AT is not a blockchain but a tech that can be added to any blockchain (to provide "Turing complete" txs).

So the bounty is for someone to implement AT on a Bitcoin clone (Script is the Bitcoin tx language).

It is not surprising as AT is not going to be *easy* to implement for a Bitcoin clone (that is precisely why I created the bounty).

The main problem is that you need *talented* devs (not copy-pasta devs although I don't know FTC at all so the comment is not aimed at them specifically).

To clarify - AT is going to be implemented for Qora (it is about 95% done AFAIA).

So don't worry - Qora will be the 2nd blockchain to have AT running on it (the bounty is to get AT working for Bitcoin clones).

Correct - but I don't want a coin that gets "attacked to death" as that would not be good PR - so as long as it can't be destroyed then it can qualify.

We have written the use case but as only one blockchain currently is running AT (Burst) we haven't implemented it yet.


Unfortunately - we did not and I am going to most likely *cancel* the bounty for that (so if you think the guy you know might be interested then contact him about that ASAP).

I have no idea about the Qora development itself (as I am not directly involved) but @vbcs has finished relocating and should be active again soon (he unfortunately came down with a cold that he is just getting over).

Absolutely - and once you have AT implemented you will have the Crowdfund AT to help!

Indeed but I think we need to do that carefully. It is a bit like "artists" being paid for "art". Sooner or later you end up with "plain rubbish" being created by untalented people and promoted by fools just so that everyone can "make a buck".

Your idea of payment for service has some merit but in my opinion it should be a "one off" fee and perhaps even optional (if the fee isn't too high and is ticked by default then most people won't untick it).

To be very clear I am very much against "copyright" and "royalties" (and "patent" for that matter) but of course devs do need to eat and live somewhere.

Here is a list of the relevant packages that already exist in CIYAM (but are not yet "blockchain" ready):

Blog
Email
Event
Forum
Group
Holding
Itinerary
Ledger
Message
Photo
Project
Schedule
Timezone
Token
Transaction
Wallet

If we wanted to create a blockchain equivalent application to CIYAM Open (http://ciyam.org/open) then we'd need the Blog, Forum, Message and Project packages.

The User package has now been completed (took quite a bit longer than had been expected due to various changes needing to be made to handle the encryption of the password hash in particular).

A decision will need to be made about whether to next work on converting other packages to be suitable for blockchain applications or to instead start on the first actual blockchain application implementation with the Standard, User and Token packages that are ready for use.

From the REAMDE.md:

The very simple problem is going to be "corruption".

How are they going to convince anyone that their system isn't corrupt?

Without using an acceptable non-centralised solution (which is pretty much just Bitcoin at the moment) you simply can't trust it.

So you can be much more efficient than Bitcoin but you lose all credibility in doing so (thus even trying to make that a "sales point" looks weak).

I think that "entire cities" that have been built and no-one lives in is an exaggeration (and I have lived here a long time).

For sure there are "ghost areas" (generally outer suburbs) in which this is the case and one of them is/was famous for having the largest shopping mall in the world (that is/was basically devoid of any shoppers).

It isn't really possible to know (although fees could make one tx more likely than another to confirm).

But assuming that the fees are the same then it would effectively be random (as it will depend on which tx got included in the best PoW chain).

My guess is that services like BitPay already detect such attempts and would warn their clients ASAP.

Yes - I mean my personal name (i.e. I don't need my ego to be stroked).

I'd like the PR team to remove my name and just say CIYAM Developers in the next release (but it was pleasing to see the terms Automated Transactions and CIYAM appearing so thanks very much for that).

When you have that I will be much less skeptical.

Again I don't believe you guys are scammers but when you are doing things to do with peoples money you really have to be very open, honest and careful.

This part I *get* (and always did after Dan explained it to me more than a year ago) but I still have a problem with it being named bitUSD when you can't exchange it for actual USD.