I personally think going closed is what is killing drk. The experts like AA are avoiding it and the whales did not react to RC4. Also markets will not form around closed source tech. There was a window to gain the support of the privacy community. Drk was is leading that race.
i totally disagree. no reason to open source darkcoin for months, all people want is honest code reviews by respected crypto people. at some point yes but no rush imo.
fixed the last part for you too

also, i love the name darkcoin. the media will love it, it will get them clicks and sell newspapers. and once they see a nice friendly clean cut guy like evan on cnbc explaining it's just about privacy they will get it.