Is there a reason for the current growth in price?
The price started to move with the release of the LTB episode a few days ago. I think it is safe to say that more bitcoiners listen to that show than spend time mulling around in the altcoin section. Furthermore, there have been continual reports since Darkcoin started last year of people who would buy in if the name wasn't so shady. And well... the official rebranding date is March 25th.
pump aaaaand dump....
Seems you are out.

Was in today for 20 minutes... and gone out again with a good profit

Was in Darkcoin mining between end feb till begin july.... and have sold all my coins in august because i needed the money.... But at this time, the darkcoin was at 0.08 and the bitcoin at 620... so i got out with a little profit... i have given up the idea to get rich with coins, because when i look around in my country or an other country of europe, i saw never a bitcoin sticker at a door.... Cryptocurrencies will not go away, but they will also not getting massadopted. It is a nerd and outsider, outlaw currencie.... And it will stay there in my opinion. Because: Bitcoin is mostly used at the darknetmarkets.... If dash don't want to have anything to do with these markets, then the price will rest a playball to the speculators! Dash must firstly persuade the "nerds" and the "outlaws" before it gets also used for normal internet transactions like buying at Amazon.