Quote from: vicvelcro on December 05, 2014, 07:07:50 AM

Simply put, I don't want the mutherfuckin NSA knowing what I give my granny for christmas. Sure, no harm, but shit man it is none of their damned business.

You might not care. I do.

Their computing power is way better at penetrating any anonymity, if they really want to do so. The computers we use to encrypt are puny in comparison. The primary issue is - don't look suspicious and we reduce their level of curiousity. Paint "Free Candy" on the side of a church bus, and it just looks bad and people WILL look.

"DARK" is a keyword that triggers the NSA automated system to increase the scrutiny of the contents of transactions. You can thank Silk Road and Silk Road 2 for that.

If we don't look like trouble, we stand a better chance of being ignored.

Quote from: Crestington on December 05, 2014, 07:04:04 AM

Ok so then just look into more anonymity, I just don't see how it should matter since the government doesn't go out of its way to stifle innovation when it's so public. There is nothing that can stop a person from owning coins and it's not like likecoindark is building nukes.

Quote from: vicvelcro on December 05, 2014, 05:52:17 AM

They already monitor all electronic communications of all types. Phones, xbox chats, email everywhere, walkie talkies, cell phones, VoIP, etc etc. You don't need to wonder anymore. All of it and the capacity to monitor anything new that might come along, and have the reserve capacity already in place for the next few years.

Quote from: Crestington on December 05, 2014, 05:49:13 AM

I wonder how many they can monitor especially with so many others coming out.

Quote from: vicvelcro on December 05, 2014, 05:39:36 AM

Wrong. If I send my grandma 1 LTCD for Christmas, the NSA will be sniffing all over it, just because "DARK" is part of the coin name. Doesn't matter what the purpose of the transfer is. All coins with "DARK" in the name are being monitored for all transactions. TOR doesn't hide from them.

Quote from: Crestington on December 05, 2014, 05:36:23 AM

Quote from: vicvelcro on December 04, 2014, 10:06:44 PM

I still believe that having "Dark" in the name is just asking for the wrong kind of attention and will lead to trouble. Some other word to substitute instead of "Dark" would be wise, in my own opinion.

I disagree with this, you can have Dark as part of the name and you only bring about the wrong attention when you do things you shouldn't do. Has anyone scooped up DarkMatter? That would be an awesome name!

Indeed. Let's give it a postive name. Something catchy where people think good things when they see the name.