@jl777
i was thinking.. could you set up a gateway for krona and for auroracoin for when auroracoin is airdropped.. giving the people of iceland a decentralised way of trading auroracoin.. as far as i know they wont be able to sell it for USD and trade into krona due to the currency laws.. it would be big publicity for nxt.. and at worst you get 330,000 people who find out what nxt is even if they do just cash out and AUR collapses! it could go a very long way to helping the whole project work...!
As long as it is a bitcoind fork, I estimate a new coin can be added faster than you can download the blockchain. Well, maybe for a brand new coin it will be a close race. Just one file needs to be changed with the gateways addresses and public keys and a few other coin specific details.
Then of course, it has to be tested. Maybe somebody can keep a list of all the coins we should support? I cant do this all by myself.
Can somebody be the project manager? There are many parts of this, but you dont need to be technical, just organized and a little management experience. I know a lot of you are lurking and intimidated by the tech talk, but this is a task of keeping track of the things that need to be done and communicating. The more of this I can offload, the more time I will have for coding. Just saying.
James
As one of those lurkers I'd welcome the chance to contribute; so if you're still looking for someone to be project manager, I'd be very happy to get involved. I read the thread several times a day and have got the time. My communication skills and management experience should be ok, but I may have to ask some initial, elementary technical questions in order to fully understand what's required.
Fantastic. If you have been reading the thread, you know what needs to be done. Just jump in and start making things happen
I would be happy to answer any questions. The post with the blue headline had a good summary.
James
Apologies for the delay in responding.
I've reread your
Plan for automated multisig gateway post - relevant extract below:
...I need three independent and trustworthy server operators to install and run the gateway. You will have to promise not to release source code until approved to do so. The biggest task will probably be installing a couple dozen bitcoind forks.
I need web html person to make web interface for gateway. There is no need for people to have to compile a program just to get deposit address or change withdrawal address. Everyone is used to doing that from webpage. It does have to do local signing as we have to send AM to make gateway requests.
I also need somebody to write code for the equivalent of blockchain explorer, basically gateway transaction explorer. Correlating transactions, tracking balances, etc. [I could do this, but it is better if there are more people familiar with what the gateway is doing with AM]
I also would like to have somebody refactor the code. It is ~2500 lines of C code that uses no libraries other than curl. Everything else is custom code, it was just faster for me to write it from scratch than mess around with unfamiliar libraries. I am sure my code can be improved.
Probably the most important, I need to hire Evil Bob. At least somebody who will do all sorts of Evil Bobness to the gateway.
After we are done with this project, NXT AE will have direct links to dozens of crypto wallets. All these cryptos will trade against NXT, making NXT the standard that the other coins are valued. We need to make sure the gateway code is secure before putting it into production. I will be setting aside 100000 NXT for a NDIC (nxt deposit insurance) fund, 10000 NXT per person and 100K max, for any gateway caused losses.
Please help us put some distance between us and the clones! Volunteers are most welcomed, but if you need some NXT to motivate you to participate, PM me and I will see what I can work out.
James
https://asktom.cf/index.php?topic=345619.msg5434195#msg5434195And I've been following and trying to understand this thread (itself almost a full time job for a non techie like myself) but I don't know:
* whether the project management you envisage includes the areas of work listed in your
Plan for automated multisig gateway post or just
keeping track of the things that need to be done and communicating re the coins to be supported and coin testing of the gateway
Or
* apart from asking the questions below, how otherwise to 'start making things happen'
Would it be helpful to start a technical thread at
http://www.nxtcoins.nl/bitcointalk-threads/ for people to post their results/comments re the
stress testing (hope that's an accurate description) of the gateway using dogecoin (or, more accurately (?), the dogeind gateway) and subsequent coins?
Presumably the gateway will need to be tested each time a new coin is supported – correct?
What's the criterion/criteria for inclusion of a coin on the gateway?
You've said:
'The ONLY function of the gateway is to accept deposit and process withdrawal of an asset. I am only dealing with crypto gateways here, more specifically cryptos with multisig support like BTC.'
https://asktom.cf/index.php?topic=345619.34740 and, more recently:
….a non-profit gateway for all the popular cryptos into NXT AE....
Other than the current stress testing of the the dogeind gateway which other of the areas of work listed in your Plan for automated multisig gateway post have been started and by whom?
I've seen nothing in the thread re this since the following posts were made:
February 28, 2014, 09:50:05 PM
Quote from: msin on February 28, 2014, 09:43:03 PM
Quote from: jl777 on February 28, 2014, 09:24:33 PM
Quote from: msin on February 28, 2014, 09:16:20 PM
@msin
You are organizational type, yes? Maybe you could manage automated gateway project? I want to add NXTcash to gateway instead of coordinating all the stuff from my post above.
James
Sure, I can help manage if you need me to. In regards to server operators, what do you think about three separate hosted servers that one person can admin until code is released, assuming we will be on testnet. Perhaps abctc. Here is my suggestions for others:
I need web html person to make web interface for gateway - Wesleyh
I also need somebody to write code for the equivalent of blockchain explorer, basically gateway transaction explorer. - Nexern
I also would like to have somebody refactor the code. - Zahlen
Probably the most important, I need to hire Evil Bob. - Jesse James or CIYAM
Opticalc, would you be interested in running one of the three DAC gateways?
https://asktom.cf/index.php?topic=345619.40500And
February 28, 2014, 10:26:45 PM
Quote from: opticalcarrier on February 28, 2014, 10:02:05 PM
Quote from: msin on February 28, 2014, 09:50:05 PM
Opticalc, would you be interested in running one of the three DAC gateways?
I can *probably* manage one.. may have to ask lots of questions though...
Great, if anyone else in interested in the DAC projects listed by James, please post.
https://asktom.cf/index.php?topic=345619.40500I'm not sure my low level of understanding will enable me to do justice to what the project management involves.
However I'd still happy to contribute what I could, provided I was confident my contribution was going to be effective and not waste other people's time.
Apologies for the length of this post.
