you might need to install curl and clang

neoranga is making unit tests!
ping and pong now have unit tests and so this will really help to stabilize things by making sure each API call is doing what it is supposed to

James

But I think they need to include a hard cap.

mining algo will not be scrypt n factor.

2nd stage address will follow soon (~some hours).


escrow instructions: Ask eXo_coin (me) (via PM only) if you are allowed to invest (tell me the desired amount as well).
If you get an "OK" as answer you can contact Anon or a similar honor-senior bitcointalk member for further processing.



beta update: Got some more improvements done. The block explorer tab e.g. lists with the newest update some information (the query above still without function).
(bug) report server now online again.

beta update expected to be online in 1 or 2 hours from now on.

 Stratum protocol: 3365  -  change it.

First of all, "I've written some code over the years myself" -> That sounds like you're a hobbyist at best, not somebody who should be nit picking on this subject.

I can comment on this for the NEONs team… Have you seen NXT's source code? It's only like 7k lines of code (I realize a little bit of it's missing). I sometimes write that much in a day. This is 3 people working on something for 2 months straight. If there were 3 of me, I could probably knock out 2-3 cryptos in two months and have at least one decent client with UI. It's not like they have to develop everything from scratch like Satoshi did… Most of what they're doing is just improving and modifying existing designs. For an experienced programmer, translating design between languages is not a complicated task.

Furthermore, the task of creating a crypto is not exactly gargantuan. It's just a protocol, and ALL of the clients usually suck. If the clients were great in terms of UI, I might agree that 2 months isn't enough time. Having said that, they're not... Nobody (except third-party companies) has spent any "real" time developing great UI for crypto clients. All the alt coins use that QT software, which is like a one-size-fits-all system. That's why there are bugs among and some variations between the different versions - windows, mac, linux, etc. And NXT's client isn't even really a client. You have to launch terminal or command prompt, then access a port on your localhost via your browser. It's basically just a cheesy website. That wouldn't take long to make at all. There are like 5 things you can even do when using it, definitely not an overly intricate or time consuming project.

We are a team of 3 programmers and came together 2 months ago to discuss the creation of this new currency. We looked at all the existing and announced coins and currencies and identified their biggest flaws and advantages. Within this currency we tried/try to combine the best of their features, eliminate the bad ones and add some totally new features.

Technical:

Written from scratch, in C. Not the Java crap that NXT uses (with all the code in one file lol)
Blocktime is 60 seconds, leading to 1440 blocks per day on average.
The units will have 4 decimal points at the start. This can be shifted back unlimitedly. (0.0001 smallest unit at the start)
The initial fee will be set at 0.01 NEONs.
The network will be able to handle 1000tps (transactions per second) at the start.
The nodes can be used with anonymous networks like TOR.

Security:

In the first step it will be possible to anonymize your actions using TOR and the built-in mixing service.
Once our truly anonymized protocol is finished, there will be no need for this, as the transactions will not be associated with a given account anymore. More on that in the whitepaper.

Progress:

Network code: 100% done
Nodes: 100% done
Client: 70% done
Testing: Testnet is running for 2 weeks now. Only some minor bugs found until now.

Features: (all of them are already working in the testnet!)
Unlike Bitcoin and many others, we split up the client and the nodes. This is much more user friendly and will lead to less end-user problems.
The node with all features will be published on release on Windows, Linux and Mac.
The nodes will have all client features(see below) plus this features:
-   Distributed storage
-   Advanced DDoS protection (you can read details on this in the white paper that will follow)
-   Blockchain purging, with bootstrapping. (Master nodes will keep the whole blockchain)
-   Secret killer feature, that will be revealed in the whitepaper!
The lightweight client can be used on Android, iOS, Windows, Linux, Mac and as browser plugins on Firefox and Chrome.
The client will have the following features(all can be dis/enabled):
-   Encrypted chat/messaging
-   Alias System (Every account can create one free alias, everyone after that will cost the minfee. Alias can be traded freely on our decentralized marketplace. But the free alias is blocked from trading for 1 month.
-   Send to aliases (no need to remember the account address)
-   Decentralized marketplace where you can trade any asset/alias
-   Voting system
-   News distribution from devs or any other alias you follow.
-   Mixing service
-   Wallet files if wanted (you can use brainwallet and wallet files both, but this is client side)

+1 for most of the post: Exactly!

-1 for "stop voting" - not cool! There are parties who know what's up and want to end that failed Euro-experiment (I only mean the currency). "Alternative für Deutschland" in Germany, for example. Vote somebody alternative who comes close to your view.