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I do not understand why we are still talking about redesigning the logo ??
shouldn't we stick with the one being use by the exchanges and such !?
The logo is fine and in use, so be it, there will always be people who like it and others who do not !
The developers launched with the blue logo, and we should stick to that !!!
(we are too far in by now to redesign)

+1

I thought the same thing at first, but I've been convinced that having a true logo, is completely different and functions completely differently.  It's an icon for the coin.  I can't explain it any better than eltito did here; https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.5879040

It's marketing, branding, etc... stuff most of us don't seem to understand, but luckily a few do, LOL (I am included, but am slowly getting it, and do intellectually understand it is important!)
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Omg, we do not have a logo, we have a coin design.  It isn't the same thing.

It's like saying that a picture of an Air Jordan is the Nike logo.

What's this then?



Looks like a logo to me. Anyway, the "coin design" is pretty much fine as it is (except the line in the middle of the D should be horizontal, just looks annoying otherwise). Perhaps a more distictive font could be used, but it's a waste of a bounty for a whole new design.

Like I said a few pages back:


This is a logo.  It is for use in multimedia branding and marketing.

This is not a logo.  It is not for use in multimedia branding and marketing.


A logo is something that is unique.  A coin with a D on it is nothing of the sort (in the grand scheme of things - certainly no offense intended to the designer).  To John Q. Cryptocurious it's just another coin in a sea of coins.  

A logo is simple, clean and concise.  The design on the OP is not simple, clean and concise.  

Above all, a logo is instantly recognizable, at any size or from any distance.  Shrink the OP image down to icon size and nobody would be able to tell WTF it is or how it is different from any other alt coin render - especially someone who doesn't know what Darkcoin is to begin with.  

While the coin on the OP is very well done, it is absolutely not a logo.  The Nike swoosh is a logo.  An Air Jordan is not.  The Mercedes emblem is a logo.  A 300SD is not.  The AT&T globe is a logo.  An AT&T smart phone is not.

Here is a photo of some of the most iconic logos in the world:



Notice what they all have in common: clean, simple, limited number of colors, no minute details to get lost in the design, instantly recognizable, each is distinct and unique, each has a high degree of differentiation from any other brand you can think of.  I could go on.

Notice how each and every one of them is not simply a circle with a letter in the middle of it.  That is because these logos were made by people who have a clue what they are doing.

The coin is not a suitable logo for branding or marketing.  Period.  I know people like it, but it will not serve for those purposes.
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I guess u cannot mine with 32bit windows pc but u can mine with 64bit pc. is that correct?
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The diff is rising a damm lot..

Holding onto my DRK and hoping it goes to the moon..
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I've submitted a design brief to designcrowd.com, and some interesting designs are coming in. Here's a peek at one of the submissions:



Currently at 413 / 600 DRK for logo design fundraising.

Xc8xGSP7FwWGPQpgw298z7NYdA8xJK8ooh

Wow, that's super nice. Do we have a link for our page on designcrowd?

I do not understand why we are still talking about redesigning the logo ??
shouldn't we stick with the one being use by the exchanges and such !?
The logo is fine and in use, so be it, there will always be people who like it and others who do not !
The developers launched with the blue logo, and we should stick to that !!!
(we are too far in by now to redesign)
+1 good,meaningful
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I don't think the Alt coin world really knows about drk. Totally under the radar.

This is so incredibly true. Just the other day there was a reddit post about the upcoming 5/20/100 m/hash scrypt asics, and the only coin really talked about as an alternative were the scrypt-n coins (vert mainly).

Once summer temperatures arrive I honestly think that the X11 algorithm will really appeal to people. It is almost an inside joke with people who have to put up with 85-90 degree temps in their house/room due to the heat their rigs produce. The vastly reduce power draw of the X11 algo will make such an immense difference for miners that I don't think people can truly appreciate yet.

That said.. I really do think it is a good thing for now to keep the coin under the radar until the final kinks are worked out and things are finalized. Even with the recent DGW fork, something like that is far easier to implement when there is a relatively small number of exchanges and pools to convert over. ....and i'm not going to lie, it would be nice to mine as much as I can before the time comes when 100-400 difficulty was the 'good ol days'.

Vertcoin have a way bigger reddit community than we do, all mentions of vertcoin anywhere are always upvoted like it's the second coming of jesus.

But WHY?  What are we doing wrong?  I think it's time to kick it up a notch!  I just don't know how, and those outside threads are scary!  LOL  I don't want to be an annoying poster saying "come here, it's better" LOL  What my husband and I can do is write an article introducing Darkcoin, but I haven't a clue how to get it published!
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I don't think the Alt coin world really knows about drk. Totally under the radar.

This is so incredibly true. Just the other day there was a reddit post about the upcoming 5/20/100 m/hash scrypt asics, and the only coin really talked about as an alternative were the scrypt-n coins (vert mainly).

Once summer temperatures arrive I honestly think that the X11 algorithm will really appeal to people. It is almost an inside joke with people who have to put up with 85-90 degree temps in their house/room due to the heat their rigs produce. The vastly reduce power draw of the X11 algo will make such an immense difference for miners that I don't think people can truly appreciate yet.

That said.. I really do think it is a good thing for now to keep the coin under the radar until the final kinks are worked out and things are finalized. Even with the recent DGW fork, something like that is far easier to implement when there is a relatively small number of exchanges and pools to convert over. ....and i'm not going to lie, it would be nice to mine as much as I can before the time comes when 100-400 difficulty was the 'good ol days'.

Vertcoin have a way bigger reddit community than we do, all mentions of vertcoin anywhere are always upvoted like it's the second coming of jesus.
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Registration at http://darksend.it is now free..

Repasta of original post:
Greetings all

I've launched the domain http://darksend.it. I intend to share the domain with everyone, so read on.
This page is looking to be a shorturl of sorts for darkcoin addresses. It has support for command line browsers, stripping html for wget|curl.
examples:
http://darksend.it/dime
http://darksend.it/yournamehere

from the command line:
$ curl darksend.it/dime
XcWPrhrtpJtBowmT3FfebLWDUZQPUZ73tz

I intend to give the domain to the community in the following ways:
1. (this one's just self promotion) The web server is hand written and as I think of more things that can help build the community, I will use my time to build them.
2. Once there are over 1000 users, I will throw the dns over to afraid.org, which has a long history giving free dynamic domain hosting services. This means you'll be able to point you.darksend.it to your webserver, or your computer, etc.
3. Anyone who donated (undetermined) drk during their registration will be given an account on an IRC bouncer running on the root domain itself. So you can irc as [email protected].

3 can backfire so it's not a guarantee, just a best effort type scenario. Allowing people to irc with your domain is asking for a ddos and coming back for more. But if it works out, this would be awesome.
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I believe DRK can rise to 0.01 BTC!

Other national coins no uniqueness in spec, can hv a larger marketcap than DRK..

DRK deserves much more!!!!  Angry Angry Angry Angry
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Omg, we do not have a logo, we have a coin design.  It isn't the same thing.

It's like saying that a picture of an Air Jordan is the Nike logo.
I agree with you 100%. Sure, the coin design looks nice and as a physical coin I'm sure it would look great too. I think a logo should be much simpler though. Less gradients, shine and binary code - just the essentials. and a clear colour scheme which will  be useful for brand recognition.
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139,098$ volume is not bad for a day Smiley
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Omg, we do not have a logo, we have a coin design.  It isn't the same thing.

It's like saying that a picture of an Air Jordan is the Nike logo.

What's this then?



Looks like a logo to me. Anyway, the "coin design" is pretty much fine as it is (except the line in the middle of the D should be horizontal, just looks annoying otherwise). Perhaps a more distictive font could be used, but it's a waste of a bounty for a whole new design.

when did that turn up? Looks pretty good.
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do u guys have x32bit miner and not 64bit miner for windows?
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Omg, we do not have a logo, we have a coin design.  It isn't the same thing.

It's like saying that a picture of an Air Jordan is the Nike logo.

What's this then?



Looks like a logo to me. Anyway, the "coin design" is pretty much fine as it is (except the line in the middle of the D should be horizontal, just looks annoying otherwise). Perhaps a more distictive font could be used, but it's a waste of a bounty for a whole new design.
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Pre-sale - March 18
Network Info
Difficulty   721.33323570
Net Hashrate 13 GH/s

Wow, all i can say!

Moon Enterprice
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Network Info
Difficulty   721.33323570
Net Hashrate 13 GH/s

Wow, all i can say!
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Omg, we do not have a logo, we have a coin design.  It isn't the same thing.

It's like saying that a picture of an Air Jordan is the Nike logo.
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I've submitted a design brief to designcrowd.com, and some interesting designs are coming in. Here's a peek at one of the submissions:



Currently at 413 / 600 DRK for logo design fundraising.

Xc8xGSP7FwWGPQpgw298z7NYdA8xJK8ooh

Wow, that's super nice. Do we have a link for our page on designcrowd?

I do not understand why we are still talking about redesigning the logo ??
shouldn't we stick with the one being use by the exchanges and such !?
The logo is fine and in use, so be it, there will always be people who like it and others who do not !
The developers launched with the blue logo, and we should stick to that !!!
(we are too far in by now to redesign)
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100 diff is good old days

but 500 diff is NOT

2nd one is 5 times worse.
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