Other upcoming dates:
September 15: the RSA UFO project ends, participants are rewarded, and the server source is released to our Github.
September 17: the first Zerocoin commits get pushed to our Github (Anoncoin/anoncoin, "zc" branch). As I said before, the public Github will lag 2 weeks behind active development in our private repository; this is to make things more difficult for copycat coins.
I agree with you. I don't think anyone wants ANC to be closed source after main net launch. We are talking only about the current period before and during test-net. During that period trust is not an issue because main-net remains unaffected. We just don't want anyone to launch before us. Launching after us based on our code is both okay and unpreventable.
I think all of us agree that ANC should be completely open source once Zerocoin reaches main net.
This being an open source project. If I would very much prefer to build from source whatever experimental anonymity project I would be testing. If the devs of the clone coins were serious about building a superior ZC implementation they would have collaborated with the Anoncoin team. There is nothing but paranoia and a very unhealthy fear cloning that is feeding this lunacy.
Even if somehow a different team managed to complete an accelerated implementation of our work, one month is an insignificant time to gain a strong lead in building the infrastructure to support it. Anoncoin already has the respect from the i2p community and a flawless reputation. Lots of of anoncoin supporters are programmers that will jump on the chance to build infrastructure for a vibrant community. the reality is that other copy cats will be supported by shills and traders and will follow the classic PnD trajectory.
Yeah but they're not implementing a one month delay are they? AFAIK they said they'd only be having a two week delay to opening the ANC Zerocoin github. A one month delay would be better or maybe even the full six weeks until the devs plan to have Zerocoin on the main-net would be best. There's already a slew of PnD coins promising Zerocoin in their IPO. While I feel they waiting on every second until that github starts to go public. Off course the coin needs to be 100% opensource to be fully peer-reviewed and to help the wider cryptocoin ecosystem. Lets just make sure that Anoncoin gets all the credit first for developing it. By having Zerocoin on the main-net while slowly releasing the github with at least a six week delay. Would give plenty of time for Anoncoin to benefit from the first to market effect. I haven't read from one major cryptocoin news outlet or blog yet anything about Anoncoin or even anything really about zerocoin itself in quite some time. While this has been a major challenge for over a year now in anyone implementing a Zerocoin or Zerocash protocol. And Zerocoin has long been seen as the holy grail for true transaction anonymity that so many cryptocoin'ers have been looking for. Far more anonymous than the CoinJoin protocol of Darkwallet, Darkcoin, and Blockchain.info shared-coin. Plus even more anonymous than the ring-signatures technique of cryptonote coins like Monero and Bytecoin. I just feel that I want to make sure that Anoncoin gets all the credit where the credit is due. Just let's all let the news get out and for Anoncoin to take the credit. In about six weeks time when they plan to have Zerocoin on the main-net that should be pretty big news in the crypto world. And a good time to start making the ANC Zerocoin github public for the much needed peer-review. That's my feeling and opinion anyway although in the devs we trust.