just crazy.

[qwizzie]

[strix]

Imagine a woman goes to a website to discreetly buy a pregnancy test...
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It’s sometimes easy to forget that many things about crypto are frequently not well understood by the general public. It needn’t matter when buying alpaca socks, but when it's a transaction where privacy matters the facts should be made clear. It’s well known that many users don’t understand that they’re broadcasting their financial activities to the world. By assuming that customers will just automatically know this, businesses are negligently exposing customers and clients to privacy risks.

Any business selling a product or service where privacy may be important, and accepting non-private crypto as payment, has an ethical obligation to clearly explain the implications of this for their customers' privacy.
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Do you agree, and if so, what would be the best way of getting the message across?

We would need to handle it carefully. Here’s what we don’t want to do:

• We don’t want hurt crypto or give people another reason to bash it. Non-private crypto is perfectly fine as long the businesses show due diligence in protecting customer privacy by ensuring they are being made aware of the implications. But at the same time, it’s good and right to highlight legitimate concerns and risks that customers & businesses face when using non-private cryptos. It’s about making sure customers are rightly informed of the issues and that alternatives exist.
• We don’t want to bring the law into it, except perhaps as a counterargument to FUD about the legal status of private crypto. Yes, business that ask customers to pay in non-private crypto without explaining the implications to clients/customers when there's a reasonable expectation of privacy may be recklessly exposing themselves to legal implications in some jurisdictions. And not even bad laws either, valuable laws that protect the privacy of ordinary citizens. But business owners with intelligence will figure that out themselves, we don’t need to play that card. It should be about honest, well informed trade between free citizens. It's ironic though how private cryptos have been repeatedly beaten over the head with allegations of illegality and nefariousness by some supporters of non-private cryptos, when in truth it's the other way around.

https://darkcointalk.org/threads/businesses-accepting-non-private-cryptos-should-explain-the-implications-to-customers.2491/

This is excellent TsuyokuNaritai! This is precisely what we need more of. Your guidelines are just what is needed if DRK is to gain mainstream acceptance--totally positive, non-combative, informative and G-rated. Any one with a few technical skills can draw the eye with prurient copy, but it takes a real artist to develop buzz, interest, and anticipation. T & A will get the kids leering, but it is their parent's wallets that will determine whether DRK survives as the shunned tool of the disreputable, or the shinning knight who defends the privacy of ordinary citizens, and makes possible assistance to those suffering under totalitarian regimes. As has been oft stated; aficionados of gambling and porn will adopt DRK without our help, but if we encourage that market for the sake of rapid growth, we will offend and isolate the mainstream.

I certainly do not swim in the main stream, but I have a lot of experience sitting on its banks and watching the flow. The big fish (we want to catch) enjoy sex and pretty girls as much as the smaller ones, but have learned that power, freedom, and enjoyment are the rewards for service, discipline, and discretion. We would all do well to learn that lesson, no matter what stream we swim in.

Dazbarlby, your "Conversation of Jane & Bob," is masterful; easy to follow, brief and to the point. The "to be continued..." is wonderful, creating suspense and expectation. Various versions need to be posted in as many venues as possible. Think comics (mentioned already), live acted on youtube, animated, etc. The series should be branded... something along the lines of "Darkcoin Theater Theater presents: A conversation with Jane and Bob." "Darkcoin Theater presents: Jane and Bob at the Bank."  "Darkcoin  Theater presents: Jane and Bob go shopping." "Darkcoin Theater presents: Jane and Bob shop for fun things to do together." Which of course segues into  TsuyokuNaritai's idea above with "Darkcoin Theater presents: Jane and Bob get a pregnancy test." It seems I remember seeing we have a Classical composer in residence around here. He might be convinced to do the soundtrack. :-)

I'm starting to see a lot of possibility here, but need to run. I will try to post more specifically on DarkcoinTalk, when I get a chance.