Currently getting kinks out in our importer for this SMF 1.x version of the forum with fixes from Satoshi and Theymos. Update on our progress:

Epochtalk Core's imported size uncompressed for bitcointalk.org: ~12GB

Modules:

- core - LevelDB based messaging platform built from the ground up.
- api - HAPI based Node.js HTTP interface.
- frontend - Angular, Browserify.
- admin - Admin tool for community admins and developers.
- messaging - Under development, for direct messaging.

Will be providing a mirror of the forum in read-only state for the time being after importer kinks are knocked out. The purpose will be to improve until production ready (especially for security). Great job and thanks to the community for all your help and contributions in the forum. Hopefully we can gain more steam on Github once we have it deployed so we can garner more interest. Things are moving quickly so keep updated on this forum and Github!

Collaboration on Github: https://github.com/epochtalk

Thanks to Theymos, we have a completely new area to talk about the forum software that is being developed. Keep in mind that the code will be created for bitcointalk.org first but will serve as general purpose forum software under the MIT license once we have it delivered and in Alpha/Beta status. Let's start off with a temperature check...

Here are a bunch of questions and topics for everyone to discuss. Please keep the conversation going, keep trolling to a minimum and before you post, please ask yourself if your post contributes to the overall goal of creating this new forum software.

1. What are the existing problems (for you) with SMF and the current state of the forum? Please list as many as you can and feel free to elaborate on the issue.
2. What are the existing features that you would want to keep? Please do not be concerned about how petty it may seem as your opinion is valuable no matter what the feature is.
3. What would you like to see added that's currently not implemented in the forum?
4. Compare and contrast vs other platforms and their features. Would they work well with these forums? Take a look at Reddit, Discourse, Hacker News, Slashdot, Disqus, Facebook, Twitter, etc etc...

The goal is to create a compelling platform that can be used for notable/historical events while keeping useless content out of the way for the consumer.

-Slickage