This is very nice!  Thank you!

I have been trying to figure what to put on dashboard of wallet where logo was.  I put QR code.  But, news/development info is good idea.

I have implemented the QR codes, and almost done address book, send and receive functions so it will shortly be usable wallet.

You read my mind with winamp/xmms :-)  Implementing skin framework is a real pain ;-)  Maybe once code is released someone in community can retrofit...  it is tedious work and takes long time, but would be cool.

Tickers would be very nice.  I have android phone, would love ticker alert app that knows when you looked at it last, and if values change pushes notification.  I really want Android wallet to take with me.  Then when I am home, I can point it at new wallet on laptop screen, catch QR code and send funds from android wallet to computer for long term storage.  If nobody does android wallet after I am done with new desktop wallet I will do it, bitcoin android wallet code is open source can take it and modify and enhance for Particle.

You can do this today with RPC interface...  Although I can see REST is a little simpler to code to.  For Windows/ASP.Net developer ultimate would be WCF binding

You mean like use as REST abstraction over the RPC interface?  Only trouble I see is not wanting to run gui wallet on server.  So, we could make a server mode, but then how to do the pluggable protocol on linux...this I don't know how.  If it is like Windows registry entry, something similar on linux, then we could do it. 

I have add nodes to 1st post.

We had great idea trollbox on forum.bitparticle.com today to have particle:// links like magnet:// links.  So I am implement for Windows asynchronous pluggable protocol.  Will need define what can do, but first we can do like particle://send/address/amount/comment and particle://app/myapp/somethingitcando.

Hilux raises valid question.  As for 1st point, there are many valid use case, but of course not so appropriate one too.  Do we need angry bird in our wallet?  Probably not.  But there are lots of other possibilties.  Do not underestimate power of having user attention, and attractive of app as like TV in front.

As for 2nd point.  I don't know whole answer yet.  It remains to be figured out.  I imagine will work a lot like Linux repos.  But, security definitely priority.  Apps will run in sandbox.  Technical user like us on btalk are smart enough to check things, but mass population are not.  Only have to look at Windows to understand level of idiots out there ;-)  So, we will put up fences around what apps can do and run in isolated sandbox.  Personally I will only run from source I compile or inspect dll with ILSpy. 

chowdan gets the ethos 100%. very well put.

We are going to enter uncharted territory, but this what makes us special and not copy/paste clone, and what bring opportunity.

I did some experiment with the chart:



I have made it so all the color can be edited in settings, and made two presets for the black version and the silver gradient version.

So, here is thing with Accelerator.  I had other idea I wanted to use for that name.  But, I have been sit on it while we are through 5000 other things on list.

If you remember back in day, AOL would send everyone cdrom.  every single day.  every day mailman bring you an AOL cdrom.  Or, if you were linux head, you order book with many floppies in envelope in back, or order cdrom from early internet.

I had idea of way to reach mass market with Particle Accelerator.  Like intro to crypto kit, or cold storage starter kit that would "Accelerate" you into crypto.  Like maybe it come with USB drive and truecrypt or open source stack, all presetup and some kind of solution for offline storage.  Something you could print paper bill and put it into to preserve it in safe.

Just yet another idea.  I think it could be good way to mobilize "street teams" and is not so expensive to produce so enthusiast would do it, just like back in slackware 1 days.

What do you think?

I googled a little and find this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storage_ring.  What about "synchrotrons".?  Too geek?

There is nothing in QRK to suck from.  It is bled dry, besieged by infighting.  Community is attempting rescue mission but remains to be seen if successful, I hope it is because many people care about it.

I predict PRT will exceed QRK market cap within 3-6 months.  Now must wait to see if I am right.

Yes, do not feed troll.  :-)  Yes, we fork from Quark base, but is far from copy-paste clone.  The whole goal with Particle is to NOT be copy-paste clone.  Goal is to reach the mass market, and to build a solid platform for future.

I have thousands of lines of original code that say we are not copy-paste clone, that I have written over weeks without sleep.  It is not just graphics.  That is tip of iceberg.

I am building not just a wallet, but a complete what is called composite application framework.  It is a complete platform to build on top of, to extend wallet, with app ecosystem behind it. 

Common interface spec means there can be multiple app "stores" or repository that people can build.  Wallet will support connecting to all of them, just like add repo in linux.  I also thinking that in Peer to Peer way, wallet nodes and app "store" sites can inform each other of other app repositories, to enhance discoverability just like daemon today share info about known peers.  This would make it easier for people to create new stores and be found in self-healing directory in wallet.

Since this is all open source, and some may offer for-pay apps and others free, maybe need to think of better word than "store".  I don't know what to call it yet.  Google has Play.  What does Particle have. 

Better way to think is not shout down Particle, but think how can my favorite coin get on train with this technology.

Continuing to refine UI as we go:

More progress:



Made lot of stability fixes.  Running pretty solid now.  Added pushing baloon bubbles to system tray icon.  Images on app tiles and apps can also specify their tile color.  History tab.  Read some MPOS API doc too, to work with pools that have MPOS software to pull mining status into wallet.

Giveaway thread looks great Snotty   

Make sure to edit the .config file with your RPC settings.  You can check the thread on forum.bitparticle.com for more detailed instructions.  You need particle.conf with RPC settings, and then RPC settings in .exe.config that match.  If either are missing or don't match, then you will get errors when trying to start wallet.  I am working to make this more easier/automatic at startup, but for right now you have to manually edit...

Member Fiku has made cool graphics, wanted to get community feedback:

Logo concept:


Bill concept:


I think this bill is amazing.

We need to start get organized across consistent marketing and promotion efforts, integrations and services, apps for wallet.

I will continue development of the wallet so core functionality is feature complete - e.g. complete implementation of RPC interface wrapper, app plugin system, and a model app store and example apps.
  Then I will work on apps for a few features that are desired, like decentralized market, secure messaging app (bitmessage?), etc.

One possible incentive for exchanges and other providers to offer us and to integrate with us is that we can offer them a front end directly in our wallet, that nobody else has.  In alpha wallet I dropped webbrowser control into a few "apps" to show what is possible, but we can do one with complete API backend and nice/fancy UI.  That opens door to a lot of strong possibilities as well as joint marketing possibilities.

Actually, we should probably get graphics for not just "Particle accepted here", but also something a provider can use to indicate they have a Particle wallet app.

Android wallet will also be nice.  There is open source code for android wallets that we can take and adapt to accelerate process.

Our reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/particlecoin/

Particle forums:
http://forum.bitparticle.com

I believe there are a couple of Facebook pages the community has created as well.

Running on Linux Mint 16 Petra:

If you would like to test and play with alpha build of new wallet:

https://mega.co.nz/#!4INUhQ7B!BNW7kxRXqE-Ap2kB7qQ3GxXkSV1GdOlLnZCTd7RVYpE

More info and instructions:

http://forum.bitparticle.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=19

You have to edit config file with your rpc settings, etc.

Remember this is alpha build, is not feature complete, many things incomplete or missing, and you should backup all your stuff first etc.

Have fun, and start to think of apps you might want to see or build.

Important to note this is alpha/early beta quality.  Still lot of core functionality to finish, but focus on getting solid stable core architecture.  Seems to be pretty stable now.  Occasional stack overflow from a tight loop I have on startup, going to refactor out.  Plugin architecture for apps is working well, have implemented 5 or 6 to test.  Those graphs are real time charts of exchange rate and difficulty.

This is out to tester now.  Need to make some docs for configure and what things are.

Ok.   

You can see new layout, but only glimpse, don't want to reveal cool feature yet:


I put Coinedup, Kvvs block explorer, etc. in the wallet.