5) Darkcoin is special because there are going to be multiple known hard forks, by design. This isn't like most coins where the coin is released and all work on it stops, and hard forks are only a dreaded consequence of a big flaw. Given this crucial feature, which IMO makes Darkcoin what it is more than anything else, it makes sense IMO to build some kind of "centralized" service that will alert users to problems, updates, etc. without them having to rely on searching forum threads and the like.
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Darkcoin screwed up, big time. It gets a free pass on this one -- chalk it up to a rookie mistake -- but next time, faith will have been lost.
Darkcoin has had like 10 or more forks that I can remember, changing the diff / blocks, introducing DarkSend, changing DWG/2/3, two forks now with the masternode payments etc.
Those who'll lose faith are probably not familiar with the
development plan:
- RC2 (magic numbers changed to darkcoin, DGW3) : May 14th
- RC2 (masternode payments) : May 25th
- RC3 (10 DRK limit removal and denominated change) + anonymity upgrade
- After this, I'll find someone to vet the code
- RC4 (Bugs, security issues)
- Testing, then opensource
My biggest concern is if multiple forks keep happening in a chain reaction like what happened yesterday.
It could happen again, and i expect its a type of DDoS attack, the security has to be tightened and 100% fullproof, if there any exploits found it will mark the end of DRK. It cant afford it to happen.
