Thanks for the link Americunt. I have a feeling the financial impact of Shadowmarket is going to be larger than most anticipated. I wasn't aware that the lead developer of OpenBazaar also works for one of the largest CIA contractors. That's going to be a tough sell any way you look at it.. lel. Based on the contents of the article, I foresee a massive infusion of DN capital into SDC as the ShadowMarket release draws nearer. 2015 is shaping up to be the year of the Shadow.
I couldn't agree more GameOfCoins, the DNM's are crying out for a solution and all the other options are looking less and less likely to have any real impact.
According to the Q&A Shadow will support I2P and Tor (not TOR...), Tails ships both.
Someone should figure out how to install Shadow on Tails before the market gets released, so that all DNM buyers and vendors have enough time to start using it.
And since everyone would run the same OS, it would be much easier to help them if they had any questions.
If Shadow gets on Tails, the market gets released and some people start using it, the DNMs will slowly become obsolete.
No reason it shouldn't run on TAILS just as it is. Easy enough to test now. Only problem is this is a staking coin, TAILS is intended for intermittent use and people might not want to give up the >2% payments. But many people living in sensitive areas where even having the blockchain on your hard drive is a liability might.
A neat application might be to just have everything associated with SDC written to a USB drive that you can lose if necessary. Same for a Shadow phone, put it all on the SD card so if you remove it not even a shadow remains.