Can you enlighten me as to the fraudlent dealings ? (comparative to other crypto)
Comparative to other crypto I have no idea, nor do I particularly care. It bears some vague resemblance to the Bytecoin scam I happen to be familiar with, in that a fake cover story was created in order to "sell" the instamine/premine. Now obviously the details are different. (I don't think anyone here is claiming darkcoin was created by aliens.) In general though, it is totally impractical for me to actively police coin scams. I don't go around examining every coin or other crypto-related scam to see what sort of questionable or outright deceptive practices I can find.
What I come across, I come across.
As for this particular coin, I've addressed it previously on this thread and I will be subscribed here now, so I'll reply on topic as various issues are discussed.
More discussion is on another thread:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=999886.0Research continues.
The tech is as good as any.
Not in my opinion nor the option of
any credible experts I've discussed it with or heard comment on it. Kristof Atlas's review was mixed at best as I interpret it. No doubt it was/is spun more positively here.
But it doesn't surprise me that no one here is interested in those sorts of things, as you say, comparative to other crypto, not much different. Everybody wants their coin pumped and doesn't want to hear negatives.