For the bet: I'm not a betting guy anymore.
For DRK vs MRO, have you actually tried using MRO?
Please go right now, download the client and try using it. See what it is, how it works etc. Come back and report your findings.
Even ignoring all its flaws, Darkcoin will not see widespread adoption simply based on the fact that its "darkness" was not designed to appeal to the masses.
That's the thing.
Even if it's outside 90% of the mainstream, with just 10% of transaction going private/anonymous, it will still appeal to a 700mn marketcap.
SERIOUSLY? That is your criticism of MRO? That it doesn't have a working client? LOL. That. Is. The. Time. To. Buy.
The time to buy DRK was when it didnt have a working client and people were selling it off exchange for 20k DRK for .45 BTC. The time to buy DRK is NOT NOW, when its been pumped and it officially launches tomorrow which means the price will CRASH in the next day or so.
$14.50 was the high for DRK - and it might be months, years, or forever before it gets there again.
An alt has to find utility to rise after a pump and dump. Maybe DRK will. But most don't.