Currently busy with the code separation and bug fix. But don't worry we won't do anything that will hurt the current stakeholders.
I'll come with more details this week

Also Alexander has started to work on the next version which implement the paper.
His current roadmap is an early alpha version in four weeks.
Beta version and finale release for October.
 
I started to think about a potential relaunch for this coin. What do you think guys ?! Is that a bad idea ?
 

Alpha version of 0.9.2 launched.

I'm going run a bunch of tests and fixes now. As you'll probably notice it's based on bitcoin 0.9.2.1 and as of now only the daemon will work. The former dev was suppose to deal with the QT part and didn't show up, so i'll do it through this weekend.

If someone is interested in looking or running the code, clone it from http://gitlab.metacoinproject.org/metacoin/metacoin-core/tree/0.9.2-alpha

And remember this is an alpha stage code.

Sorry I didn't give any news earlier but yes this project is alive.

We plan to release an updated version of the client matching bitcoin 0.9.2 by the end of this week.
I still need to finish the PoW part and start testing the code before release it. Once this is released, we'll move forward to implement the paper design in the next release (0.9.9). This phase will be lead (at least in the coding part) by the guy who wrote the paper with me looking over.

Thanks everyone for your support.

Alex is one of the devs involved in this project. I've to admit that I don't know him personally and I also can't grab him anytime I want but I trust him and I admire his work. He says he has started to write a working implementation of his paper so I'll ask him for a detailed roadmap.

Currently the former dev and I are trying to upgrade metacoin basis code to bitcoin 9.2.1. I run out of time recently because of my main job taking over, but I'll get my holidays in few days so expect to see a big jump in the next weeks. I also try to create a healthy environment for the coin to succeed (website, forums, documentation, developer website, IRC...). This take time especially as it require a lot of knowledge in web development and i'm not particularly acquainted with that.

If some are interested in joining and help us (Marketing, PR, coding...), feel free to leave me message.

IMJim, don't worry.  I'm still the lead developer of this project. But as you may imagine, additionnal innovations in this coin will require a lot of work. The former dev will work as any of the others dev. I'm still involved and even if he left again i'll be there!

And thanks for your support!

I'm glad you're back. We can join our effort to make this coin a stellar coin.
Also, we should close one of the to thread and redirect people to the remaining one.

PS: Did you read the paper wrote by the other dev ?!

Hi,

I don't know if someone already mention that, but I still don't understand why bitcoin services are using freenode as their IRC channel service.
Freenode was meant for open source projects and this should not change. I think it's time for the crypto-community to launch his own channel service to promote projects around a reliable chat service. I don't know #opencurrency #cryptochannel #anythingelse
Of course bitcoin-core and many altcoins are opensourced so their use of freenode is normal. But what about these folks from pools, mining softwares and hardwares, using freenode ast a support channel for closed and paid services ??

THIS SHOULD STOP. IT'S TIME TO LEAVE FREENODE.

Yes I understand what you mean but people need to now that they won't get stuck with a bunch worthless coins. Also being on exchange makes the coin available to more potential stakeholders. So It's a good thing to be publicly traded. I think we should manage to get exchange at the same time we release the alpha version of metacoinv2 (on testnet).

Sorry I don't get your question :/
From what Alex explained me and what I read in its paper, escrow works by holding coins in the blockchain until both parties close the transaction.

Yes! It will be traded to an exchange. I'm currently discussing with some exchange operators. We should get a major exchange by the end of the month

Forum launched at http://talk.metacoinproject.org/
I'm writing posts explaining the goal of the metacoin project. We're still working to bring the official website back...
Devs won't answer on bitcointalk because of privacy concerns. So if you want to ask details or anything directly to the devs, do it on the official forum.

PS: difficulty on the network is slowly rising. Don't miss your chance to be part of something big!!

Paper describing how the protocol works. Questions welcomed. I'll try my best to explain or ask the devs.

http://gitlab.metacoinproject.org/metacoin/papers/raw/master/openclear.pdf

A new paper published by one of the developers.
http://gitlab.metacoinproject.org/metacoin/papers/raw/master/openclear.pdf

Sorry it seems that there is some issues with the server provider. We are working to fix this.

We launched a public/private repository to host projects and code public site

The repository currently host former metacoin code, now renamed metacoin-core. Devs are now working on updating the code to catch up with bitcoin 0.9 and also adding zerocoin feature to metacoin. I'll follow with a detailed roadmap as soon as I get it.

On my side, I'm dealing with forum softwares (install, config and customization) so we can add a forum to the official website.

We are still looking for enthusiasts pool operators to bring metacoin to more people.

Hi,

We are offering a bounty to the first 5 pools that will add metacoin. The only condition for the bounty, the coin cannot be removed before at least one month. Bounty will be paid in two times. First payment once the pool is up and second one at the end on the month.

Contact me inbox for further discussions.

Thx all!

Think nothing 

Because I liked this coin and wanted to pursue its development and also the other committed developers agreed with me.
Starting a new coin would have just give a momentum for one or two weeks, and then people would have left for a new altcoin... This is how things works in this space. As we're in a long term project, it doesn't matter whether starting a new coin or not: this coin is cheap, available and the hashrate is currently low... so it's the best combination for everyone (either trader or miner) to join now.