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Re: 300 BTC Coding Contest: Distributed Exchange (MasterCoin Developer Thread)
by
ripper234
on 17/03/2014, 13:57:14 UTC
Acceptance criteria:

  • Minimum one PC wallet (for both Linux and Windows) which can generate simple sends and the buy/sell messages required for the distributed exchange, using agree-upon multisig format
  • Minimum two websites parsing such messages, and the resulting balance transfers
  • Minimum one website showing BTC/MSC price charts derived from these messages
  • Minimum 10 days of real-world usage with no major problems
  • High bar for usability. (Current heavy traders like maxmint, lishbtc, and buymastercoin should be happy with the final product, if at all possible)

As far as I see it - on 2014-03-25 04:54:22 GMT it will be exactly 10 days and the DEx prize can be distributed. Right?
It is still not fully clear how the Feb bounty and the DEx bounty are coordinated.
A short explanation would be great.



J.R can comment his perspective on this. Here is mine:

We have a bit of a mixup here. On the one hand, I do believe that the "High bar for usability" goal has not been met, and doubt it will be met this month.
On the other hand, we moved to paying out monthly bounties in February, and .

I hope it is clear that the DEx bounties paid in Feb, and the March monthly bounty, count towards the 300 BTC bounty (out of which 150 BTC has been previously paid).
So after March I don't think that a lot of money will remain in the original 300 BTC money pool (J.R needs to reply with some numbers).
I expect the bulk of the money remaining from the DEx to be divided in March's monthly payout.

Perhaps if there is only a tiny amount left after that, we will decide to increase March's payout and pay out the full remainder of the 300 BTC bounty this month, in order to avoid the accounting/judging headache. We will wait for J.R's number regarding February's payout (due any day now), and see what makes sense.