There are passions involved when investing so some of this is inevitable and has nothing to do with Darkcoin's official position. At least in this thread you are free to express your opinion one way or the other as it is not moderated.  I think the fixation with XC came from the fact that the coin was launched as X11 coin in a clear attempt to ride Darkcoin's wave that didn’t sit well with some community members. I think if X11coin was launched with a more original approach and without claims of being ahead of Darkcoin in only two weeks it would have been better received not only by Darkcoin but by the market in general. Right now I dont see any difference between XC or Vericoin, Cryptcoin, Neutrino, etc. They are all doing something but dont have a credible whitepaper with clear information about what they are doing. So best of luck with your project but it is clearly far behind Darkcoin and the market knows it.