Why is DRK so hard to push upward and so quick to fall (or worse, get stuck in long spells of protracted stagnation).
There's a cloud over this coin that has nothing to do with Evan's great work and all the innovation and features, and I don't think it can be dismissed. Maybe this instamining is it - I don't know. But the kind of good news and work put into this coin should've made it perform like BlackCoin in its heyday. Why does it continue to struggle like this (from the perspective of those of us who aren't early adopters).
People are so used to pumping and dumping of crypto coins. Darkcoin has been increasing in price at a very steady rate, although it climbs steeply when there is something interesting happening, such as an article that gives exposure or progress on the features. There is no drama, because a lot of people are being serious with this coin. You don't get tons of people dumping, and pumping hasn't worked.
So, although we are doing super well, we don't have the drama. We are mature, we are real. I don't see a struggling coin at all. I see one that stands out from the crowd so far, that it can only be compared to Bitcoin itself in how it grew.