Re: [ANN][DRK] DarkCoin | First Anonymous Coin | First X11 | First DGW

Glad you feel better mr activity 0

Waiting on the atlas review as are lots of others.
This gives something really solid to promote.
As opposed to all the "our coin is the best anon" claims which is so prevalent investors can't distinguish the good from the vaporware.
So an outside reviewer giving the thumbs up is really what it takes.

The market is pumping elsewhere.
So people sell and look for quick gains.
Dangerous though. The review could come out any day.

As for for the price it is cheap.

The future of this coin is incredibly bright. It's a long term project.

A banker friend of mine found it hilarious to think that the community is waiting for an "independent" code review on the basis that the "independent" code reviewer has been paid with the alt coin that he is reviewing. An individual can't be truly independent unless he is paid in non related coins/currency/commodity. Would you pay an auditor to audit a company with shares in that company?

I bet there are more than a few hundred people keeping an eye on his public donation wallet Wink

Before anybody flames me, I personally trust KA's involvement and given that I have a few masternodes I hope my trust is well placed.

And let's not go crazy about his review. Price probably won't go crazy no matter what he publishes. As it won't with RC5 or with open source. This is a long term race. There will be crazy periods along the way, we've already had them before in both ways, but they are not easily predictable and won't come with a date attached. If they were, we would already be retired enjoying our riches

I agree there is little incentive in Kristov influencing his findings because it would destroy his outstanding reputation and future career but this would not be allowed to happen in the money markets and in my opinion should not have been allowed to happen in the crypto coin market. If a code review doesn't meet the qualifications to be considered impartial then that will be seen as a negative.

It doesn't matter how slight an incentive there is, it still provides ammo for the FUDsters and temptation for those involved. I have seen board members of companies worth in excess of £150m lose their jobs and reputations over fraud worth less than 1000DRK on several occasions. Its crazy but it happens.

My point is, if you're going to do an independent review...it must be totally independent. The banker friend was interested in DRK and did his research. He applied the same metrics that he applies to any investment in any emergent technology and DRK failed (or a least he is holding off buying) because of the way in which KA has been paid. That's a reminder that real world business standards need to be applied to alt coins if they are going to progress long term and attract new money.

Personally, the thing I'm most looking forward to from Kristov's review is the possibility of a better understanding of how the damn thing works

As for price checking. I'm through my phase of checking fifty times a day...I'm spending my time and efforts bagging as many DRK as I can instead.

If money of any type is offered it would be ammo for FUDers. The only true independent review will be other experts looking at the code for free in their spare time and offering opinions after it is opensourced. Sounds like your friend is waiting for this stage. Cautious yes -- but it will probably cost him some profit.

Also, the point of Kristov's review paid or otherwise was never to endorse or pump DRK. It was to add a extra pair of eyes to spot vulnerabilities, bugs and the like so that once it is opensourced -- it holds up under fire.