I like DRK, XMR, and NXT. I also like to root for underdogs of underdogs, so I have a small bet on Boolberry (BBR). They have aliases for the long cryptonote addresses, as well as a GUI wallet. They're still young, with a small coin count (under 500k). Also, they're not listed on coinmarketcap yet so they are flying under the radar. Check them out when you get a moment.  

I have, but there is a Huge Huge problem with Boolberry. That's because they use the aglorithm Wild Keccak instead of Cryptonote. There is a private gpu miner for Wild Keccak, as users have been getting on average, 7,000 boolberry per day using the private gpu miner...I recently saw a 80,000 boolberry sell on Poloniex also..

AKA

Boolberry has been extremely instamined, most likely more than 50%.

So we're going back to the version we forked on?

Say what? Where did you get this info ? That cannot be correct. Reverting to xx.xx.01 will "enable" Masternode payments again, and blocks will be NOT be orphaned because the payments will NOT be enabled, but in any case, if anything, xx.xx.02, unless Evan rolls out xx.xx.03

Coinjoin didn't use same size inputs, masking the ability to figure out which output belongs to which input.  Then the "change" for the sender is sent back to a one time use address, that can not be associated with the wallet it came from unless you had access to that wallet.

Still, there are holes, especially if people reuse addresses that they've made public and don't use DarkSend every time.  The biggest thing that will plug that hole in the future is mandatory DarkSend.  After that, Evan has something else going on that I know nothing about 

So yes, coinjoin as Maxwell described is possible to follow the money, but if DarkSend were used, it would be pretty much impossible to "prove" but possible to kind of guess at what is happening with enough analysis.  Evan says he has come up with a way to make it as anonymous as ring signatures, but without the bloat.

Speaking of bloat, Monero has solved the bloat problem?  Or reduced it?  I suspect reducing a huge bloat problem won't be enough, being that even bitcoin's blockchain has become ungodly huge.  Ours will too, but at least Masternodes can be given the assignment to hold it so that regular users don't have to, yet it will remain decentralized. 

Anyway, I still like the "mechanical" way DarkSend works over any kind of encryption system, because it obviously won't be long before we have more powerful computer,  especially quantum computers, and they will be able to decrypt the code, revealing all the transactions on the blockchain.  The DarkSend Blockchain will not be any clearer under the scrutiny of a Quantum Computer.

Hey -bitcoinhype

See if you can't clone yourself a few times more. You'll save on creativity  






(Plus you'll help me with my FUD defence scores ! )

OMFG!!! I am in AWE. I am speechless. Someone is ready to take over my FUD patrol spot. I will just stop here.

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That's of useful passing academic interest. But it's not enough to shift markets as you've already seen.

DRK would have to be broken in a way that Monero isn't for it to have a strategic market impact at this point. A $40 million market cap isn't going to disinvest itself based on subtle (or even fundamental) differences in technical approach if it considers the job to be done satisfactorily. There are far more influential factors underlying its merits as an investment as opposed to a technology, such as simple market penetration for a start.

All the same, I agree with your previous point regarding the desirability of a diverse range of projects and in fact declare that I am a Monero holder. I picked some up way back cos I like hedges and am not a "tribal warfare" kind of investor. That said, I don't see it ever getting near DRK in market cap unless some major show stopper appears.