The more I think about it, the more this idea makes sense. If Darkcoin will be a niche product because of branding, why not fill the other niche ourselves before others do, with a "light"-branded sister coin?
New publicity-friendly name, fair launch, focus on privacy. Let Darkcoin be the testbed and bring across any changes when it's stable. We're in a unique position to capture the subset of the market that are choosing not to invest in Darkcoin because of its branding, because we can implement darksend before it's open source (that is, if Evan gives the ok). I don't see that there's much to lose with this strategy. We can be sure that others will do exactly this once Darkcoin goes open source, so why not capture that market now, in a way that lets existing Darkcoin investors get in early and mitigate their risks?
I've been thinking of this, but can't figure out how to make a second coin without taking the market away from darkcoin
However, now that we're going for 'total anonymity', or as close as is possible with Darkcoin, perhaps the lighter version can just be "hard to follow", simpler conjoin like Evan originally planned?
But then where would that leave Darkcoin? only to serve those with nefarious intentions? Or maybe as a main storage repository? If the latter might be the case, perhaps Darkcoin itself could live a double life, one of "pretty good privacy" and one that's "none of your business buddy!" and one could keep their balance in either spot, depending if one is for savings and one for spending?
Or? I mean, I don't want Darkcoin hurt, I'm invested in it.
