This way of thinking will get us nowhere. We will always stay in our small crypto world, getting pumped up to 0.007 if we're lucky, being recognized as a drug coin. Sooner or later big holders will start to dump...
With all the possibilities darkcoin has got, we could get to an average Joe. Joe will not touch this coin as long as it has got this reputation.
Dark=shady=illegal. This is what masses will always think.
why am i getting reminded of early bitcoin days when i read yr comment ? I think some of you are too fixated on the name Darkcoin,
avarage Joe will only care about if the coin delivers what it promise to deliver .. which is anonimity and fast transactions in the nearby future.
And who knows what the masses think, its a brand new market which you cant compare with normal markets and which makes
predicting what the masses will think impossible.
edit : i wonder if the blackcoin or greycoin or whatever communities are having similiar discussions ... i have a feeling they are not.