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Re: [ANN][DRK] DarkCoin | First Anonymous Coin | First X11 | First DGW | ** HARD FORK JUNE 20TH **
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fishingisfun
on 20/06/2014, 22:31:20 UTC
when will this forking end?
When the issue has been resolved.
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Re: [ANN][DRK] DarkCoin | First Anonymous Coin | First X11 | First DGW | ** HARD FORK JUNE 20TH **
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fishingisfun
on 20/06/2014, 20:16:05 UTC
Give me update. Was 4 hours offline.

All cool or fork?

Only relevant if you have a masternode

https://darkcointalk.org/threads/reverting-rc3-masternode-payments-fork.1458/
Also relevant if you'd like to follow the development progress of darkcoin.

Cool to see that CHAOSiTEC has joined the team!

I have joined the dev team, and we are working on solutions dont worry, there is always light at the end of the tunnel :-)
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Re: [ANN][DRK] DarkCoin | First Anonymous Coin | First X11 | First DGW | ASIC Resistant
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fishingisfun
on 22/05/2014, 19:06:07 UTC
Guys, someone have written on the bitcoin wiki what appears to be false information with regards to DarkSend and masternodes and how one could receive 10% of the mining rewards without actually running a masternode. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Altcoin#Application_Built_on_top_Of_Cryptocurrency

The other information like "one doesn't need to make a new protocol such as "Darkcoin"" also sounds like bullshit.

(Haven't yet read the last 15 pages so I don't know if this has been addressed yet.)

Also, for you more technically inclined, it appears the Darkcoin nay-sayers think implementing DarkSend is easy and would not require a hard fork to bitcoin if it were to be implemented. Please prove them wrong with your technical mumbo-jumbo: http://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/2643st/wired_darkcoin_the_shadowy_cousin_of_bitcoin_is/
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Re: [ANN][DRK] DarkCoin | First Anonymous Coin | First X11 | First DGW | ASIC Resistant
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fishingisfun
on 26/04/2014, 05:06:03 UTC
Since the talk about the prices have finally calmed down, let's get to work as Minotaur26 suggested some pages ago.

I think we should try to refocus, this is all very exciting, but lets get to work. As promised I am contacting merchants today about adding DRK. Some examples:

  • TheCryptoDepot
  • Bongocoin
  • Cryptosextoys.com

Will continue later today but I have to run some errands right now. Lets retake the marketing projects.  I have some English/Chinese fluent friends, what do we need to do in that front? Would love to get China into the game.


Latest Bounties as at 7th May   
   
Fundraiser Donation Address: Xc8xGSP7FwWGPQpgw298z7NYdA8xJK8ooh   XbvMksW32pWkJi4epVVfGZ3YheoNF9exRw
Total bounty donations: 2344 DRK.   
Note: Bounties and amounts are subject to change. As more is donated to the pool, the bounty amounts will go up. Feedback welcome!   
   
*** PLEASE NOTE: Translation bounties will apply only to the new website, which is not yet launched! Expect it to be launched within a couple weeks. ***   
   
Bounty (DRK)   Description
272.00   New website design (using existing content; community will select the winner)
272.00   Professional vectorised logo, header & branded art (community will select the winner)
136.00   Chinese language translation of website
81.60   * Russian language translation of website
0.00   Spanish translation of website
54.40   Professionally produced infographic of darksend, reference: http://imgur.com/GXPvNgn
40.80   explain darksend in layman's terms in 2-5 sentences (we'll pick the best)
40.80   reddit tipbot working in all major subreddits (at least top 100 by subscribers)
40.80   absolute beginner's guide to getting started with darkcoin (using wallet, screenshots)
34.00   Get everything working on mac (all recent versions of OS), including instructions
0.00   Get darkcoin support included in the official BAMT release
115.60   Professional grade video explaining darkcoin & darksend
136.00   Feature article at CoinDesk, Bitcoin Magazine, Forbes or Money Week
40.80   Darkcoin related facebook acocunt with 100+ followers
40.80   Darkcoin related Google+ acocunt with 100+ followers
136.00   * First ATM accepting Darkcoin
27.20   * Comprehensive media mailing list
204.00   * Optimise CUDAMiner to at least 70% of AMD cards' X11 performance relative to scrypt
47.60   * Accurate mining profitability calculator, including hashrate & power draw of common cards
47.60   * New CSS theme for /r/drkcoin subreddit, matching darkcoin.us/io (we'll pick the best submission)
204.00   * First decentralised exchange supporting DRK, trading some significant volume
372.00   * Android wallet, darksend compatible, open source
--------------------------   
Total donated: 2344 DRK   
   
* Newly added   
   
Notes for CUDAMiner bounty: If a R9 280x gets 2100 kh/s in X11 and 750 kh/s in scrypt (a ratio of 2.Cool, X11 cudaminer performance should achieve at least: 0.7 * 2.8 = 1.96 times Nvidia CUDAMiner scrypt performance   

Had to click around a bit to find this, good time to repost with the price on the move

It should be noted that Evan took over the bounty fund as he stated in this post: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=421615.msg6310530#msg6310530
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Re: [ANN][DRK] DarkCoin | First Anonymous Coin | First X11 | First DGW | ASIC Resistant
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fishingisfun
on 15/04/2014, 21:01:55 UTC
Who the new logo is not updated in the firstpage? Better logo=more miners=Price going up
Because the new logo haven't been chosen yet. We're at stage 2 of the vote and we're waiting for more contributions it seems. It gets decided in this topic: https://darkcointalk.org/threads/official-logo-vote.229/
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Re: [ANN][DRK] DarkCoin | First Anonymous Coin | First X11 | First DGW | ASIC Resistant
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fishingisfun
on 15/04/2014, 15:04:05 UTC
Is there a way to include an encrypted name and address field with a DarkSend transaction?

It may sound like a stupid question, but retail merchants are backing off from bitcoin because it is anonymous (I know it's not).  

So you can walk into a gun shop in the USA and pay cash for the biggest gun they sell. You could have just got that cash from selling crack at the local school gate.

Cash is not seen as a problem, provided you have some ID.

Try and buy M&Ms on Amazon with Bitcoin and there is no chance in hell. That is seen is an evil money laundering no-no.

Maybe what retailers might prefer is a Darkcoin payment that includes the name and address, which matches the name and address on their account. How about a name and address that cross-checks to voter registration or a driving licence.

Where is the risk to them at this point? The whole world can't see the transaction, but the merchant has an audit trail they can show the cops. Job done. Next merchant please sign here.................

As with DarkSend having an opt-out function, adding name and address fields can be an opt-in service - for those that were wondering which bit of anonymous I didn't get.

Let's patent that and give the royalties to the darkcoin holders.


That's in the works (a note field that gets encrypted as part of the transactio), also there shouldn't be any problem for a retailer to accept the coin, it's instant and there can be no chargebacks.  The rest is up to them to have a good interface that the purchaser can fill out with all the pertinent information.  And buyer beware.  There should be no reason in the world a merchant wouldn't accept crypto, other than the volatility of the prices.

Why would a merchant need any of that information?  If they're going to sent the item, then that's one thing, but why would they need to know anything else about me?  

I'm thinking more automated process for large merchants that do huge volume of transactions.

The process of checking needs to be automated, with as much effort put on the customer as possible. The use of credit cards is accepted because to get one you need to have gone through various hurdles. All the merchants need to worry about is checking the cards are not stolen and they contain sufficient funds.

Something like:

* user enters personal data at the merchants store front
* personal data goes through third party verification process that handles KYC (KYC gets updated by the customer every x period)
* user engages with merchant and provides data for shipping
* user pays
* merchant can automatically cross check someone has done KYC during the payment acceptance process
* Merchant can link transaction to KYC for reporting, if required.
* customer and merchant transact. Goods are dispatched.

The issue about anonymity for this type of opt-in facility is about public display of transactions on a block chain, not about total anonymity, i.e. compared to a normal credit card transaction, the only thing missing is an imprint of the transaction in the block chain that can be daisy-chained to other transactions. A similar relationship would exist with the merchant knowing who the customer is by reference to credit card data. Unlike credit cards, KYC type verification can be like a one time use password

There must be a way to facilitate third party data attachment for verification with Darkcoin being an enabling tool so it doesn't have to get involved with the verification process which means it remains decentralised.
I think you're on to something!
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Re: DARKCOIN: New Coins using DARKCOIN Innovations or Clones of DARKCOIN
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fishingisfun
on 13/04/2014, 14:11:41 UTC
Logicoin (X11 and DGW) - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=567114.0

Thanks for maintaining this list!
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Re: [ANN][DRK] DarkCoin | First Anonymous Coin | First X11 | First DGW | ASIC Resistant
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fishingisfun
on 03/04/2014, 22:54:42 UTC
btw:

selling IBM BladeCenter with 15x HS21 2x 5650 Xeon Quadcore CPUs  (13x 8 GB, 1x4GB, 1x0GB ram) + 5x 72.6 GB SAS HDs -

price: 5.039.45 U.S. dollars (32500 SEK) pickup in person only (weight 158kg (316 pounds)) or the current rate in bitcoins or darkcoins

city: Gothenburg, Sweden

:-p

works perfectly...



Why not run some master nodes?
Overkill. Don't need that kinda power.

Good luck with your next project(s) CHAOSiTEC! I enjoyed mining at your pool. Ymer is still holding a grudge against you after you caught him cheating. Grin