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Topic: [ANN][DASH] Dash (dash.org) | First Self-Funding Self-Governing Crypto Currency - page 6105. (Read 9724115 times)

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Notes about the site design. I mainly looked at intro.html

I think the max-width of the design is too wide. Wide paragraphs are not as easy to read on screens. And paragraphs and titles use the same font, which makes for less readability and less contrast between title and paragraph. The font used is suitable for headlines, but less so for longer paragraphs. Check out this awesome article: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/11/04/best-practices-of-combining-typefaces/

Here are two screenshots comparing the original and a narrower version with a different font for paragraphs. Note that you can use any two fonts and font-sizes etc. for headlines/paragraphs and that the font I chose is just an example. Which of the two versions is more readable?

https://i.imgur.com/fRFuiKZ.png

vs

https://i.imgur.com/23pnpiP.png

The Darkcoin details section should have bullet points for each point IMO.

Also, about the HTML:
is used to center, while that is deprecated. CSS should be used for styling, not HTML tags. Paragraphs are made with

on this page, while that should be used for headlines, not paragraphs. You can use

for paragraphs.

sr. member
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Pre-sale - March 18
Wow ! This coin is amazing and the X11 is even better ... Now i have cooler gpu and no problems ! Thank to devs

You do realize that cooler GPU means it's less effective to mine with a GPU and thus we practically waste our hardware resources, right...?

We have out relatively expensive hardware (with it's own price amortization over time) which is partially idle during X11 mining.

Of course, it's absolutely not a problem in practice if GPUs are still better than anything else available and every GPU miners have the exact same speed penalty (nobody can utilize the full raw power of his/her GPU better than others). But it's technically still inefficiency which is never good, only neutral at best.

This is a bullshit approach tbh.

so you are saying you can max a 280x to 5mh/s it just hasn't been done yet and possibly scheming other people have and are mining at this rate?

even if can run at higher degrees and consume more power what would it matter if the roof of workload is already met?

The roof requires less energy doesn't mean you can raise the roof by increasing energy.

hero member
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Wow ! This coin is amazing and the X11 is even better ... Now i have cooler gpu and no problems ! Thank to devs

You do realize that cooler GPU means it's less effective to mine with a GPU and thus we practically waste our hardware resources, right...?

We have our relatively expensive hardware (with it's own price amortization over time) which is partially idle during X11 mining.

Of course, it's absolutely not a problem in practice if GPUs are still better than anything else available and every GPU miners have a very similar speed penalty (nobody can utilize the full raw power of his/her GPU better than others). But it's technically still inefficiency which is never good, only neutral at best.

So, instead of a feature, it's more like a bug which doesn't need to be fixed. It's not an improvement but a neutral thing with a possibility to become a negative thing.
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Nice coverage in Wired all! I would think that with the release pending (a month or so, correct?) we might finally start the push to .01.
This is correct.  Here is the current development schedule as stated by eduffield.

Here's the new schedule for development:

- RC2 (masternode payments, DGW3) : May 14th
- RC3 (1000 DRK limit and denominated change) : May 21st
- After this, I'll find someone to vet the code and open source.
- RC4 (Bugs, security issues)
- Testing, then opensource
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.6488297



P.S. Evan, I still think this should be somewhere easy to find (like in the first post) so long as it is valid.  Tongue
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Wow ! This coin is amazing and the X11 is even better ... Now i have cooler gpu and no problems ! Thank to devs
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In Wired article all the reviewed coins represented in bad light IMO. The conclusion leads to deduction that their primary purpose is money laundry and black markets:
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Anoncoin, Zerocoin, and Darkcoin are all unlikely to ever achieve the same acceptance for goods and services as bitcoin has. But it’s worth nothing that if exchanges allow the trade of bitcoins for these more private currencies without requiring identification, they could serve as giant laundry services, anonymizing any funds that are traded into and then out of their networks.


Well I am not sure what we can do about that other than to at every opportunity educate people about the importance of privacy in the cryptocurrency space and why private != illegal.   Though... even with that, I expect the mainstream media to continue to associate Darkcoin with criminal activity just because that is their default behavior.

IMO, the bigger issue with the article was use of the word "lottery" with respect to the masternode payouts.  I understand that one of the masternodes is elected at random, but to somebody who knows nothing of DRK it sounds like you have to pay 1000 DRK for the outside chance (connotation from lottery) to get 10% of the mining reward.  The masternode POService feature is very unique -- and while the "lottery" statement is true, it puts the whole thing in a bad light as most people view participation in a lottery as throwing your money away.

That's said, if you just read this article without any prior knowledge of the anonymous coin development space, IMO DRK would catch your eye -- if not for the stated improvements to coinjoin then because of the awesome new logo. Cheesy
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sr. member
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Nice coverage in Wired all! I would think that with the release pending (a month or so, correct?) we might finally start the push to .01.

Don't worry, the price will inevitably drop when my funds clear and I buy in.  Happens every time ha ha.

sr. member
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Nice coverage in Wired all! I would think that with the release pending (a month or so, correct?) we might finally start the push to .01.

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Looks like the Wired.com article has been posted...

http://www.wired.com/2014/05/bitcoin-anonymous-projects/

Later this year, they plan to release Zerocoin, another alternative to bitcoin that uses a technique to anonymize its coins that’s much stronger than Dark Wallet’s or DarkCoin’s, and that’s impossible with bitcoin as it currently functions.

Much stronger, sure ?

Have a look here:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.5241291
hero member
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Looks like the Wired.com article has been posted...

http://www.wired.com/2014/05/bitcoin-anonymous-projects/

Later this year, they plan to release Zerocoin, another alternative to bitcoin that uses a technique to anonymize its coins that’s much stronger than Dark Wallet’s or DarkCoin’s, and that’s impossible with bitcoin as it currently functions.

Much stronger, sure ?
sr. member
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Well looks like I won't be able to afford a Masternode now!

In any case, this is huge for DarkCoin and huge recognition for Evan:

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DarkCoin - The most technically solid method for protecting the anonymity of bitcoin transactions may be to create a new bitcoin altogether, starting with privacy as a first principle.
legendary
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Looks like the Wired.com article has been posted...

http://www.wired.com/2014/05/bitcoin-anonymous-projects/

The new logo looks good in the media  Wink

First thing I did is to click on the Darkcoin hyperlink in the article and the website is updated!!  Excellent work: http://www.darkcoin.io/

But download links are not !!!

Come on guys, quickly update the download links please ...


Unfortunately they're probably asleep.  It'll be a while before they fix it probably

put it on reddit - then everyone up vote  Wink
sr. member
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Is CoinMine ever coming back?

yes - we are still working on some ddos protection to be implemented.

feeleep
Thx
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The Future Of Work
Looks like the Wired.com article has been posted...

http://www.wired.com/2014/05/bitcoin-anonymous-projects/

The new logo looks good in the media  Wink

First thing I did is to click on the Darkcoin hyperlink in the article and the website is updated!!  Excellent work: http://www.darkcoin.io/

But download links are not !!!

Come on guys, quickly update the download links please ...


Unfortunately they're probably asleep.  It'll be a while before they fix it probably
sr. member
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In Wired article all the reviewed coins represented in bad light IMO. The conclusion leads to deduction that their primary purpose is money laundry and black markets:
Quote
Anoncoin, Zerocoin, and Darkcoin are all unlikely to ever achieve the same acceptance for goods and services as bitcoin has. But it’s worth nothing that if exchanges allow the trade of bitcoins for these more private currencies without requiring identification, they could serve as giant laundry services, anonymizing any funds that are traded into and then out of their networks.
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The Future Of Work
Why are all Darkcoin related links in the OP and on darkcoin.io dead? I need a Win wallet Smiley

They were updating the site, and forgot the downloads I suspect, grrr,
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back over .004 again.

nice article in wired too.
hero member
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Looks like the Wired.com article has been posted...

http://www.wired.com/2014/05/bitcoin-anonymous-projects/

The new logo looks good in the media  Wink

First thing I did is to click on the Darkcoin hyperlink in the article and the website is updated!!  Excellent work: http://www.darkcoin.io/

But download links are not !!!

Come on guys, quickly update the download links please ...

newbie
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Looks like the Wired.com article has been posted...

http://www.wired.com/2014/05/bitcoin-anonymous-projects/

The new logo looks good in the media  Wink

First thing I did is to click on the Darkcoin hyperlink in the article and the website is updated!!  Excellent work: http://www.darkcoin.io/
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