Topic: [ANN][DASH] Dash (dash.org) | First Self-Funding Self-Governing Crypto Currency - page 2624. (Read 9723748 times)

And now watch the XMR BTC dash into Dark

That should be distracting for you.

I don't closely follow the price of DRK, especially as XMR has been on a distracting near 300% rise in the last month.

The rebranding fiasco and its involvement with another CryptoNote coin is what got my attention.

The intellectual dishonesty of the insta-rebrand bothers me.  If something isn't broken, you don't fix it.

Your Dear Dark-cum-Dash Cult Leader 'fixed' the name of his one-man hobby project, which is functionally an admission that the Dark brand was broken.

But...we've been hearing since forever ago that Dark is a swell, amazing brand and not shady AT ALL.  After all, you have to click-through an agreement disavowing using it for anything naughty (just like with uTorrent  ).

The kids who thought Dark was a swell amazing not shady AT ALL brand were blindsided when Mr. Dark-cum-Dash suddenly informs them what they believed and invested in was, in fact, actually broken and HELLA SHADY all along.

Combined with the instamine and remote killswitch, a pattern and practice of shadiness results.

When these points are brought up in the relevant thread, those who hope to gain unusually high yields from their investment products go bonkers and start talking about bounties, Old West style justice, etc.

I'm sure how you can see the optics of such a situation are less than ideal (to put it nicely).   

 Sweet!

http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/22/7870809/kim-dotcom-launches-encrypted-megachat-service

I must say I think most of the stuff you post is just thinly veiled discomfort with what you say is "cultism" in this thread. In fact, that's partly due to the amount of mindless trolling that's gone on since the last price rise. It isn't the 'fanboyism' that sticks in people's gullet, it's the valuation because when that wasn't there nobody bothered.

Of course when attacked, people get defensive and all perspective goes out the window. When the incessant trolling isn't there this thread is pretty industrious and if you check back a few months all you'll find is pages of people discussing mundane technical points of mining, masternode configuration or such like.

Then some new development comes along of genuine value - like near instant confirmations or even the brand revision - and a whole load of jealosy driven finger wagging nutcases come out of the woodwork telling us to "not get too big for our boots" as if the valuation is not merited.

Try telling that to the market. Because that's really who your up against. The easy meat is a bunch of favourably disposed thread posters. What's much harder is to challenge the good faith in which fundamental design decisions and technical priorities are made because that's what the market is investing in.


You make the odd reasonable point buried in a turdpile of hostile rhetoric and I feel like I'm having to fish out a coin dropped into the toilet to even begin identifying them but this one is probably worth addressing.

I am a holder of a UK trademark who's been through the whole application process and I admit I'll be flabbergasted if the devteam are able to acquire one in any of the geographical areas or categories where it's contested. Evan has already alluded to the fact that it isn't "in the bag" in his interview on LTB.

The reason I'm posting this opinion - which may seem against the flow of sentiment in the thread - is that more than my scepticism, I admire him for trying and want to be invested in a project where people take risks in the pursuit of their first choices without fear of making mistakes in public. I also think it's better if some pre-emptive sceptisicm comes from within the community rather than we get an announcement that the search for a name has to start again and have to endure another shitstorm of FUD from all the jealous weasels who like to give you a good kicking when you're down.

Of course everything in between can happen. The fact there's no other crypto using that name is in their favour (and the Dashcoin business does not bother me one bit - it was a dead project) plus most cryptos don't even have a trademark in the first place. The vast majority of commercial businesses trade without a registered trademark, so it may just end up a non-issue.

All the same, it's the nature of this industry that all dirty linen gets washed in public. The regular challenges, problems and setbacks that usually go on in corporate offices behind closed doors get played out in full view.

Also, the more successful you get the bigger those challenges get. The only reason Darkcoin is having these issues is because it had some serious innovation and grew out of the background. You think a $100,000 cap coin called "Diamond" is going to be worried about trademark issues ? You think the trolls and mud slingers would be here if they didn't think this project had a serious prospect of future attention outside of the current crypto-community goldfish bowl ? Unwarranted in their opinion  - that's fine by me, I hope they choke on it.

So maybe that puts my concurrence with your idle remark in some kind of context. Just because I agree with it doesn't mean I can't draw a different conclusion about its impact. I've made my living from professional software development for the last 25 years and the way that this project has moved from idea to roadmap to development and to delivery in many aspects has blown me away. I look around at the market for hedges and alternative investments and I see maybe 1 or 2 max that are remotely comparable and none in this technical sector - most are just lazy bastard flag waving trainspotters for the work of 3rd party academics. It may look good on a Powerpoint slide but it never translates into results.

So whatever the merits of your comment on the trademark issue, I sure as f*ck won't be dumping this over a name. If there's any project that's capable of turning hard lessons into strengths it's this one and whatever the outcome of the present venture it'll be added value in the long term if the track record is anything to go by .

'Megachat'

we are heading 0.02 guys......and monero goes down.., icebreaker and adamwhite you better write something on monero forum, more u make fud here more people trust darkcoin, u hate dark because ur coin cant be like darkcoin

 I wonder if we migrate, clean state, or have a legacy darkcoin zone. Weird mixed feelings. If we want to detach from DRK, in a certain way it no good to have a Dash forum packed full of Darkcoin stuff...

 Arrrgg.. Anyway, I guess work is well underway and we'll know soon enough.

 Did he ?? He was quite vocal about it... and the dude seriously delivers. Can't remember the name! Mega something?

Wooo! yes!

Check out what Korecoin is up to. I think their dev is beavering away frantically.
Also didn't the big man bring something out last month?? Kimdotcom??

BadBear wrote the rules, I'm just quoting him.

Shooting the messenger won't make your pool spam OK.



You posting history is mostly pool spam.  Do you have a bot or just enjoy repetitive tasks?  

Can you recommend anything decent?

I can`t wait
http://dashtalk.org/
         

 Saying stuff like that it makes me shiver.

I just got of the stuff (trolls)!!

 Getting on with the my 12 step programme from the Anti-Troll Anonymous support group. They specifically told me NOT to suppress my feelings and share the.

 I'm starting to feel withdrawal symptoms. I almost replied to one. It is not easy, sweating like a pig and shaking like a epileptic baboon.

 HELP!

no... all those 270 Toxics

Yeh sorry I was offline for a while and came back to EU. not got skype on my main PC anymore. need something opensource

Pay all your bills with DarkCoin

https://www.bitbill.eu
 

Almost all MAC intervals are green.

No just been busy mate, had to sell the farm and get a job 

I could say the same about you too, haven't seen you on Skype for ages...

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these trolls really are fun to watch..

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