Quote from: bassguitarman on February 27, 2015, 01:46:45 AM

On Opal Drive, Storj, and Metadisk

On February 24, 2015, Opal announced Opal Drive being close to a public release version. Opal Drive was a project that was created in October of 2014. It was at this time Storj approached us with the possibility of using MetaDisk, via their API, as an off-chain solution.

After research and consultation with the whole Opal team, we decided that Storj was a great project that satisfied the high standards we demanded out of Opal Drive. I and the rest of the Opal team were excited at the chance of integrating MetaDisk into our project, as Opal had the opportunity to be the first real-world application that used Storjs infrastructure.

Unfortunately, along the way miscommunications were made. Over at Opal, we were under the impression that MetaDisk was ready for use in Opal Drive; all that needed to be done was getting Opal Drive off its feet.

9000+ lines of code later, we announced that a beta release of Opal Drive would be open to the public for testing. This announcement was also the same day we learned that MetaDisk was not ready for widespread use.

Opal Drive is on its way but were now communicating more closely with Storj developers to see a successful mainstream release for Opal Drive. We apologize for any confusion and were continuing development to bring Opal Drive to all the supporters of Opalcoin.

Wed like to thank Storj for all their hard work in the space, and giving us the chance to integrate these technologies into Opalcoin.

~Bass

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Thanks for being proactive and clarifying. In the future, please feel free to contact our team members if you have any questions about where we are at, our APIs, etc. We're happy to chat!