Re: [ANN][DRK] Darkcoin | First Anonymous Coin | Inventor of X11, DGW and Darksend | Instant TX
After this run, a new generation of bagholders will be created. Don't get me wrong, i love DRK, but what is with this sudden rush ? Please don't tell me that it happened because of the technology, because everything that happened in the past with the price can contradict your arguments. To me it looks like some people found about drk from all of these TV channels, rushed in to participate at a "second btc train story", not knowing that in the end they will get crushed by all of these whales that made over 30-40% in profit (or maybe even more in the near future).
Also, there's another problem with DRK in a sense that everyone thinks that it will be the greatest thing that happened to the dark markets. Dark markets are being shut down not because of BTC's semi-anon technology, but because they are still requiring trust. If you are trading real objects ( drugs, hdd's etc) and not virtual ones, then you will have to specify an address for delivery (duh!). Guess how easy it is for FEDS to participate in these markets, posing as drug dealers or anything else (duh!). Show me a story where the FBI managed to destroy dark markets because of the BTC's inferior anon protocol.
Although this is the greatest altcoin, my opinion is that it should get a name change and start being marketed as a currency that has the option for anonymity if necessary and not as "Darkcoin", which links directly to the dark markets. This way it would have more success to the general public. Not to mention that it could get even more traction because of the InstantX technology.
Maybe what i wrote in here didn't make any sense to some people, but guess what - DRK's price history doesn't make any sense either.
Also, there's another problem with DRK in a sense that everyone thinks that it will be the greatest thing that happened to the dark markets. Dark markets are being shut down not because of BTC's semi-anon technology, but because they are still requiring trust. If you are trading real objects ( drugs, hdd's etc) and not virtual ones, then you will have to specify an address for delivery (duh!). Guess how easy it is for FEDS to participate in these markets, posing as drug dealers or anything else (duh!). Show me a story where the FBI managed to destroy dark markets because of the BTC's inferior anon protocol.
Although this is the greatest altcoin, my opinion is that it should get a name change and start being marketed as a currency that has the option for anonymity if necessary and not as "Darkcoin", which links directly to the dark markets. This way it would have more success to the general public. Not to mention that it could get even more traction because of the InstantX technology.
Maybe what i wrote in here didn't make any sense to some people, but guess what - DRK's price history doesn't make any sense either.
I totally agree here. I love the technology and brilliance behind DRK but I truly feel the name Darkcoin is going to forever diminish the possibility of mass adoption. I know this has been an ongoing argument for a long time but I think it really needs to be addressed. Case in point... I told my wife I was changing my mining rigs to mine Darkcoin. Here first reaction was, "You better not be doing anything illegal". She knew nothing about the coin at the time and based on name alone, assumed it was illegal. This is the mentality our community will struggle against forever unless the name is addressed.
Now once I explained the technology behind Darkcoin to her and she got over her initial suspicion she told me it sounded like a good coin but also reiterated her point of the "dark" context of the name.
Watch this (click GIF to go to youtube)...
...and replace Dark Knight with Darkcoin, and you will understand why people don't get what they deserve but what they need.
Darkcoin is needed in a world where governments spy on their own people.
Isn't it strange that people complain louder about darkcoin's name than NSA eavesdropping.
Darkcoin will be hated as long as people love their servitude to government.
But anyway, Darkcoin can take it.
