Sorry guys, a good guide to Darksend (what it is, what it does)?
BTW, how do I update my wallet version? I just download the new .exe and open it on my pc?
An explanation? DarkSend is the technology behind the Darkcoin wallet that mixes up payments so that you can't tell who sent what to whom. It uses the idea put forth in coinjoin, but adds other layers to hide where the coin came from or went to via single use throw away addresses and converting funds into blocks of denominations that are all the same (100, 10, 1, 0.1, 0.01...) So the sender deposits the same amount as all the other senders in the pool, the funds are organized into payments by the Master Node (a random user's wallet) and when it is all ready to be sent out, The payment, the fees, the return change, everyone has to sign they agree, including a "Slave Node" who would take over if something happened to the Master Node.
So as it stands now, and I'm sure Evan has implemented a lot of refinement, there are 3 levels of obfuscation:
Coinjoin type of system
hiding in numbers (all input amounts the same)
single use addresses
Hope that helped. On the first page there is a white paper with everything a person could want to know about Darkcoin.
Thank you, that was very helpful
