Topic: [ANN][DASH] Dash (dash.org) | First Self-Funding Self-Governing Crypto Currency - page 1551. (Read 9723858 times)

For the sake of closure - every story needs an ending.     

My BTC client has now synced up after two hours, 27 minutes (started two weeks out of sync), very much slower than the DASH client, as expected.

CPU usage had peak bursts around 60% on a core i7, but was generally not bad. Download demand swamped my rural broadband capacity after about the first half hour, knocking several antminers offline. Disk usage seemed fairly steady at almost half a Gig(!) according to Task Manager - I'm not sure whether to believe that figure.

What several of us are reporting (I think) is that the BTC client has become very weak when it has to catch up. It is well-behaved once it is in sync, but it has become tempting to leave any BTC wallet "hot" or to stop using it altogether. Ouch!

I agree that this performance hit seemed to start at about the time of the "stress tests" (and the intense blocksize debate) but I have no opinions on actual causality - lots of variables in play. Anyway, BTC has a serious problem atm and DASH appears not to share it.

This is just one aspect being developed:

Improvements over this mixing solution are due to include the following features:

* Master Nodes These nodes handle the mixing through random selection - eduffield, 10 May 2014. https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.6643662

* Ring signatures are going to be implemented in V2. eduffield, 12 May 2014. https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.6686819

*IP obfuscation 12 May 2014
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.6694377

Fundamentals, gotta have those fundamentals  

Two-factor authentication is the only one pille can remember In addition to the 4 in the previous post, what happened to Masternode blinding? github link below goes 404. Blinding was never implemented despite being "working", and despite Evan's promises that it was only being delayed due to mobile wallets








The new masternode blinding system is SO impressive he couldn't figure out how to implement it  

Instead, Evan decided to tell everyone Masternode blinding is delayed due to excuses, then never speak about it again.

#FAIL
#LIES

Definitely Tao!

And a note, I got so rich on Dash/Darkcoin/Xcoin that my roof still leaks, actually worse, my windows still let the wind through the house (earthquake '94) and our pool is still leaking and in terrible shape because we made so much money!  I really enjoy living like this!  LOL.  And that's why I'm trying to help scam the world, not because I think this project is amazing and may very well change the world for the good, no, can't be that!

Someone mention my name?
What? Where? Why?

adam white 

Hello all. I've opened a store that sells coffee and snacks in exchange for cryptocurrency - and we accept Dash! Please come check us out at http://www.cryptomercado.com - US customers only for right now. Thanks!

Dash is contributing to Bitcoin by experimenting in a different direction without affecting BTC. If the Dash experiments turn out to be positive then Bitcoin can learn from them without taking any of the risks Dash is taking in the process of development.  I don't know who you have been talking to, but a lot of early bitcoiners I know personally, appreciate that Dash is experimenting and trying new things as that is good for the industry in general.

People who love crypto just want to see the industry succeed and appreciate new developments wherever they come from.

From what I can tell the only purpose DarkCoin serves is to depress me about the state of humanity. -gmaxwell

DASH is being marketed as "a direct competitor to Bitcoin"

People who love Bitcoin and believe in it are understandably opposed to standing idly by while an instamine scam shitcoin like DASH and its deceptive and greedy developers continue their marketing efforts.

Anyway, why do you care that anyone cares? I thought all publicity was good publicity. Are you not enjoying all the free publicity?

What I said is that is a lower priority for us than the Bitcoin Miami conference because it is, the conferences represent a prime opportunity to educate important influencers in the industry about the project and those are one time events within the next 2 months while we have a working website that we want to improve.  

I don't know how you work with third parties in your own business but in my experience it requires the project owner to be able to communicate what he wants and work actively with the third parties. We have so far received a couple of design samples and are waiting for two more new options and that is only the graphic design part.  We are also hoping for community feedback and discussion once we  have something to share, but at this point in time our complete focus is on the LATAM conference as we leave for Mexico in a few days.

Thanks for the concern though, I am sure you would do a better job coordinating community projects but since you won't help us, we are doing the best we can.

WHY DO YOU CARE?  Seriously. 

One thing? Where did you learn to count? 

no.

i left because i disagree darkcoin or however it will be called next year is not a decentralized entity. it never was but i ignored it as long as darkcoin was following the same path i was following. the path to total financial privacy. and thats why i am so upset about how this currency is lead by a single person. darkcoin is like an old conservative company with strong hierarchical comamnd structures and a single person on the top of the pyramid. evan duffield. the rebranding using a detergent name was just a step forward in creating something like apple or paypal. fuck this i tell you. what we need is a trustless, decentralized and anonymous currency. darkcoin is not decentralized as it still relies on a single person. and this reaches deep into the code base.

the core devs were just a bunch of volunteers exploited for the big thing. the extended darkcoin team was the same with even a lower place to sit on that pyramid. and what was the darkcoin foundation again? right, something to reserve some rights on some names and collect money. who nominated and voted for the foundation board? who does even know who are these guys? how did we learn about the foundation? from local news papers! the team listings kept counting names of people nobody ever noticed before. and they never committed anything visible to the community or the repository. and i was spending 25 hours a day monitory everything that happened in the darkcoin community for more than a year. the things going on here are fishy, intransparent and rely on a single entity.

i will get out and and will contribute to something decentralized and anonymous. i always hoped darkcoin could fill that void. i cant blame anyone to stay with this project. you are probably investors trying to win a gold donkey. or you are simply trying to exploit every possible vector of profit in the coins space. whatever. you are not here because darkcoin is something it claims to be.

if you disagree with my statement above, i dont care, but answer that simple question: what if evan duffield suddenly announces he quits the project tomorrow morning?

good luck

From Dastalk.org  https://dashtalk.org/threads/october-2015-budget-proposal.6234/



You have already collected $5000 for this proposal, now suddenly it is "lower priority" ?

Why would your conferences hinder website development thats been contracted out to a third party?

To implement IP obfuscation it would push Evolution back about 2-3 months, then we would use it in v12 for about a year, then throw it out as soon as evolution came along, then I would have to redo the work again....What sense does that make?