Any word on the network
Safe to say this project is Dead now?
It seems so. No transparency on the problem and/or a fix to said problem. I was very excited to dedicate some hash to this coin.
Don't put us on the cart yet!
I apologize for being slow updating the thread. I had been hoping to be able to post details of the fix and was holding off posting until I had good news, while I should have just gone ahead and been more specific.
This is what's going on:
We hired a dev to restore POW and he didn't review the history of commits very carefully (or at all as far as I can tell) and he implemented a fix that was not even close to what was needed. I can read code and have some knowledge in this area and when I reviewed those commits weeks ago it was clear to me that the original dev had done a relaunch back in early May and if the new guy had reviewed the code, it should've been clear that the situation the original dev left was more complicated than the fix the newer guy implemented.
Gabe and I had wanted a clean relaunch with new codebase but the guy we hired said he could get it fixed without that, and since we want a solution that guarantees you guys the least hassle to be able to keep your coins, we said go ahead. I should have double-checked that he had actually done his due diligence and reviewed the code carefully before deciding how to proceed.
Since the point where POW was supposed to kick in, I contacted him about the problem and he swore up and down that it worked despite 3 pools and at least two solo miners showing evidence to the contrary. I went around and around with him for days and it became clear he had never reviewed the changes in the code and had done an "easy fix" that might have worked in different circumstances.
Gabe has been talking to him after I got to a dead end with him and he has quoted us for doing a full relaunch, but has been insisting on using X11 instead of SHA, which is not what we need for the project for a few reasons. I think Gabe is checking again with him to see if he'll actually do it as we need it done, and in the mean time I've been talking to some other devs.
I've had one person who said much the same thing - he can do it but only if it's X11, I'm waiting to hear back from someone I contacted yesterday, and I just received a PM today from someone who heard we were looking for a new dev and he looks promising but I'm still reviewing his posts, etc. before getting back to him tonight or tomorrow afternoon.
We also have some other options we're looking at, but the bottom line is we've hit a speedbump, not the end of the road.
This is the tradeoff - PND coins can get some cut and paste dev fairly easily, but this project is to build something legitimate that will exist and serve a real purpose for a long time, so it's much harder to find someone who is skilled AND can be relied on to do professional work.
Oh. Looks like I forgot to update the giveaway post right under the OP with the newer videos I've released. I'll update that later when I have a few minutes to add all the links together in one place. I also have released one new video that I haven't linked to here yet.
On that topic, because of the mining issues we're pushing back the drawing for a bit so you still have time to post payment addresses in YouTube comments on the videos. I have an email newsletter of over 25,000 people who I have been holding off emailing about the giveaway and course and I want to give them a chance to get in on the giveaway once we get the update issues taken care of, so we're going to extend it for that reason too.
I still have a couple more video tutorials left to release - I've been spacing them out instead of doing them daily - so I'll be posting them in time. If the update adds any extra steps like having to delete your copy of the blockchain and resync, I will be recording new video to cover those steps so everyone is taken care of.
So, that's where we are right now. Hopefully that's enough transparency for you.
