Have nothing to add now except to thank poloskarted for his regular updates which are very useful and informative. Keep up the good work.
No problem!
On the same note as my last message, a new startup I had not previous heard of also jumping on the blockchain settlement hype train, comprised of former Google and NASDAQ OMX employees.
https://blockstack.io/I think that makes about 10 of these startups now.
If you are interested in CounterParty's competition and excited by the potential of this technology in general it's interesting to keep an eye on these projects. Because there's a surge of conferences/accelerators/thinktanks etc popping up and some really interesting ideas being thrown around.
http://blockchainlondon.com/ just finished recently, One upcoming in NYC July,
http://www.americanbanker.com/conferences/digitalcurrencies/ another August in LA
http://www.keynote2015.com/also few things picked up on earlier
1)https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/commit/41076aad0cbdfa4c4cf376e345114a5c29086f81
seems OP_ CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY merging into mainline
Although serial Counterparty disparager Flavien "coinprism" charlon
suggests counterparty cannot benefit from this, I think he may be mistaken. Can anyone chime in to suggest otherwise?
1) New open source, low cost hardware wallet.
https://digitalbitbox.com/ Seems this could become a favorable choice for users looking to secure with 2fa, if the price is right. Dev seems to be friendly and open to integration with various projects. Maybe counterwallet could be an early platform compatible with this?