I have never in my (internet) life felt as much trust towards someone as I do towards Evan. I've never met him, all I know is that he said he was going to do things, and then he did them, over and over. There's a reason he won the proof of honor award, there are so many of us here who feel grateful to have him as our chosen altcoin developer (and the rest of the team obviously).

There were points last summer with RC2 etc where mistakes were made (growing pains) which made me doubt altcoins in general and Evan too at one point, and then he came through time after time to build an unbelievable product. I think I can speak for most people who have been here since Jan-Feb 2014 when I say, there's nothing that can faze us anymore.


Oh and don't get hit by a bus please Evan.

Agreed. It's crazy how professional and upstanding Evan and team are as they push forward on Darkcoin. There were certainly a fair share of growing pains through 2014, but starting 2015 off, we're so far different than where we began and the development pipeline continues to flow. Darkcoin (and Darksend for that matter) continue to get polished and more refined. Darkcoin really is, when you start putting pen to paper, a better Bitcoin and hopefully the team realizes the ground that is being laid here.

I really hope Evan publicly announces his commitment to the project for another X number of years.

...and if I ever get a chance to meet any of the team in person, the drinks are on me. :-)

That's one of the concerns I have.  In some respects, a cult-like following is emerging.  When your leader can do no wrong, you are not being objective.  If nothing fazes you, you don't fear potential competition like you should.

There's nothing wrong with believing in your dev team--especially as they continue to deliver. Further, you can certainly remain objective. Lastly, the whole project no longer hinges on one man. Unless you are physically contributing code yourself, you're going to have to put some trust in those coding away (a team that has been pretty open about their identities).

Is Patrick McHardy still working with the dev team?

No.  They just understood that having a professional rather than caustic relationship with other coins can be very beneficial to Darkcoin.  Vertoe is a true leader and Darkcoin is very lucky to have them.

darkcoin.eu owner please fix this

http://wiki.darkcoin.eu/wiki/Important

Compile the daemon from GitHub, you should be running version 0.11.0.14, last mandatory/security update was 0.11.0.14: https://github.com/darkcoinproject

Likewise.  I spent literally the last of my investable cash on DRK yesterday.  Lets see what this baby can do.

"....but more discussion on these psychological phenomena is required."

oh god, please no. Anything but that. 

It's simple.

Go out to work. Get paid. Buy Darkcoin.

If you feel the urge to spend some of your money on, say, a present for your better half or food for the kids, then you're ok.

If you think about spending money on other things and decide to spend your money on DRK anyway, then you have reached cult follower status. You will probably die rich, alone and very happy. PM for the number of a great blonde escort 

For sure it would be an interesting discussion, but one without any results.

BTW, what happened to Bitcoin when Satoshi left?