Next to this, a new forum software is being developed for bitcointalk... This decreases the odds of migrating to a newer version of SMF that might be mobile friendly. The new forum script developed for bitcointalk is called epochtalk. The main problem is that epochtalk doesn't seem to move out of beta phase (it's been in beta for yeeeeaaaarrrrssss)... Not much is being developed, and it's just not moving along (at least, so it seems to me)
Epochtalk has nearly finished, but there are some things that contribute to delay the switch from the SMF-based forum to Epochtalk forum.
- Still some bugs that might affects data switch
- Admin (theymos) is more familiar with SMF, so he would like to stay with the SMF-based forum, because he is the only one coder for the forum.
Staying with familar platform might save time and reduce troubles when admin need to add new rules, such as recently bump changes.
A big possible reason is that I'm the only person who does development on the current code, and my time is limited. Another big reason is that this is a huge forum with complex dynamics, and even small policy changes can have big effects which need to be thought through very carefully.
- There is a known forum used Epochtalk codebase, so if one is interested in new forum software, just visit and check that forum.
Cryptos-Currencies.Com : First forum using Epochtalk