I think, they have done a good 'marketing' with this coin, but there are too many 'proofs'' and issues with Darkcoin to not handle it very carefully.

Miners and investors are the one that give a coin its value; Not all of them have the knowledge of how a cryptocurrency has to work. Anyway, they have here enough materials to dig a little further, and check by themselves if they can have trust or not.Always check by yourself, or take your chances and we will see...