Hi dev and comunity, reading about this upvote/downvote feature got me thinking about the letter writing to orphans. Maybe we should prioritize integrating the process of letter writing and approving in the wallet itself? Currently it is only being done in the pool, and I think that people just never go to that section and are not even aware of this feature.
I am new to the project, so I haven't went through the code, but maybe writing letters could be implemented as a special kind of "news article" that will also go in the block chain and be voted on in the wallet itself (and then automatically sent if approved).
Even thou i like the new news article feature, frankly I think that we are kind of behind with the letter writing to the orphans we sponsor and we should probably think about how to make it easier for an average user to do it. Here, I am just giving and idea how we may reuse this new feature for this purpose. After all we are a charitable community in the first place.
All the best to fellow biblers.
Thanks for the ideas! But the letters to the orphans dont belong in the chain, as they are temporary and potentially private in the future, and changing in format after sanctuaries go live, and require specific API integration to deliver, and require dynamic booleans depending on when they are sent to compassion, etc.
However the news is permanent and useful to be part of the chain.
(In addition, it takes hundreds of hours to code a feature in the QT wallet, as compared to tens of hours on the web site, so we have to architect each IT solution with respect to how many resources will be consumed vs the ROI).
I don't think he was talking about putting the letters in the blockchain, but about putting the letter writing functionality in the wallet. No relation with the blockchain, just to have an interface to write letters, like the one which is on the pool website now. Because most of regular people could then actually use it and also more easily realize how BiblePay is different compared to other coins/wallets. Currently most are even unaware of the feature.
As you said somewhere, the pool website is one of the best out there, when you look at all the functionality, so if all that would be in the wallet instead, the wallet would have an immense value by showing all the BiblePay features which are unseen by the average user. We occasionally see someone who comes to this thread and writes something without knowing about all the orphan sponsorships, letters etc. Also, I know wallet GUI functions are much harder to implement than HTML, but if you already have a plan to hire a pro Qt designer who knows a lot, they could be the one to implement those features.