seriously, what happened to consolidation?
he posted 3 times at least saying he'd offer to fix it.
then disappeared.
come on dude!
I am here, for reference here was my last post on the topic:
UpdateI have spoken further with Ritchie, his strong preference goes to having a new wallet based on a proven codebase. Even if the specific issue is patched, OctoCoin as it stands is based on a nearly year old unmaintained pre-aux doge client called Inutoshi. Many bugs have been found, and improvements made to major code bases since then, it can be considered legacy.
This could be saved. But it will take a lot of input and thinking outside the box. The state of Octo is zero.
So the questions are as follows:
Where do you take Octo from here as far as function and branding? Without 8 apps, does the name Octo still hold value? I know some have said that 888 is lucky, China, etc. and that's a great point. But what will the coin bring to make it stand out? How can you relate that to 888? Also, what if we jack the blockchain and they come after us for their logo, etc.? I mean that's a possibility.
What do you do about a fork? I do believe we have enough asics to jack the blockchain.
What do you do about the wallet addresses with the devs premine?
I would encourage you to discuss these points further. From an outsiders perspective you have two redeeming features: 1) Community 2) Brand (888)
Forget about coin/qt features, and concentrate on uses. Every coin needs a purpose, a reason to validate it's existence, find this, then create or modify apps and software which will allow it to be used for that purpose. If you concede that it does not have a (non profit making) purpose, then consider moving on.
If a new OctoCoin were created, it may be feasible to organize a pre-mine and burn, where people could opt-in to the new OctoCoin by burning their balance at bittrex. After the burn period was over, an equivalently sized pre-mine could be distributed to those who opted in; thereby replacing old coin with new, and invalidating any previous dev's holdings.
Please discuss how to take this forward, as opposed to ways to move the overriding problem to somebody else by getting the coin enabled at bittrex and dumping, that doesn't help anybody and is quite unfair. Apportioning blame is also human nature, but we know it's not conducive to building a positive future.
Merging communities and abandoning the currency is also a possibility. There are other active coins and some good developers around such as defaced, btcdrak, jl777, crypto_zoidberg, bitcoin devs, dogecoin devs, to name just a few. Additionally there are projects such as Kora which may soon be merging in communities to create a large starfish community where all folded in projects receive a fair portion of a group-wide currency. Crypto is fractured, anybody concerned with longevity or who sees crypto as having a strong future, may be best placed to consolidate their communities around or in to high(er) quality projects with proven activity.
Honestly, try to determine if this is a community of ill fortuned bag holders, or if you have active productive members who can create or sponsor software, business, apps, and respective marketing - without those things no amount of branding, good will, or coin development will help the bigger situation.
I sincerely hope this conveys as positive, and will watch and contribute thoughts or code where warranted.
Many Regards,
Mark
Clarification: if I help with code, donations after any release would always be welcomed, but don't worry about raising a bounty or escrow, I offered help to a community and a friend, I did not take on a freelance project or bounty assignment.
The short version is: decide as a community how you want to move forward with a plan for longevity, and if you get one and commit, let me know and I'll help you form a plan to get a new codebase together and working.
A fix of the current codebase is not deemed as acceptable by bittrex to re-enable the coin.
A new codebase just so that people can dump their coins on to other unsuspecting bah holders is not acceptable to me.
Get a decent plan together, somebody to maintain long term, and I will gladly help technically revive the coin.
