FYI on potential competition to Monero:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1290263.msg14848587#msg14848587
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1290263.msg14848587#msg14848587
wow... this is new development
im preparing popcorn now... LOL
... and the post has now being removed. Frankly fixing Darksend could be worth a lot of money so no hard feelings towards TPTB_need_war for trying. If TPTB_need_war actually has a solution, I am sure the Dash community will pay him for it and it will be money well earned. Does the Monero community have to be concerned about all of this. I doubt it.
All mixing that is active requires, obviously, activity. If you don't get activity up you won't ever significantly increase transaction speed of CoinJoin / DarkSend transactions. Fortunately, Monero mixes passively and therefore doesn't require activity of other participants on the network.