Relax, the technology is good and Darkcoin still has great things to look forward to, e.g. instant transactions. To be honest gaining attention from the general public will take work, the cool thing is we have a solid product to promote, promotion does not replace the product, but a solid product still needs promotion. The public will need to be hand held into understanding Darkcoin, Darksend and its implications. The general crypto public does not have the ability to judge for themselves how strong Darksend is, or will not take the time to take a look into the technology until we make them. So how are we going to achieve this?
Through the foundation efforts we need to start several initiatives to promote and educate people on Darkcoin. For example:
1. Hosting public webinars to show Darksend in action, both from an average user perspective and with someone with the expertise to explain the details of the technology, e.g. Evan, Kristov, etc.
2. After open source next week, get additional code reviews from cryptography experts with a good reputation, whether we need to hire their services or some step up voluntarily after open source.
3. If we could get some security certifications, white hat analysis, or get Darkcoin coding process ISO certified or something like that it would give non crypto folks great confidence.
3. Have Evan do some public appearances, crypto trade shows, TED, interviews, etc.
4. Start an initiative to promote Darkcoin with payment processors and crypto financial institutions. This needs to be a coordinated effort, key people in prominent payment processors, exchanges and the like need to be approached by official channels.
5. Educate and promote within specific industries of interest. with a need for our solution e.g. gaming, porn, etc.
We are taking steps in this direction, the foundation is getting organized and soon will have a formal structure, people will get to register and work groups will be formed so that there is accountability and hopefully a budget for specific initiatives.
It may surprise you but the whole world does not follow specific coin threads looking for news, thats to our advantage as early adopters. Now is our job to get involved and help Darkcoin directly there is a lot to do that is not coding related. So think in terms of what I listed above, does anybody have other ideas of things we could do to promote Darkcoin adoption?
Yes, once we are out of RC phase, the real fun starts!