What does it mean "Dead Project" ??
Let me quote the Apollo BTC "Getting Started document"
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The Apollo Full Node runs the latest release binaries from bitcoincore.org, and is automatically configured and setup at the system level. It will start syncing a clean chain state from block 0 on your nvme SSD on first boot, and is capable of downloading a full unpruned node on its 500 GB drive with a 1-2 year buffer. This is the core that will enable us to release additional apps and services in the coming months and years (solo mining, block explorer, Lightning network all planned in the short term), and allow you the user to verify your own transactions and chain state without needing to trust anyone else.
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Solo mining, block explorer, Lightning network and such have been promised for a long time, and in ("short term"), and having the chance to solo mining my own node was one of the features for which I decided to buy an Apollo.
So I can understand the difficulties, delays, all is legit,...but I cannot accept a "dead project", I would like to have answers to this.
It does not satisfy the premises underlying the moral contract between the seller and the customer.
Is there a responsible who can answer, please?
I'm kindly inviting the one who is responsible for this project to give clarification to all of us.
Thank you very much.
D.
Already answered this, we decided late last year to scrap all updates and refresh the entire OS/web UI with a modern architecture since the Apollo UI is over 5 years old now. Thats probably going to delay all these features until later this year.
Also the Apollo UI is open source, anyone can modify it and do whatever they wish with it. Ive also said this multiple times, FutureBit is not a VC funded company with dozens of full time engineers. It's a small group of people working part-time when we can, and the whole company essentially operates as a non profit. Anything beyond the hardware we provide is a perk, and like with everything bitcoin is up to the individual to DYOR and install the apps and services you want.
Yes we want to make one click installs to make this easy for everyone, but our main focus is hardware (and past year has been focused on Gen 2 that all Apollo Gen 1 will benefit from software wise).