Its my gut feeling that in the year 2014, more coin developers will place an emphasis on anonymity. Many coins are announcing the plans for adding anonymous features now, just as an after thought.
Seems like bitcoin was beta however mainstream beta. It is true we need more privacy. Bitcoin devs like Gavin Andresen find altcoins more interesting when they address the transactions differently.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxEWRORzLSc he says so in the first minute here. He doesnt mention Darkcoin by name but says only a few altcoins interest him. They are cool but will struggle with bitcoin for mainstream adoption. Wallets are cool too but only go so far as to stay within the confines of bitcoin protocol.
"The most technically solid method for protecting the anonymity of bitcoin transactions may be to create a new bitcoin altogether, starting with privacy as a first principle. That’s the approach taken by Darkcoin, an alternative cryptocurrency launched in January. Darkcoin implements CoinJoin, though it calls the feature DarkSend."
http://www.wired.com/2014/05/bitcoin-anonymous-projects/Economicaly speaking:
same amount of max coins as bitcoin.
DRK 1 / 1 BTC# of wallets 100x less the bitcoin
DRK 1 / 100 BTCcurrently priced 100 drk to 1 btc1
DRK 100/ 1 BTC far more anonymous then bitcoin will ever be.
DRK 1/ 0 BTCTruly genius full time Darkcoin developer Evan, who made the X11 algorythm for the next generation digital currencies.
X11 Over X3 times faster then bitcoin. 30% less electricity and heat by 50%.
Many factors have me, an unbiased cryptomaniac to prefer Dark. The final target price of DRK is atleast 1 to 1 BTC. I may sell a few when the price hits the mid 400s.
Once people realize MRO's superior anonimity to DRK this coin will explode. DRK is doomed due being a Bitcoin fork, which means big problems when trying to have fully functional ring signatures.
