I see a lot of talk about Monero not having an official GUI wallet. Here's what people say -
1. Monero devs cant write code, they are incompetent
2. Monero cant even get a GUI after an year
The TruthAs this is brand new tech, some time is needed to get things working. This is NOT a Bitcoin based code like 99.9% of the coins. We dont have the Bitcoin QT to just copy from and make some changes. Things have to be written from scratch.
As a fact the devs had started on the GUI
9 months back
Below: the dashboard tab.
Here is the link to the actual was in development wallet photos -
goo.gl/5hksrX
So what happened in these 9 months, why dont we have that damn GUI ?
The devs moved the GUI to a much lower priority. They need to fix serious stuff first. They are not going to push eye candy to pump the price only to dump it. They are doing things which will affect Monero years after
They are making Monero ready for the future
The current priorities and goals are here -
https://getmonero.org/design-goals/ As you can see the GUI implementation has been moved very low in the list, so dont expect it very soon, maybe this year. Here is what fluffy has to say about it -
Saying that a well-designed, intuitive, easily-used Graphical User Interface doesn't matter is simply ridiculous. I realize that fluffypony had a specific issue that he was making a point about when he wrote what he did regarding adoption, business integration, and the GUI.
However, a well-designed, intuitive, and easily-used Graphical User Interface are crucial for the success of virtually any piece of software or hardware in today's day and age.
Why is Apple so successful? I would argue that their GUI's, combined with the hardware to properly utilize the potential of their GUI's, is the entire basis of their success. Sure, marketing and reputation have been vital, but without good-looking GUI's their marketing department would be trying to put lipstick on a pig.
Why is Windows more popular than Linux? Linux is free, Windows costs money. Shouldn't people run the free OS more often? Windows is easily used. Linux has come a long way, but it inevitably requires substantially more effort for the average person.
If the Monero GUI can make the slope of the learning curve so easy to climb that Your Mom Can Use It, it will be vital in propelling the success of XMR that all of us are so eager to witness.
I hope it's been demonstrated with MyMonero that we know a thing or two about UX and simplicity, and that will translate to the GUI.
That said, it's simply not acceptable for us (to echo your words) to put lipstick on a pig and ship a GUI that is pleasant enough, but takes 4 days to sync from scratch, requires 6+gb of RAM, sucks a ton of bandwidth, and is accepted nearly nowhere.
We will deliver a proverbial work of art, but it requires building out parts of the foundation that we had previously viewed as less of a priority (until the 202612 attack). Oh, and we're doing it on like no money, so there's that.
And do you know Monero development is entirely voluntary? Yes, development is funded ONLY by donations because Monero has no premine/instamine. Monero devs are mostly paying out of their
own pockets to develop an open source software. They dont have 1000's of BTC's from IPO/ICO's
To help development, please consider donating -
XMR address (OpenAlias) donate.getmonero.org
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