Just wanted to say although closed source is certainly frowned upon around here, with the magnetz scam and TPB coin, obviously there is interest in a project such as this. If our dev is truly talented and is crafting something unique here, releasing the code too soon is begging to have it ripped off. I fully sympathize with the developer if he wishes to take a similar route as DRK. Whether or not DRK is technically the best anonymous coin out there is an entirely different topic, but waiting til DRK cemented itself with the reputation of being the premier anonymous coin before releasing it's code was a smart play. At this point the DRK branding and network effect is so strong, copying the code isn't going to hurt it. If DRK had released their code early on, it is likely it would have been cloned and copied a thousand times, watering down investment in it and preventing it from reaching the position it has.
So, just wanted to say, I for one support the decision to stay closed source for a period of time if the developer deems it necessary.
DRK is not fully anon coin. because of centralize mixing and Xcurrency has vastly superior technology regarding anon tech. that is impossible to penetrate because you will have to brake every wallet in network....but you are right with postponing of opening source code
DRK is not fully anon coinThis is a false off-topic, but this is not the right place to talk about DRK anon here (believe me, the success brings you tons of useless hate, hope it will happen here).
I fully sympathize with the developer if he wishes to take a similar route as DRKI was an early supporter of DRK, as some people may know, i began with the DRK community last february. At at this time, Evan was talking with us all the time in the thread (you can check it). The code was closed at the beginning, and that was a smart move, but the developer was showing us his awesomeness all the time.
I really want to know what is the developer working on, I dont need to check the code to understand. If this is big, now is time to show us and begin to build the community.
DRK is the biggest alt project in crypto right now not only because of the developers, but all the people (me included) helping testing, debugging, promoting the coin, doing translations. etc.