The __ONLY__ thing that karma needs is the hostname that has been put into the source-code that points to either a wallet or a seednode. Whoever controls that controls karma.
EVERYTHING ELSE CAN BE DONE BY ANYONE!!!! IF YOU HAVE SOME TECH/SERVICE JUST RUN IT!!!!! YOU DON'T NEED PERMISSION!!!!
*GASP* THERE CAN BE MORE THAN ONE MERCHANT API IMPLEMENTATION *GASP*
GO GO GO
More "READY-FIRE-AIM" rhetoric...
YES we can AND that is something Andre, Perica and I have been discussing -- the idea of establishing multi-continent, redundant checkpointing nodes as well as the websites replication and redundancy. They would run the EU servers and we would run the US infrastructure.
Trust me you WANT the wallets to be built by someone with good intentions.
Strength in Numbers Foundation has committed to doing source-code scanning (dynamic and static using a tool like HP's Fortify) for the wallets we will build. Also malware scanning and digital signature services.
We would like to blend in the work that Clean Water Coin has recently done with its new wallet by adding a "Donation" tab and a nominal transaction that benefits the on-going support. But that's up to the Board of Stakeholders to decide and approve.
-dvd