Topic: [ANN][DASH] Dash (dash.org) | First Self-Funding Self-Governing Crypto Currency - page 2789. (Read 9723733 times)

Because with a detergent name, how you can believe ?

I have no clue who approached whom ("documented issue") and who replied what to whom regarding Darkcoin inclusion. But if the future Saint Coin approaches the same people and they would laugh into the Saint Coin's face, how that would reflect for the new brand, being a laughing stock?

Once should ASSESS the value of say BTC-E inclusion (24.80% of the BTC trading volume on Bitfinex) and have an agreement that the Saint Coin would be included once it drops its Darkcoin name. Same with merchants, providing these are not my friend's dive in Mexico but something of assessable value. Otherwise, yes, "doing nothing" and let the technology grow might be the best solution.

I should bring up a situation that I came across which highlights the need for a rebrand.  I was at recently at a dinner with the CEO of Expresscoin (whom added Darkcoin months ago as per my suggestion).  He directly informed me that he'd been getting pressure from his investors to drop Darkcoin as they were worried about the legal scrutiny it could bring Expresscoin.  I asked him to hold off for a bit before doing anything as there would be some announcements made, to which he agreed.  So as you can see, Darkcoins problems are a lot like racism.  You show up for endless interviews and everyone seems nice but you can't understand why you never get hired.  Evan has done a fantastic job of pushing out features which are important to users and will clearly lead to consumer adoption.  The problem is that this is meaningless if there is little to no adoption on the merchant side.  A rebrand helps balance this issue.

With a rebrand we can reach out to industries that previously wouldn't consider using Darkcoin due to the fact that Dark is often associated with something sinister.  A good example of this is the medicinal marijuana industry.  They have massive problems because MMJ is illegal on a federal level but not on the state level.  As a result, banks are completely unwilling to work with them.  This industry is desperate for a solution and using crypto / DASH should be an easy sell, creating a HUGE opportunity for us.  However, consider this: As a dispensary whom already has considerable legal scrutiny, would you be willing to take a risk and start doing business using a cryptocurrency named Darkcoin?  This shows how important the brand is, and how we really need to consider what is on the horizon and where we want to go from here. 

Holy Moly Batman, I haven't had to use the ignore feature in months but today i put almost 15 people on ignore, LOL  


I love the name darkcoin (Best name in crypto) and agree it is too early. It will eventually need to be changed but for at least the next 2-3 months we need to keep darkcoin and associate it with bitcoin every chance we get. While transitioning we can use both as we slowly rebrand to DASH - Digital Cash (DASH in all caps, Branded with the phrase Digital Cash)
Then in a few months when the video is ready we can fully rebrand and introduce the world to DASH - Digital Cash.
The more i hear/see DASH the more i like it and the future potential it represents. We're so early in the game that it could become like coke, Like when someone ask if a business accepts dash what they are really asking is if they accept digital cash like bitcoin, litecoin, dogecoin, DASH ETC ETC. That's what all the TV pundits call crypto  already... Digital Cash.

The other day i was watching a youtube video of this little dog getting rescued and i was going to ask in the comments if they had a darkcoin address but it just sounded too sinister for people who aren't into the crypto world. Instead i asked if they had a "Bitcoin or Darkcoin address". To non crypto people (most people) darkcoin sounds a bit nefarious unless used in conjunction with bitcoin.

Anyways, Here's a logo i put together from some of the others logos that were posted. I just changed the regular D to the darkcoin D. It needs work.


Here's the original

WHY ? 

SELL YOUR DARKCOINS !!!!!

It is too early to change the name! Darkcoin will get a lot of "negative" publicity. Lets not ruin this chance by changing the name! The name can be changed when everyone knows Darkcoin!

SELL YOUR DARKCOINS !!!!!

No matter how you twist and turn it, Darkcoin, Dish, Dash, Darkash or whatever, payment processors will always stay away from this coin, because they don't want to deal with the aforementioned bullshit.

Darkcoin hasn't grown much in adoption. It's grown in valuation and development.

The only significant exchange it's on right now is Bitfinex. Although the name may not be "toxic" amongst early adopters (thats ourselves) it's a different story amongst the broader market.

BTCe, Chinese exchanges, US exchanges - none of them show the remotest hint of taking it. Of course that might be for reasons other than the name, but according to the accounts of 'coin staff' who've been 'out there' trying to get it promoted and adopted, the name categorically is a barrier to adoption.

If you think otherwise you need to come up with a better justification than simply "it's worked up till now". The only growth that occured was a) price, b) development which are largely under the control of the developer community and early adopters.

As I say - I'm not unhappy with the Darkcoin name but I'm not overly attached to it  either. All I'm saying is: there's a problem with the next phase of growth because it has to come from sources that are different from those of the last year. The name is a documented issue. So do something about it.

Per Fernando, Tao, and others "Some big payment processor and exchanges we have approached have repeatedly complained about the name. This doesn't mean they will adopt us straight away, but we would be making it easier for them."