Quote from: poornamelessme on May 29, 2014, 05:55:27 PM

Just checked out the official forums to see what was being worked on... rather than post there, I am going to post here, as I do think it better to be active here than in a coin's forums. People are lazy and won't bother checking over there, for starters.

Anyway, I see ideas being thrown about regarding wallet upgrades. Some folks have mentioned adding an anon feature into the wallet. Is that a serious consideration, or simply people throwing out ideas?

It does seem somewhat of a bandwagon idea, basically trying to get in on the current crytpo flavor of the month. At the same time, I do think Drk has been onto something, and anonymity does hold an advantage over btc. So if it can be added, it'd certainly be a good thing in my opinion, regardless of what occurs when the ever-changing, and seemingly quicker than ever, crypto fad of the moment. A simple mixer probably wouldn't be that hard to implement (fedora-style), but true decentralized anonymity would be a tad tougher.

The one wallet upgrade which I think could be of benefit, assuming you guys get merchants signed up, is incorporating a merchant marketplace into the wallet. I also suggested this same idea to Noble Coin, where they have one of the strongest marketplaces of any crypto out there. I don't think they had plans to incorporate it, but to me it'd be a nice differentiating factor for any coin. Of course that relies on a coin having a marketplace to incorporate to begin with.

I haven't checked on price in a while, and see the coin has taken a tumble. Did I miss some bad news somewhere, or did a whale decide to dump? That can be a problem when a coin is on a small exchange, as there isn't room for whales so much.... especially not multiple whales. Other exchanges and MP should be a priority. Rather than dump, I'd think a whale would simply buy up MP votes, as even if they wanted to dump, Poloniex isn't the place to do it really. Just curious if I missed some news or something there.

Hi Poornamelessme (I like your name

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We are considering all aspects for our next wallet release as Mindfox is staying on our team to take on further projects. The anon feature in itself is a topic for deliberation, we're working out a bit of a press release on this matter now; it's my intent to innovate, not copy paste sources. That said of course, Innovation requires not only time, but prospects I may not be able to go public with before development (due of course to the chance of another developer finishing and claiming this innovation as his or her own). We're looking to make a coin that can withstand the test of time, I believe to do so we need to build thoughtfully and rationally and weed ourselves away from fads that come and go, though there are innovations to date that would be a worthy addition for us. We will cover the anonymous discussion in more detail shortly.

I think the merchant marketplace incorporated directly into the wallet is a wonderful idea, these are the kind of prospects I'm looking for. I'm taking all of these good ideas and wrapping them up to propose to mindfox directly for our wallet. I think with a lot of these ideas the problem comes down to whether or not the wallet dev can handle the job, which I'm certain mindfox can do.

There has been no bad news, perhaps speculation and I believe a bit of a disconnect between the actual investors at Poloniex and the developments taking place for this coin, or perhaps people simply moving on into coins that are trending upward quickly. Markets are quite unpredictable, but we're not swayed by the market rate at this point in our development. The way I see it XBC is still in the proving ground, we will innovate and we will grow.

Alas your mention of Mintpal Votes, some folks yesterday thought it would be a good idea to run a little campaign to buy votes. I suggested to each and all to go ahead and buy votes be it 5 votes or 1000, post up the deed here with your tx and leave your xbc address for some friendly community tipping. I bought a few hundred as did many other users, I believe we boosted from #25~ to #16 on voting. I would appreciate it if folks would continue to spread the word and keep driving us toward the top. It may seem difficult but it's really not as long as we stay consistent with hourly voting and small buys, we'll inevitably make mintpal.