Just wondering if there are any alts out there that have been integrated with Open Transactions?  As I understand it, OTX is a protocol.  I have not downloaded the code to try it out yet, but is there a core reference OTX p2p network, that you then interface with via the protocol.  Or do protocol implementers essentially run their own network?

Presumably at some point in the future, one would be able to connect to an (or "the"?) OTX network and exchange alt-chain 1 for alt-chain 2 or any other supported virtual financial asset or vehicle. 

Are there example of anyone who has done this yet?  Or is it still uncharted territory?

[Warning: This thread is very graphic heavy!]

Warning: This thread is very graphic heavy!

We are quickly approaching a beta release.  As requested by the community, we've created another thread as a progress log of what is coming.  We will post screenshots as we make progress so you can see the cool stuff we are making.

Blog Posts:
Particle Advanced Wallet Development Update 1/25/2014 – Approaching Beta

What is the Particle Advanced Wallet?

This is an all new wallet implementation in C#/.NET platform.  It works cross platform using Mono (v3).  For faster time to market, what we have done is encapsulated the daemon (particled) behind the scenes.

The wallet runs a basic internal message bus, brokers requests to/from the daemon using  BitcoinRPCSharp library.

What are Particle Apps?

The Particle Advanced Wallet (aka BitParticle) support custom apps/add-ons, as like Firefox, Chrome, iPhone etc.  Apps are put in the sandbox, and extend the functionality of the wallet.

Do we need Angry Birds in a wallet? 

No.  Of course not!  However, there are use cases today where this bring value, like consumption of various trade APIs. 

We're really unsure of just how far it will go, we're opening the door and providing the platform.  There are a lot of creative people out there so I'm sure we will see some amazing stuff we can't really imagine right now.

Once the wallet functionality is completed we will stand up a first example app store/repo.  It is similar idea to how Linux package repositories work.  Like open source App Store.

Our focus has been on reaching feature parity with the Qt wallet, so we can start using the new wallet as swap out replacement for it.

Ok, some sexy screenshots for you:

The main dashboard:



Send:



Receive:



Transaction History:



Real Time System Monitor App:
This has option to turn off piping of daemon output for less chatty.  Allows to see what is flowing on message bus.



Collapsed mode:
If you want to keep small bar at top of screen to monitor.



Pluggable Protocol URI
We have also implement pluggable protocol for custom uri (particle://).  This is similar to bitconi: uri scheme but with some more capabilities.

It follows such scheme:

particle://appslot/action/parameter/parameter/...

For core wallet it is for instance:
particle://prt/send/address/amount/comment

For apps it is:
particle://myapptokeniknowhowtohandle/actionisupport/parameter/...

Apps can listen on the message bus for URI message and handle if they support.



We have thread on BitParticle forum where you can post your app ideas or wish list, please come participate (we also have live chat box):
http://forum.bitparticle.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=35

[An important reminder]

An important reminder

We are approaching block 60,000.  

PLEASE UPDATE YOUR WALLET TO 0.8.7.3 NOW

Windows 8.7.3 on Mega:
https://mega.co.nz/#!JRd3lLyD!TJhrkj8Cy1fgQDcWw5iXvEGWm7VcvClf7vHJfe-j_wg

Mirror Windows 8.7.3:
http://www.4shared.com/zip/1g__g9qrce/particle-qt-873.html

v0.8.7.3 Mac OS X wallet update (compiled by instacash) -- You must update to v0.8.7.3 BEFORE block 60,000.
Link = https://www.dropbox.com/s/qlzm27619wlizt2/Particle-Qt-v0.8.7.3-MacOSX-instacash.zip
md5 = 623fe0165b7d0d66d08a6867ec896324
You can send PRT bounty/donations to instacash as thank u:  Pcz3PUuSreqhZbQnAM4AtnM4WqkVZAZKQz

Source Code for build on Linux:
https://github.com/moonmooncoin/particle

Please help get the word out.  You have lots of notice yet there still a lot of 8.6.2 old wallet show up in getpeerinfo.    You MUST get on 0.8.7.3 NOW.  It only takes a minute.  Thank you!

Sorry for colorful text but must get attention  

This is simple update, makes adjust of block reward algorithm per community request, and few minor fixed/updates.  At block 60,000  new algorithm goes into effect, so must update before, otherwise you see out of sync message etc.  So update now, and all is well.  More info in official thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=392804.0

Also once you are on 0.8.7.3, come over to http://forum.bitparticle.com and say hi to everyone and see our new trollbox.

All New advanced wallet target release to preview tester Sunday.  :-)

But right now, if you are on old 8.6.2, please download and update 0.8.7.3 NOW.  Thank you everyone!

[Important Mandatory Update v8.7.3]

Important Mandatory Update v8.7.3

You must update to v0.8.7.3 BEFORE block 60,000.

v8.7.3 is now available via github or download links for Windows compiled.  particled daemon for Windows now include too if you want to use.

Revised reward algorythm is detail in official PRT thread, with revise it will take almost 10 years for mining complete, but still include superblock reward to encourage the miner.  This update also include checkpoints.

DOWNLOADS
Windows Client 0.8.7.3:
Mega: particle-qt-8.7.3 for windows
Mirror:
http://www.4shared.com/zip/1g__g9qrce/particle-qt-873.html

PRT Mac OS X wallet (compiled by maxpower)

(link removed until 0.8.7.3 available)

Source Code:
https://github.com/moonmooncoin/particle

[Particle (PRT) now on CoinedUp for trade in BTC market! So Wow!]

Particle (PRT) now on CoinedUp for trade in BTC market!  So Wow!

Price very attractive for buy now.  Many developments to come in Particle news next few month.  New wallet, and development.  Good to buy and hold for innovation!

https://coinedup.com/OrderBook?market=PRT&base=BTC

We are hard of work make new wallet/service, C# to be open source.

PRT/BTC Market on CoinedUp:

https://coinedup.com/OrderBook?market=PRT&base=BTC

Yay!

Donate CoinedUp PRT for say thank!:  Pm1vge83oqd5ezbp9mT6vKPYibqwE2XFsa

[Particle (PRT) now on CoinedUp for trade!]

Particle (PRT) now on CoinedUp for trade!

Price very attractive for buy now.  Many developments to come in Particle news next few month.  New wallet, and development.  Good to buy and hold for innovation!

https://coinedup.com/OrderBook?market=PRT&base=LTC

We are hard of work make new wallet/service, C# to be open source.  Has fancy transparent like xterm:

Please to support, and to say thank to CoinedUp you donate to them:
CoinedUp PRT donation addr:  Pm1vge83oqd5ezbp9mT6vKPYibqwE2XFsa

To buy Particle:

https://coinedup.com/OrderBook?market=PRT&base=LTC

[Concept for Decentralized Market Feature]

From Particle announce thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=392804.0

Concept for Decentralized Market Feature

Something special we're thinking about.  Not talking about exchange or market of currencies.  But marketplace like peer to peer eBay or classifieds.  Decentralized doge road.  Problem with doge road and such is centralization.  What if the market was decentralized and encoded or alongside the blockchain.

Pseudonymous like bitcoin protocol.  Tied to addresses like wallet addresses.  Not controlled by any one person or entity.

Possible Implementations

1.  Encoded in blockchain.

Problem is bloating of blockchain, and tack on after the fact.

2.  Alongside parallel blockchain.

Thinking through How would this work.  How to reward nodes for processing the marketplace.  Items have expiry and fall off the chain, to control blockchain size.

3.  Alongside, bittorrent type protocol.

Instead of encoding in some kind of blockchain format, something like .torrent files.  Special file format.  Maybe can embed images, and standard data about the offered item.  Could maybe have chat using bittorrent chat protocol too once released.

4.  Alongside, WASTE type protocol.

Darknet type protocol.  Instead of any file sharing, special format market entry file.  Need some indexing/search method so client nodes can construct and cache listings for display in client.  Could have chat too.

Expiry of items, so caches can be culled.  How to implement trader rating, rate addresses?  How to prevent gaming/rating spam/etc.

Looking at a wallet/full node implementation in C#.  Would make implementation of new features or "layers" easier.  Cross-platform with Mono or use linker make monolithic cross-platform executables.  Can then do Android/iOS with Xamarin.

Still thinking through, but this is project for 2014.  Looking for ideas, will compile.  New website and forum coming soon to follow project, working on today.

Will be killer feature.

[Particle Multipool Open]

Particle Multipool Open
http://particle.shockpools.com
Mine Scrypt and SHA, Receive PRT

Beta wallet download | Stable wallet | Website | Forum | Facebook | Twitter | Reddit

   

Early screenshots. Not a final design version.

•••••	New Wallet	•••••	•••••	•••••	•••••	•••••	•••••	•••••
•••••	New generation wallet	•••••	User experience oriented	•••••	Cross platform	•••••	Extensible	•••••
•••••	Particle’s key differentiator in the crypto currency marketplace is its advanced wallet technology.  Unlike most “alt coins” that are simple copy-and-paste clones of Bitcoin-Qt with a few parameter changes, Particle has a unique wallet with user friendly features for a sublime user experience.	•••••	The Particle advanced wallet, codenamed “BitParticle”, offers an incredible user experience through a “Modern” (previously known as “Metro”) style user interface.  The interface features a focus on typography (the so-called “Swiss” style popularized in the 1960′s), titles, and tabs.  Plugins are able to hook in and expose their own tabs in the UI that contain their functionality.	•••••	Our wallet is created on the .NET Framework and is cross platform with the open source Mono project.  The wallet code is implemented in C# with the help of a few open source libraries and communicates with the particled Particle daemon through the JSON-RPC (remote procedure call) interface.	•••••	Particle wallet is “extensible”.  This means it can be extended by the community to add new features directly in the wallet.  This is the same concept as add-ins in Firefox or apps for the iPad.  Community developers and hobbyists can create plugins that are loadable by the wallet to expand the feature set.	•••••
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•••••	6 hashing functions 9 passes Super Secure hashing 1,000,000,000 Total Coins Difficulty retargets every 8 blocks (~2 min) 15 second block time 100 confirmations/transaction Default Ports Connection: 8779 RPC: 8776	•••••	0-10,000 Blocks 50,000 coins 10,001-12,500 Blocks 25,000 coins 12,501-15,000 Blocks 12,500 coins 15,001-17,500 Blocks 6,250 coins 17,501-20,000 Blocks 3,125 coins 20,001-60,000 Blocks 1,563 coins 60,001-65,000 Blocks 780 coins 65,001-75,000 Blocks 360 coins 75,001-125,000 Blocks 180 coins 125,001-225,000 Blocks 90 coins 225,001-725,000 Blocks 45 coins 725,001-1,725,000 Blocks 22 coins 1,725,001+ Blocks 12 coins Every 1,000 Blocks until 60,000 reward is 100,000 coins Every 1,000 Blocks from 60,001 to 125,000 reward is 10,000 coins Every 1,000 Blocks from 125,001+ reward is 1,000 coins	•••••	Windows particle-qt-0.8.7.4-windows.zip Mirror #1 Mirror #2 d139308518de8352481ccdf3472c79e6 Linux particle-qt-0.8.7.4-linux64.tar.gz d139308518de8352481ccdf3472c79e6 Mac OS X Particle-Qt-v0.8.7.3 623fe0165b7d0d66d08a6867ec896324 Source Particle @ Github	•••••	Create a particle.cfg file in your %APPDATA%\Particle (Windows) or Application Support/Particle (Mac) directory. Code: #Default configuration testnet=0 listen=1 maxconnections=100 server=1 daemon=1 rpcuser=user rpcpassword=pass rpcport=8776 rpcallowip=127.0.0.1 #Nodes addnode=146.185.149.201 addnode=98.111.133.99 addnode=94.22.75.142 addnode=69.165.244.56 addnode=192.241.214.176 addnode=62.163.9.155 addnode=194.118.201.183 addnode=81.224.169.202 addnode=174.100.51.46 addnode=218.74.32.101 addnode=188.76.209.18 addnode=99.238.199.10 addnode=93.185.192.72 addnode=192.241.240.148 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••	•••••
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