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Re: [ANN] SpreadCoin | Decentralize Everything (decentralized blockexplorer coming)
by
gjhiggins
on 09/12/2016, 09:25:01 UTC
The code for Servicenodes was written a long time ago.

Just to inject a note of reality ...

It was so long ago that the codebase has effectively been obsoleted by the subsequent extensive development of the Bitcoin cloneparent from the SPR 0.8.7 origin up through Bitcoin Core versions 9, 10, 11, 12 and now 13. The current SPR codebase could be upgraded to Bitcoin Core 0.9 by soft fork. An upgrade to a later version of Core (0.10 - 0.13.1) would create compatibility issues for georgem's (0.8.x-based) implementation. The post-0.9 structural changes made to the basic bitcoin protocol demand a hard fork, old clients would be instantly obsoleted.

The harsh reality is that an SPR servicenode revival based on the 0.8.x codebase would compare unfavourably against those alts that have chosen to remain more closely coupled to the developing Bitcoin Core, e.g. http://syscoin.org/syscoin-2-1-release-date-feature-list/ and http://www.blockchainfoundry.co/press-releases (to give people some idea of the amount of ground that SPR has ceded)

Cheers

Graham