How will the 'crowdsale' work, and when will it occur?
The details for the crowdsale will be released closer to the time. When it occurs, as stated before, a number of times, when Silk launches.
Will it all happen via weaver?
Yes, as stated before.
Will DRKSLK be priced arbitrarily(for crowdsale) or will it depend on SLKs market price at the time(or something else)?
Details will be in the crowdsale documentation once released.
Will SLK holders still get a better rate(initially) over BTC buys? If so how will that work, as a timed thing or a volume thing or a weaver account id/wallet address thing?
Details will be in the crowdsale documentation once released.
You get a lot of repeating questions because you have 2 coins and one thread. The first page should be corrected to show both coins spec or you should have two seperated threads. All the questions about Darksilk shows a lot of interest for it so you have to live with it. I think closer to the release there are going to be even much more questions and interest about it. I will keep comming in here and have a look.
I cant find any reasons to buy Silk coin. If you are a holder of the old silk coin then its good news to get a working chain. If I can get dark silk with BTC then I dont need to have any silkcoin. If you can buy Dark silk with Silk coin then I think silk coin can drop much in value so it will not be a good investment before the release of dark silk coin. If you have any plans that will give silk coin a high value then I cant see it with the information you have provided to us for now.
Both coins have good known devs and that is something that gives also values.
Yeah thats the question, why would anyone invest into Silkcoin atm? If we dont know if its any benefit at all to keep/buy them. I understood that the dev didnt want to spoil because other people could copy but if you are not that far from release it wouldnt make a difference to tell what it is since people will know what it is eventually anyway and then try to copy.
You need to think outside the box... DRKSLK will be a very limited circulation compared to SLK and most likely fetch a much higher price. Not everyone is going to want to pay a premium when SLK will be available at a most likely lower price. Consider the analogy of gold and silver. Not everyone can afford gold so they buy silver. Yes it has a lower price but that doesn't make it "useless". On top of that you will have more liquidity and also be able to swap in and out of both down the road if you want to...
You need to look at a much broader picture and think of thousands of users using the network eventually, not just a handful... The users that catch on later in the process might not be able to afford to buy DRKSLK, so what would they turn to? SLK... All I am trying to point out is 2 coins makes this system perfect and gives people options... I don't know about you, but I like it when there are options. It will also keep the currencies in a good ratio... Think a forex exchange as well. Of course both currencies will fluctuate, but then you also can exchange the 2 and make a profit from that fluctuation.
When you look at actual circulation of both coins together, it really is not a lot in play here. Prices of both coins will go to nice levels as demand catches on. You might be surprised where SLK ends up going... DRKSLK of course will be a no brainer..,
What you are saying dont make sense. BTC have a high value but ppl still buy it. You have x.xxxxxxxx numbers to work with so high value will not be a problem. My question still valid. Why silk coin when you can get a much more developed coin like dark silk?
So I'll answer your question with a question. Then why do people buy alt coins other than BTC? It doesn't make sense why they would when you can just buy BTC.
Even if not directed to me I will answer:
To make more BTC or because the coin got special features that could be useful in different ways. If SLK doesn't have something that makes it going for itself, DRKSLK will just kill SLK off for being a better coin overall. But thats my opinion, I just wish the dev could explain the thoughts around this.
So in your view, SLK can be used as a hedge to make more BTC... I believe I said that SLK could be used as a hedge, not against BTC, I mentioned against DRKSLK. But yes, just one of the many potential uses for it.
Also it has another thing going for it, it is a part of the silk network... If it is cheaper to buy something in SLK vs DRKSLK, what currency would you get to use in the marketplace? And vice versa. There will be price fluctuations just like in a Forex market. Again just trying to show people the outside of the box.
EDIT: If there is no predetermined conversion rate and the market determines the conversion rate, you will see fluctuation in prices controlled by swapping one currency to the next. Again look at a forex market.