I respect people who like the name but I just think it's a total ball and chain round this coin's ankle at this point.

There are no "core markets" in this game.

The alt-coin league is barely 18 months sold. The idea that you can build up a "core market" in that amount of time that will sustain you is ridiculous. If you don't re-invent yourself periodically someone else will come and do it for you - and steal your place in the race.

Thats the real threat - not that Darkcoin looses its following through change, but that it looses its following through not changing.

The name change reflects whats actually going on - progress. If another coin called "DASH" appeared out of nowhere with dual-layer tech, InstantX, multiply redundant anonymity, legacy compliance, a solution to the blockchain boat on the roadmap and a dev that's productive and visionary as ED, Darkcoin would be trounced. Don't think the name would save it.

Thats why I think that this move is good and will not bring the sky crashing down like many are predicting. Dash may sound weird right now - even to me - but in a few weeks time it will sound damn cool again. The market will get lots of things it likes - something new, solutions to problems it knows are a headache for Bitcoin, an anonymous currency that's palatable to the wider world plus a bonus package - pedigree.

That's worth at least as much as loosing a few masternodes IMO.

Hey Darkcoiners,

We are now officially accepting Darkcoin to be used on Noobie.io.
Instant X is implemented and can be used on our portal for Darkcoin payments.

This announcement does not look to be timed to well, since you guys seem to be in the middle of something pretty important, but we have been working on this  for the last week and had agreed that it would be released this week.

Kind regards,

CoHe.

And you, what are you?As I said, if you lived in the former communist republic. . . just shut up!

You are wrong, the smart people on the other communities know very well the name Darkcoin is a weakness for adoption. They may be following what happens and if the community is going to support Evan,etc, but they very well know that rebranding will make this project stronger.

You wont see anyone here from another community posting that rebranding is a bad idea, because it isn't. Think about it this way, there are four groups of people:

1. Anyone that is not already holding DRK will think changing the name is a good idea, they may wonder if we can make the transition, but they know is a good idea. Isn't this our target market? Shouldn't we be interested in reaching them?

2. Then there is the people within the community that feel changing the name is just part of the natural evolution of the project and opens new opportunities for adoption, I am in that group.

3. Then there is the people that don't really care one way or the other, they just want to define this and move on.

4. Finally there are the ones that find the name "Darkcoin" to be a form of protest and their approach to the issue is we should be openly defiant, etc.

To the people in the first three groups I say: Do you think there is a scenario where no one decides to exit after a name change? The people against it are very vocal, that does not mean it makes less sense.

To the people in the fourth group:

 Please consider, the technology is exactly the same, the re-branding can be very positive for adoption. Isn't it about preserving the civil liberties of the majority? If changing the name helps us reach that majority, isn't that what we should do? Aren't we being selfish if we just want to feel radical just for the sake of feeling radical, but if the true purpose is getting this great technology to the majority then shouldn't the name be changed.

Good luck with your venture. Excuse all the fudding, there are a lot of hidden agendas coming out from 'competitors', they sense weakness like a predator hunting it's prey and dive in with whatever they think will help destroy Darkcoin.
Hopefully this will all blow over soon, and we will be stronger for it..

Pulling out accusation from the ass! this is exact opposite what happened right now!

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There is NO issue with Darksend, in fact the new masternode blinding system is quite impressive. The mission statement will remain the same with the addition that we want to challenge the monopoly that Bitcoin has on the space. I think it's quite unhealthy if it grows to be the only game in town.

My one and only post on this.

I've been involved in some of the business development side of DRK and it has been clear to me that the brand needs to be adapted to suit wider adoption.  I actually hold some DRK for somebody because his wife told him that he couldn't invest because the name sounded illegal.  Businesses are immediately turned off by the name.

The bottom line is that it needs to happen and whilst there could have been more community engagement, we need to pull together as a community and make this happen now the cat is out of the bag.

The coin is still the same and has the same amazing potential for the future too.  I'm in for the long haul.  If anybody disagrees and wants to sell up, PM me...I'm on the market for more coins.

I'm going to miss Vertoe though.  Vertoe is going to be a difficult talent void to fill.

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Couldn't agree more with everything you said.