mostlikely caused by these awesome news that are in the post here above, REALLY !! THE Greg Maxwell Will review the code ... (should have posted a rocket instead of the train

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It's good he's agreed to look at the code, but posting rockets over it is a bit much as he's one of the biggest Darkcoin skeptics. Just read his posts in that thread.
He's also complained about his name being used to promote Darkcoin, so splashing his name around lots might not be for the best.
Edit: I did erase that comment just now, finished reading the posts by Greg and yeah you are right.