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Just out of curiousity.
Let's say the premine is gone, spend or whatever. Does that mean that EarthCoin has vanished into thin air? Or is there still something to fight for?
For as most of the negative comments go regarding the premine, why waste so much energy by typing "the unfairness of them having all that money". I assume that you must have a day task in writing such messages when you are looking at let's say Apple, banks, governments or even crypto exchanges.
Ow, and and seems that I must use the word "fuck" to make my statement.

No. There fucking isn't. Happy?

Well almost. Sorry.
i would really appreciate it if you were to guide me to a coin where you spend most of your time trying to promote or actually develop for. I feel a little left in the dark when you give me no alternatives. And please don't tell me that most of your time goes to promoting http://bitcoinexaminer.org/bitcoin-is-changing-the-sex-industry-adult-way-is-the-new-cryptocurrency-friendly-platform/?

I have a meager stake in dark coin. You should check it out if you're looking for a promising alternative. And as for that link, was that supposed to bean insult? I don't get it.

Hi slyA,
Thanks I will look into that. And regarding the link, it was meant as a joke for the "fuck" part. I should not have done that. I am sorry for that.

None taken. I've been quite vulgar I must say. Apologies if that made you uncomfortable.

It did a little:)
Regarding DarkCoin, what future does that have? I am struggling with the following regarding the technology part or crypto's.
At this moment there is a real drive to make a coin as technical as possible to have something an other coin does not have. So at this moment we have coins which use different algorithems also to avoid the big mining pools. But what I don't see is why these coins will have a longer future than any of the others. The reason why I don't see it is because crypto's are evolving (and fast as i may say). Also, any crypto can upgrade its engine meaning that existing crypto's can change and follow.
What I do like (being a techno guy) is the idea to use the TOR network in combination with the coin mixing service. But if any exchange where to offer a coin translator, the mixing service has become useless. (coin translator as in I sent in coin A give a target address and out comes coin B. This also means that it has become irrelevant which coin you have as they are all interchangeable. And I do not want to try and trace those type of transfers)

So having said that, what I do think is an asset to any coin is its way to reach out to the normal people. In the long run i think that the engine of a coin will become irrelevant and its brand/feeling will last. For me it sounds like the battle between Betamax and VHS. The inferiour technology won. If I look at a brand like Apple, the main reason they are this big right now is because of the feeling people have around the product. The product itself is not that good anymore.

So these are my thoughts and I'd like it if you were to share your opinion on them.

The dev actually answered these similar concerns here so I'll just link it https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=421615.msg5282966#msg5282966

And as for the success, you are right, what matters most is branding at the end of the day. The endless possibilities for anonymous transactions although enticing, might have to take back seat to the branding of the coin. I only hope dark coin is able to find the right balance between both aspects.

Please feel free to take this discussion elsewhere. This is the Earthcoin thread.