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Re: NEM (XEM) Official Thread - 100% New Code - Easy To Use APIs
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bamsterdam
on 02/06/2018, 19:08:16 UTC
Quote from: ozie on June 01, 2018, 03:15:36 PM
Quote from: bamsterdam on June 01, 2018, 02:36:27 PM
Quote from: gentlemand on May 31, 2018, 03:47:38 PM
Quote from: Blondoar on May 31, 2018, 03:45:21 PM
As much as i love nem, theyve been talking about catapult for a very long time now. Why are they moving so slow when more complex projects are developing rapidly?

There's only three core developers.

Also almost every other project moves fast and breaks things. NEM delivers stuff that works from the off.

That's an attitude that isn't welcome in cryptoland in general.

Why are there only three core devs ? Seems a bit few for such a large project ?

I thought catapult was going to be released yesterday ? Did it get postponed ? Seems like a very big deal for NEM

Yes three devs for the core engine plus multiple devs for things like SDK, Documentation etc.

When talking about catapult you have to difference about the private Mijn chain and the public NEM chain. Catapult is already released for the private chain and being tested by companies. It is open source and everybody can have a first look at the impressive new Catapult architecture.

The public NEM chain will utilize all of the Catapult technology already published. But for a public chain there are additional modules needed like harvesting, node trust system, governance etc. These modules are in development right now. Once finished the public Catapult will arise. Most of the work is already done!

Keep in mind that once the public chain also has the Catapult update the two chains can interoperate with another. You will be able to make atomic swaps between the public and private chain. AFAIK NO other coin is so close to releasing this long anticipated feature. This is the final puzzle piece for NEM, and many companies eagerly wait for it to launch their products on top of NEM.

Overall the development phase for catapult might be about three Years. That is very reasonable considering all the features where NEM will be the first to offer them to the crypto world. We talk about the core of NEM not some webapp utilizing it. Any error here has massive impact on the complete NEM ecosystem. So better to handle this with the very carefully and don't rush anything Smiley

Thank you for the detailed reply. I have to read up about catapult didnt catch up for to long still have some NEM from a long time ago. Development phase is about three years? this is your estimation or the core team? How long are they at it already? I understand that quality takes time especially when you make large changes at the core. I like projects that are focusing on quality and take the effort to do it right even if that means that some people will lose faith in the progress.

"AFAIK NO other coin is so close to releasing this long anticipated feature. This is the final puzzle piece for NEM, and many companies eagerly wait for it to launch their products on top of NEM" What do you mean by this? atomic swaps between different chains?