Testing went fantastic. We all decided we're ready for public beta on mainnet, so I'll be releasing executables some time this weekend!
*mashes buy buttons* 
Topic: [ANN][DASH] Dash (dash.org) | First Self-Funding Self-Governing Crypto Currency - page 6741. (Read 9723522 times)
February 28, 2014, 08:39:40 PM
February 28, 2014, 08:39:19 PM
Looks like an advertisement for cancer prevention to stop smoking. The coin name and functionality already implies a negative nature to the coin, so any advertisement needs to be the opposite and not full of mall goth imagery.
February 28, 2014, 08:38:18 PM
Testing went fantastic. We all decided we're ready for public beta on mainnet, so I'll be releasing executables some time this weekend!
Great stuff!
February 28, 2014, 08:36:38 PM
Testing went fantastic. We all decided we're ready for public beta on mainnet, so I'll be releasing executables some time this weekend!
February 28, 2014, 08:25:13 PM
Bitcoin's success is due to the fact that the name does NOT hint at how it may be used
No.. It was successful because it solved the double spend problem. The name was completely irrelevant in comparison... If you don't agree with me on that then it is pointless.
Shitcoins need to worry about branding because that's all they have. Is this a shitcoin? Is it more like doge or bitcoin?
Like how I quoted only the relevant sentence and aborted all the rest? ...oddly ironic
Respecting peoples time and not always re quoting paragraphs and paragraphs of crap is indeed nice editing more people should do it.
February 28, 2014, 08:17:52 PM
I'm proud to be with you doing this.This coin will be the first of his kind. And it will mean a lot for a lot of people, for good and for bad. All other coins will be following us.
I love the name DarkCoin It’s clear and simple. You can’t rebrand now, it’s too late.
Let me quote a citation i just heard:
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way
Good job devs.
I love the name DarkCoin It’s clear and simple. You can’t rebrand now, it’s too late.
Let me quote a citation i just heard:
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way
Good job devs.
+1 I like the name as well. Pondering my previous post on the subject and I vote to not rebrand as well. Lets face it: the main 'main' stream is nowhere near ready for any coin regardless of name. The critical mass at the moment is in the 'slightly' more rebellious quarters anyway. A bit of a 'dark' vibe won't hurt at all IMHO
February 28, 2014, 08:10:40 PM
Testing goes pretty stable imho, i expect a beta on mainnet soon. sweeet
February 28, 2014, 08:07:15 PM
I'm proud to be with you doing this.This coin will be the first of his kind. And it will mean a lot for a lot of people, for good and for bad. All other coins will be following us.
I love the name DarkCoin It’s clear and simple. You can’t rebrand now, it’s too late.
Let me quote a citation i just heard:
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way
Good job devs.
I love the name DarkCoin It’s clear and simple. You can’t rebrand now, it’s too late.
Let me quote a citation i just heard:
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way
Good job devs.
February 28, 2014, 07:55:25 PM
DarkCoin is what bitcoin should have been. Some might call it "Bitcoin 2.0" but would do better by saying:
"DarkCoin is digital cash."
"DarkCoin is digital cash."
+1
But that's why I think its better to call it D-coin or something else (not related to dark)
New people will think that darkcoin is related to illegal things and thats not the intention, idea of it. Maybe it will scare/put off (I don't know the right word) some people...No?
The name is irrelevant..
That is exactly the point I was trying to make.
blah blah blah
lol nice editing. The name is most definitely not irrelevant. Bitcoin's success is due to the fact that the name does NOT hint at how it may be used.
Not suggesting rebranding at this stage, nor do I have any suggestions for an alternative name. I was simply agreeing with somebody's point of view that the name darkcoin will limit it's use. And it will.
FreeCoin then ? Eg you are free to do whatever you want and hopefully big enough to take responsibility for whatever that causes. I like Dark as a name btw. Bit of grit. But I agree a certain connotation does attach itself. Depends on the market targeted I suppose. For 'dark' stuff BTC is pretty futile (foolish) these days.
February 28, 2014, 07:50:12 PM
DarkCoin is what bitcoin should have been. Some might call it "Bitcoin 2.0" but would do better by saying:
"DarkCoin is digital cash."
"DarkCoin is digital cash."
+1
But that's why I think its better to call it D-coin or something else (not related to dark)
New people will think that darkcoin is related to illegal things and thats not the intention, idea of it. Maybe it will scare/put off (I don't know the right word) some people...No?
The name is irrelevant..
That is exactly the point I was trying to make.
blah blah blah
lol nice editing. The name is most definitely not irrelevant. Bitcoin's success is due to the fact that the name does NOT hint at how it may be used.
Not suggesting rebranding at this stage, nor do I have any suggestions for an alternative name. I was simply agreeing with somebody's point of view that the name darkcoin will limit it's use. And it will.
February 28, 2014, 07:42:23 PM
Can someone catch me up...is the name being changed? Why?
February 28, 2014, 07:42:01 PM
I believe that if we want to see mass adoption , we need to change the name. DarkCoin is a nice name, but people will associate dark with illegal or otherwise questionable activities. This will preclude adoption on the scale of Bitcoin.
the name is spot on! in times of NSA etc "Darkcoin" is perfect.
February 28, 2014, 07:41:07 PM
I believe that if we want to see mass adoption , we need to change the name. DarkCoin is a nice name, but people will associate dark with illegal or otherwise questionable activities. This will preclude adoption on the scale of Bitcoin.
February 28, 2014, 07:41:02 PM
DarkCoin is what bitcoin should have been. Some might call it "Bitcoin 2.0" but would do better by saying:
"DarkCoin is digital cash."
"DarkCoin is digital cash."
+1
But that's why I think its better to call it D-coin or something else (not related to dark)
New people will think that darkcoin is related to illegal things and thats not the intention, idea of it. Maybe it will scare/put off (I don't know the right word) some people...No?
The name is irrelevant..
That is exactly the point I was trying to make.
blah blah blah
February 28, 2014, 07:38:34 PM
DarkCoin is what bitcoin should have been. Some might call it "Bitcoin 2.0" but would do better by saying:
"DarkCoin is digital cash."
"DarkCoin is digital cash."
+1
But that's why I think its better to call it D-coin or something else (not related to dark)
New people will think that darkcoin is related to illegal things and thats not the intention, idea of it. Maybe it will scare/put off (I don't know the right word) some people...No?
I tend to agree with this. The name itself will be the reason darkcoin is never widely accepted by, er, "normal" people (also can't think of the right word sorry). It doesn't matter how great it is, give it a shady or evil sounding name and it's doomed.
The name is irrelevant, Bitcoin was not adopted because its name but more so because of libertarian values and adopters/enthusiasts being aware of what is going on the economy/banking. If dark can provide anonymous "dark" transactions it could be called purple unicorn coins for all I care.. Dark is good branding for people in the know ie tor darknet stuff. If joe blow isn't aware of what dark means he will soon enough.. with every Snowden leak or bullshit passed law/corrupt lawless judge's decision is making people more aware. It is like built in marketing because we all know what governments agenda is just like how cypress bumped up bitcoin.
I could give 2 shits about branding and market cap. Freedom is where it's at, make a coin that facilitates free commerce even silk road style commerce that bypasses bullshit laws and market cap & awareness will take care of itself. Makes me wonder why people are here promoting an anonymous coin if they care about mainstream perceptions.. perhaps cat coin is the better choice for them.
That is exactly the point I was trying to make. As soon as the name hints that it may be used for a particular purpose, it actually makes it less useful for that purpose, especially when it comes to anonymity. Take sexcoin for example LOL may as well have 2 for 1 hooker vouchers in your wallet and hope the wife doesn't notice
I have no position in this coin, just found it via that cryptolife article. But to think about trying to rebrand it to something more mainstream would be such a disaster. D-coin? Suck my D-coin would be just as good.
The one thing you guys have going for it is the anonymous transactions. The devs and the coin should be transaction neutral and if anything the branding should hint towards the dark side.
February 28, 2014, 07:36:47 PM
Auroracoin is a silly idea but their branding is spot on. Can we take some hints from the website for the darkcoin website?
http://auroracoin.org/
http://darkcoin.us/io/
Namely...
fixing the logo in the top left
reducing font size
coming up with logo/image downloads
changing the main colour (blue looks like a bank)
congrats on the work so far.
how about this for a colour scheme...
http://colorschemedesigner.com/#4k51TdJg0yiyi
http://auroracoin.org/
http://darkcoin.us/io/
Namely...
fixing the logo in the top left
reducing font size
coming up with logo/image downloads
changing the main colour (blue looks like a bank)
congrats on the work so far.
how about this for a colour scheme...
http://colorschemedesigner.com/#4k51TdJg0yiyi
February 28, 2014, 07:21:00 PM
DarkCoin is what bitcoin should have been. Some might call it "Bitcoin 2.0" but would do better by saying:
"DarkCoin is digital cash."
"DarkCoin is digital cash."
+1
But that's why I think its better to call it D-coin or something else (not related to dark)
New people will think that darkcoin is related to illegal things and thats not the intention, idea of it. Maybe it will scare/put off (I don't know the right word) some people...No?
I tend to agree with this. The name itself will be the reason darkcoin is never widely accepted by, er, "normal" people (also can't think of the right word sorry). It doesn't matter how great it is, give it a shady or evil sounding name and it's doomed.
The name is irrelevant, Bitcoin was not adopted because its name but more so because of libertarian values and adopters/enthusiasts being aware of what is going on the economy/banking. If dark can provide anonymous "dark" transactions it could be called purple unicorn coins for all I care.. Dark is good branding for people in the know ie tor darknet stuff. If joe blow isn't aware of what dark means he will soon enough.. with every Snowden leak or bullshit passed law/corrupt lawless judge's decision is making people more aware. It is like built in marketing because we all know what governments agenda is just like how cypress bumped up bitcoin.
I could give 2 shits about branding and market cap. Freedom is where it's at, make a coin that facilitates free commerce even silk road style commerce that bypasses bullshit laws and market cap & awareness will take care of itself. Makes me wonder why people are here promoting an anonymous coin if they care about mainstream perceptions.. perhaps cat coin is the better choice for them.
That is exactly the point I was trying to make. As soon as the name hints that it may be used for a particular purpose, it actually makes it less useful for that purpose, especially when it comes to anonymity. Take sexcoin for example LOL may as well have 2 for 1 hooker vouchers in your wallet and hope the wife doesn't notice
February 28, 2014, 07:20:32 PM
DRK will go viral. It speaks for itself… or rather, it doesn't… there's your marketing 
Good one
Now it only needs a little push. February 28, 2014, 07:04:45 PM
Alpha testing starts in ~15-30 minutes! If all goes well, I'll release beta for mainnet tomorrow/sunday. Come help out!
ps, the UI supports DarkSend now, there's a checkbox
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.5415614
great coin! great dev!! ps, the UI supports DarkSend now, there's a checkbox
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.5415614
February 28, 2014, 07:01:06 PM
Alpha testing starts in ~15-30 minutes! If all goes well, I'll release beta for mainnet tomorrow/sunday. Come help out!
ps, the UI supports DarkSend now, there's a checkbox
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.5415614
ps, the UI supports DarkSend now, there's a checkbox
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.5415614
Eeeek, I'm late!!
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