Otoh Walls PSA

143 BTC on Cryptsy @ 0.012222 = 11,700 DRK

http://dc-charts.com/depth_drk.php?ex=2&cu=0&sw=1&tz=5&dl=2&js=1&sc=0&ar=0&re=0

244.44 BTC on BFX @ 0.012222 = 20,000 DRK

http://dc-charts.com/depth_drk.php?ex=9&cu=0&sw=2&tz=5&ar=0&dl=2&js=1&sc=0&ba=2&re=1

The dollars on BFX I'm presently using to trade BTCUSD with, so this wall is now an invisible one in that I will support the price still at $3 if needs be, but I don't think that an actual wall is needed there atm.

http://dc-charts.com/depth_drk.php?ex=9&cu=1

That's exactly what happened in my XCP example. Evidently some people valued the utility of Counterparty more highly than Bitcoin, and therefore took 2130 Bitcoins out of circulation. They were 'hard' consumed, or removed from circulation permanently. As you well know, Darkcoin has another problem in that the coin has a utility as a security token for operating a masternode.  This extra utility leads to 'soft' consumption where the coins stay parked in 1000 tx vin increments on the blockchain. So my 2 cents would be to drop the 'unconsumability' comparison as there's nothing to stop people from deleting wallets or sending coins to dead addresses.

The Dark Bulls 

http://www.newsbtc.com/2015/03/02/darkcoin-price-technical-analysis-232015-dark-bulls/

You make some interesting points.

I hadn't thought of it that way because I regarded Counterparty's "proof of burn" well and Darkcoin's masternode security as still performing a monetary function. But your right that strictly speaking, those coins are removed from circulation so it does adversely affect "unconsumability".

Think I'll have to go off and digest that. Thanks for pointing out !  

Enable firewall for wallet on local machine on port 9999 and check all settings(or turn off), and set udp/tcp port forwarding on your router using something like 192.168.0.2 (depends on your local ip assignment if more than 1 machine).
And make sure the 1000 darkcoin have been deposited for 6 transactions.

While I respect your support for your chosen coin the idea of having ~400btc on an exchange scares the living shite out of me. Particulary Craptsy. Fair enough and if your willing to take that risk Im sure you have many more coins but trusting 100k to some random guys, jheeze not for me.

Amen, brother. Come on guys, jump in, the water's warm! Don't be shy, be action makers! We are way stronger as a community than as just one or two people...

to clarify for reference, do you send it back to exactly the same address and use the same key, or generate another one?

Your masternode might have banned your local wallet. Try this:
1) keep local wallet open
2) stop remote darkcoind (the one that is on vps)
3) remove peers.dat on vps
4) start remote darkcond and wait until it's live (gives you valid responses on getinfo or any other rpc command)
5) issue "masternode start" (or "masternode start-many" - depends on what guide you are following) from local wallet again