there is not much point to staking till the last moment
the conversion rate is being adjusted to compensate for the staking, ie it is reducing at 5% per year. only if you havent staked in a while and have a lot of coinage to catch up does it make sense to be staking during the conversion week

Of course we know that d) is necessary and work is being done toward that.
And while to the average user a), b) and c) might be the same, from a project assessment standpoint, clearly there are vast differences between them.

We are now at the end part of c) about to get to d)

I just want people to understand that while computers are usually binary, the status of a crypto project has quite a few more states.

I just pushed release candidate versions for komodod and iguana notary. I expect a few more changes will be needed in normal iguana for DEX bug fixes.

next step is to vote, which starts after the snapshot
then you will lock your KMD address
and your KMD will be sent to that address

I think it would make sense to make clear distinctions between:

a) no tech at all
b) core tech without GUI
c) core tech with GUI on github but no installer
d) core tech with GUI and easy to use installer

It is clear to me that each of the four categories have different levels of completeness and thus different levels of value.

Any objection from core devs would be lumping a), b) and c) all into a)

We are down to the last bugs...

The latest one found by karasugoi was an iguana compatibility error, where an iguana created tx didnt accrue interest. He also found what I think might be one of the last remaining PAX issues, which was doing multiple paxwithdraws in the same block.

This weekend I aim to get a successful DEX swap between two coins using only the basilisk mode, which means two nodes can DEX trade with each other, without even having either blockchain local.

Currently there are three modes for a coin: normal coind, iguana full node, basilisk node that uses notary nodes remotely.

This means there are 9 combinations of DEX trades. I have already gotten several of these combinations tested, but the most demanding is the basilisk <-> basilisk DEX trade, especially due to the potential of being spoofed. I just added spoof prevention and now the basilisk mode is responding virtually instantly.

you can see for yourself using any of the dex* tests scripts in SuperNET/iguana/tests from the github.com/jl777/SuperNET repo.

what this means is that for the following coins, you can DEX against any of the others without having any blockchain locally:

["KMD", "BTC", "USD", "EUR", "JPY", "GBP", "AUD", "CAD", "CHF", "NZD", "CNY", "RUB", "MXN", "BRL", "INR", "HKD", "TRY", "ZAR", "PLN", "NOK", "SEK", "DKK", "CZK", "HUF", "ILS", "KRW", "MYR", "PHP", "RON", "SGD", "THB", "BGN", "IDR", "HRK", "REVS", "SUPERNET", "DEX", "PANGEA", "JUMBLR", "BET", "CRYPTO", "HODL", "SHARK", "BOTS", "MGW"]

 LP nodes can be configured with a standard bid/ask spread for any trading pair, or it can also be configured to automatically quote prices based on the current central exchange price plus profit margin. Just like komodo doesnt try to replace bitcoin, but uses bitcoin's security, iguana native coin DEX doesnt try to replace central exchanges, but rather uses their liquidity.

add to the list above, all the coind coins that iguana supports and also add all the coins iguana directly supports. I think pretty much immediately, komodo/iguana native DEX will have one of the widest selection of coins

In a galaxy a long time ago (September)
komodo testnet was launched
dPow was added, testnet was able to survive
round robin mining was added, testnet exploded, but we were able to repair the damage.
PAX was added, after a furious battle against would be hardfork issues, testnet was able to survive with consensus intact
DEX functionality was then added, without any issues as it is really in a layer above the blockchain itself

Basically I have been able to evolve komodo during these months, adding all the features and avoiding any fatal hardfork that required a blockchain reset. A lot of blockchain resyncs by all the notary operators, but we have over 150,000 blocks in the KMD chain.

So the testnet becomes the mainnet with 99.99% probability at this point.

I believe this makes KMD the longest running zcash protocol coin. And the coins have been issued already but we dont know where to distribute them yet. There are also 44 assetchains that are also running. But since the GUI is only on github and not officially released, it seems that these facts are given little weight.

I think you are confusing komodo with some ETH fork. maybe you posted in the wrong thread?

the iguana GUI will be able to convert the ICO passphrase you used into a KMD wif, which can then be imported into both komodod and BitcoinDarkd

so as long as you have the passphrase, your funds are safe

importprivkey into BTCD wallet using the KMD wif

that is the KMD credits you have which will be the amount of KMD you will get when mainnet launches.

current BTCD block is 1475495, the next round height is 1476000 and every 1000 minutes or so will be another. It will likely be 1485000 or 1486000, however there is some variance in block times, so it might be a bit before or after those two

So, we will lock onto the first multiple of 1000 block after 12 pm GMT on the 15th

Once we get the snapshot block, I will make a snapshot for all non-zero balance addresses.

Then I will transfer the matching amount of REVS into the REVS chain.

So, the REVS balance will be there, but you do need to importprivkey into the REVS wallet to be able to access it.

Jan 15th is the date, height will be a round multiple of 1000 that happens on that day. It will work just as before, not sure why you concluded it changed.

best way is to have BTCD in local wallet. this is not changed.

try logout and login again

since there is a conversion, I would expect any large discrepancy to be arbitraged. After all, if BTCD is 50 satoshis you can get KMD for 1 satoshi, it seems that such prices wont be available for very long, so a 50 satoshi price for BTCD is quite unlikely.

since it is a oneway conversion, eg. KMD is not convertible to BTCD, the arbitrage will provide a floor, but not enforce a ceiling. So it is possible for the BTCD price to go significantly above 50x KMD price. Not saying it will, just saying there is no opposite arbitrage that would put a cap to the BTCD price.

whenever something is convertible to another thing, its price usually relates

I am frustrated with the delays on the ICO site, but I dont start complaining to myself. I try not to bug the responsible dev too much as that seems counterproductive.

Turns out even with paid people, it doesnt magically make them able to do all the things I cant do at arbitrary speed.

Also, please take a look at the easydex and iguana GUI. I think it is quite good and satinder and boogieman's team are doing a great job. We hit a delay due to having to add a sandbox around it it to solve a security flaw. This security flaw could well exist in other html based wallets, like XMR GUI had. There was no choice in my mind as it is worth a delay to make it secure.

So, overall, the delays in the ICO site have not slowed the project down. From what I have seen both the ICO site and the GUI(s) are both quite close. However, I dont know html code well enough to be able to know exactly how far away it is.

I have coded what I said I would code for komodo. It is feature complete, in fact with bonus features like PAX. When bugs are found, I fix them reasonably quickly. Are there more bugs left to fix, probably, and when they are found I will fix them.

So, if my reputation is that I finish coding what I say I will and work hard to achieve this, but things out of my control prevent it from being released, how exactly do you suggest I fix it? It is out of my direct control. I have recruited capable devs to do the things that need to be done, but again, I cannot control the timing of other devs.

Does it matter that there is a GUI in beta testing? I just have no idea what would make impatient investors happy other than releasing final product, but again I do not do GUI. I do not do installers. I do not do websites. So I need to wait for those, just like everybody else.

Due to these personal attacks on me, I think it is best that I just take the weekend off as it does not seem to matter how hard I work toward improving the codebase. It is a long term process and not tied to a specific release event, but I guess this is not something that most investors will understand. Since there is nothing I can personally do to speed up the release process, and I will get attacked regardless of what I do.

It is hard to respond specifically when you are making general statements...

I have done my part and am now waiting for others to complete their part. I guess my reputation is thus based on the work of others, which seems to indicate that what you are talking about is not my reputation, but the team's reputation.

As far as proving these false accusations as being false, even you admit that I have not abandoned projects. However my reputation of not being able to do any GUI is something that I dont see how I can fix, as I dont do GUI. If my reputation is that I cant do GUI, then it is well deserved. I say again, I dont do GUI. I dont do installers. I dont do websites.

I, too, am frustrated with delays for the BTCD snapshot, but I am not personally involved in that. I am not project manager, but coder of the low level core. I have faith in the team that they will complete the tasks that need to be done.

Can you refresh my memory as to any project I abandoned? I cant remember any.

I have indeed been involved in many projects, but once I start it I do keep at it until it is done, even if it takes years.

I am still in the process of completing many of the projects and KMD is what enables a lot of them. Oh, and MGW has been done for quite a while. iguana is arguably complete to some degree, just missing a GUI which I dont do.

Also komodod is basically done at this point and it has a working dPoW, round robin mining, zero footprint 5% APR, assetchains, on-demand blocks, and pax completed. I probably forgot some other features I added to komodod, hopefully they wont be upset I didnt list them. With DEX, SVM generator and automated LP node, pangea in the process of being completed on the iguana side.

I estimate the amount of code I have written in the last three years is the equivalent of 10 to 20 man years of ordinary coding. How long do you suggest I should have completed it all in? 2 years?