I need to agree, the darknet is a big part of bitcoin, and since we have the best tech, we would rise when getting accepted by them. Normal users don't need complete anon tech for their payments, bitcoin is enough for them and a onec can't take the place of btc in the clearnet.
Other projects are good, but as weeks pass for an update, and a product comes once a year, sdc and or monero will be huge until we are done and then no one will care about best tech.
This is a marketing issue, not tech, which is why I'm concerned as well. Time is a fleeting resource in this industry, it won't take long before we are forgotten if we don't move quickly. On the other hand, we would have had nothing without c4shm3n, we need to keep the faith and assist where possible. Nothing worthwhile happens quickly...