http://www.darkcoin.io/img/logo-trans.png

Release date: 11PM EST, 18th January 2014 / No premine

Specifications

• Super secure hashing algorithm: 11 rounds of scientific hashing functions (blake, bmw, groestl, jh, keccak, skein, luffa, cubehash, shavite, simd, echo)
• Block reward is controlled by: 2222222/(((Difficulty+2600)/9)^2)

• CPU/GPU mining
• Block generation: 2.5 minutes
• Difficulty Retargets using Dark Gravity Wave
• Est. ~22M Max Coins
• Superior Transaction Anonymity using DarkSend: Release Candidate 1 on MainNet

Coin Information
Darkcoin is the first privacy-centric cryptographic currency with anonymous block transactions powered by DarkSend. We currently have a fully functional public Release Candidate for DarkSend, see Downloads below.

Darkcoin now has a new kind of hybrid reward system similar to POW with POS.  Those who run masternodes being rewarded via 10% of the mining rewards.  Masternodes must put up collateral to run, and yet are paid for the work they perform.

Darkcoin uses a new chained hashing algorithm approach, with many new scientific hashing algorithms for the proof-of-work. This is so that the processing distribution is fair and coins will be distributed in much the same way Bitcoins were originally. ASICs will be much more difficult to make for these algorithms and should take years. 

Darkcoin is the coin that introduced Dark Gravity Wave (DGW) to adjust the difficulty and protect the network from large fluctuations in the difficulty.

With chained hashing, high end CPUs give an average return similar to that of GPUs. Another side effect of the algorithm is GPUs run at about 30% less wattage than scrypt and 30-50% cooler.

Whitepaper
http://www.darkcoin.io/downloads/DarkcoinWhitepaper.pdf

Zerocoin vs Darkcoin
What is the difference? Developer eduffield explains in this post.

Dark Wallet vs Darkcoin
What is the difference? Developer, eduffield, explains in this post.

How does DarkSend anonymize transactions?:

http://i.imgur.com/XMwyU74.png

As of version 3 beta, DarkSend is almost completely anonymous.

DarkSend Progress Reports:
Feb 20th #6: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=421615.msg5259501#msg5259501
Feb 26th: Press Release: http://www.darkcoin.io/downloads/DarkcoinPRStatement.pdf
March 3rd, Beta V2: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=421615.msg5510754#msg5510754
March 6th, Beta V3: http://darkcoin.io/downloads/DarkSendv3.pdf
March 27th, Beta V5: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=421615.msg5937228#msg5937228
April 7th, Beta V6: https://www.darkcointalk.org/threads/darksend-beta-v6.226/
April 17th, RC1.1: http://www.darkcoin.io/downloads/DarkSendDocumentation.pdf
      This version is a required update.

Website:
http://www.darkcoin.io

Downloads:
At this time, please download the pre-compiled Release Candidates and read the PDF regarding the use of the wallet.  When fully functional, the source will be made available.  Please follow this link:
http://www.darkcoin.io/downloads/DarkSendDocumentation.pdf

Old wallets are here:
Linux wallet - https://github.com/evan82/darkcoin
Mac wallet - http://darkcoin.io/downloads/DarkCoin-Qt-v091-MacOSX.zip
Windows wallet - http://darkcoin.io/downloads/darkcoin-qt.exe

Standalone CPU Miner:
Source: https://github.com/ig0tik3d/darkcoin-cpuminer-1.2c
Source: https://github.com/elmad/darkcoin-cpuminer-1.3-avx-aes  (Faster if you have the AES-NI instruction set)
Windows: http://darkcoin.io/downloads/xcoin-miner.zip
Windows 1.2 avx-aes: http://darkcoin.io/downloads/darkcoin-minerd-1.2c.zip
Windows 1.3 avx-aes: http://download.darkcoin.fr/darkCoin-cpuminer-1.3-avx-aes-windows-binaries.zip

Standalone GPU Miner:
Source: https://github.com/prettyhatemachine/sph-sgminer
Windows: https://mega.co.nz/#!2JYXHDpD!OOiFOdsh5rnvk1zhz5niXENNzbgnw1UXwmFcicBzevI
phm’s bitcointalk thread:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=475795.0;all

Pools:
http://www.drkpool.com/
http://cpu-pool.net/drk/
http://darkcoin.miningpoolhub.com/
http://www.nimuecrypto.com/dark-pool
http://drk.yobapool.net/
http://dark.suchpool.pw/
http://drk.coinmine.pl/
http://pool.darkcoin.me/ *chinese*
http://drk.althash.eu/
http://www.omargpools.ca/drk
http://drk.forkpool.com
http://xhash.net
http://drk.justmine.us
http://www.nimuecrypto.com/dark-pool
http://darckcoin.mine.nu/  (p2p)
http://darkcoin.boundarytesters.com/ (p2p)
http://p2poolcoin.com:7903/ (p2p)

Exchanges:
https://www.cryptsy.com/markets/view/155
http://www.btc38.com/trade.html?btc38_trade_coin_name=DRK
https://coinedup.com/OrderBook?market=DRK&base=BTC
https://www.mintpal.com/market/DRK/BTC
http://www.ecoinfund.com/market=27
https://www.europex.eu/#coin/btc/drk
https://bleutrade.com/
https://bittrex.com/Market/Index?MarketName=BTC-DRK
https://c-cex.com/index.html?p=drk-btc
http://www.cryptokk.com/
http://cryptotc.us/market#DRK
https://poloniex.com/
https://pmtocoins.com/index.php?page=trade&market=21
http://Coin-Swap.net
https://www.coins-e.com/exchange/DRK_BTC/

Other tools
PaperWallet: http://paper.darkcoin.io/
Forum: https://www.darkcointalk.org
Blockchain Explorer: http://chainz.cryptoid.info/drk/
Blockchain Explorer2: http://explorer.darkcoin.io/
Master Node Graph: http://drk.poolhash.org/darksend.html
Pools: http://darkcoin.mine.nu/poolhash.html
Difficulty Chart: http://darkcoin.mine.nu/graph.html
Difficulty Chart: http://coinz.co.vu/diff/?drk
www.coinmarketcap.com
www.WorldCoinIndex.com
Mining hardware: https://docs.zoho.com/sheet/published.do?rid=12cbm2fe8ce55abb2476daa0f8c576b442d40&mode=html

Current Bounties
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=421615.msg5656931#msg5656931
(bounties are cancelled till we redo the spreadsheet and repost)

Add a Pool/Exchange/Other Tool
http://goo.gl/mSYVhX

Games
http://dice.lotterymining.com
http://wheel.lotterymining.com
https://coin-horse.com/DRK/

Places to spend Darkcoin
http://altoutlet.com/drk

IRC: #darkcoin
Subreddit: r/DrkCoin
Twitter: @DarkcoinCrypto