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Darkcoin looks a bit doggy with the way the whole thing got rebranded 3 times in 1.5 years. Also pre-mine has had a really bad effect on the coin profitability.

Premining means nothing. Bitcoin was premined by Satoshi before anyone else got any. There’s a million btc tied up in wallets from 2009. Does that make btc a scam or a non profitable coin? Everyone is so hung up on premining. Those premined coins are what pay the developers and marketing teams. These days we have ICOs to raise money. Back in 2013 they premined.