I know Amir Taaki and the people developing Dark Wallet, they live in
Calafou, near Barcelona where I live. They did several
presentations of Dark Wallet, and I think they are rock solid. I remember once I asked Amir about Darkcoin and he said, Yes, I know but, why another coin? That's his point, and I understand that.
I think they are deeply idealistic about transform capitalsim from inside. They want leave offside banks and goverments, and let people and transactions flow. They are outside the "Alts world", making money with speculation etc..
Good and smart people working hard. They can succeed.
Even the BBC is talking about:
http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-26996936