Darkcoin airdrop (cancelled)

[Eastwind]

The best solution for instant mine is to increase the reward as the hash rate increases. At the moment, the reward is inversely proportional to difficulty. You can make it proportional to difficulty so that more coins can be issued to more miners. After we are satisfied with the solution of instant mine, then we can fix the reward or reduce the reward.

[TanteStefana]

DRK is good, but the dark spots in the coin biography scare a lot of people. Airdrop would help coin to survive.

In what way? It would break all trust.  You can't earn trust back as quickly as you lose it.  No, an airdrop would kill the coin.

[Buratino]

The best solution for instant mine is to increase the reward as the hash rate increases. At the moment, the reward is inversely proportional to difficulty. You can make it proportional to difficulty so that more coins can be issued to more miners. After we are satisfied with the solution of instant mine, then we can fix the reward or reduce the reward.

Excellent idea! Where is a such coin? May be, elacoin?

[TanteStefana]

The best solution for instant mine is to increase the reward as the hash rate increases. At the moment, the reward is inversely proportional to difficulty. You can make it proportional to difficulty so that more coins can be issued to more miners. After we are satisfied with the solution of instant mine, then we can fix the reward or reduce the reward.

There is no solution, there is no fix.  Human nature has redistributed those coins, and any mucking around will screw everything up.

I'm tired.  If ya'all don't see it, I can't help you.

I'm sure if I just found out about this coin and liked it, I'd want to have more given to me.  I know I would.  But seriously, the coin is inexpensive enough to buy a lot of if you have an income, way cheaper than mining it, pretty much cheaper than mining it for a long time now.  Buy yourself some coins, that's what I did.  I bought them at a way higher price than they're going for right now.  Some I bought at .0016 and bitcoin was over 700.  Not until today was I worried about my choice.

[eightspaces]

I'm going to sell all my dark and buy back in when the price fell

anyone looking for dark in the XXk range? I'm sending half to Mintpal. lets redistribute

[coinzcoinzcoinz]

Don't try to fix a problem that doesn't exist, bad idea

[naxin]

Absolutely not. I would dump before this event because all it means is darkcoin is dead.

[kaene]

I'm sorry but worst idea ever, only people hoping for a quick pump and dump to profit are voting yes to this.

People worrying about the first 24 hours are just thinking short term, most of the coins from those 24 hours are already in hands of investors, if something it helped distribution because some people dumped already for cheap.

I SAY NO. Let's stop all the non important details, we are wasting dev's time.


https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=421615.msg6107212#msg6107212

[coins101]

I think it was me that suggested the airdrop. Chinese whispers have taken hold of this topic.

I don't think we should airdrop into the existing coin. That was not the suggestion.

The proposition was that clones will pop-up once darskend is open sourced. The darkcoin brand still brings up discussion, which means some like it, some don't. If its happening now, it will happen in the future.  I'm more concerned about the darksend brand, but that has now been voted on, so unless there is a veto, that is now decided.

The notion was that a clone with a shitty neutral color and a friendly smiley face would take the limelight and become the acceptable face of anonymity, i.e. internet cash, without having done the hard work of Evan, the rest of the people that got darkcoin to where it is and the miners who invest in electricity at a loss.

Rather than let someone else benefit via cloning, the concept was to be prepared to launch a happy smiley face version of darkcoin when darksend was out, being marketed etc, and competing with zerocash, dark wallet and other zerocoin implementations.  

The second implementation was suggested to be in the wings announced and ready to go but with a big gap in time - 3 / 6 months or so depending on the time it takes clone coins to implement a viable darksend.

The airdrop was to give existing darkcoin holders a big stake in the happy smiley darkcoin v2 while retaining a stake in darkcoin which would have a market leading position in the areas that like it.

The result was to have the bitcoin / litecoin relationship; make launching a clone by others pointless; avoid the pump and dump clones; and to provide a mechanism to incentivise new investors into darkcoin right now with the option of an airdrop if a clone threatens to launch.

It would also act as a hedge against those that raise the concern that the 'dark connection' will put off main street because they are concerned about its use in the back street.

So Chinese whispers over.  If everyone wants the status quo then that's fine. The points were raised, discussed, voted upon. Lets move on.  We all have the option to invest in happy smiley clone coin if that comes.

EDIT - I'm two months late into darkcoin. I missed the first 48 hours. I have invested and hold a substantial amount of darkcoin and I mine a noticeable amount at a loss.

Those that gained a super stake at the start are lucky. Good for them. I just hope that they don't dump the coin into oblivion at the first opportunity. I think darkcoin can be a $1bn coin. Lets hope they wait until there is sufficient volume to not notice their dumping otherwise they and everyone else will lose out.

A 24 hour super mine would benefit me, but I'm against it. I'd prefer a clone back-up. That way the dumpers can dump, those with a longer-term view can have an insurance plan.

[eightspaces]

lol eduffield you have 2000000 DRK and dont even send 100 DRK to your contributors as bounties

wtf

[-Greed-]

Don't try to fix a problem that doesn't exist, bad idea

+1, leave it as it is.

[Scriptiee]

Don't try to fix a problem that doesn't exist, bad idea

+1, leave it as it is.

Exactly! And fucking ignore that cryptohunter idiot, looks like he only registered to spread FUD about DRK or X11. seriously this is the biggest troll I've seen in a while.

NO shitty AIRDROPS, let it die with the Auroracoin.