[ANN][DCR] Decred - Community Governance | Bitcoin Devs | Lightning Network

[anarchrist]

whats up with the price jump?

[philtable]

Check out Charlie Lee's comments on Decred in his recent Reddit AMA: https://www.reddit.com/r/litecoin/comments/5srvqg/charlie_lee_ama_on_reddit/ddiubvv/

[rotzbouf]

This is only the beginning. Very promising roadmap and until now the devs could deliver the expectation from the community. I have such a feeling that this year will be a great year for Decred.

[Dcrstats]

2017 Decred Roadmap

Full overview available here: https://forum.decred.org/threads/2017-decred-roadmap.4937/
If you have any questions, join official slack here: https://slack.decred.org/

Convert Decred into a stakeholder-directed DAO - While other projects have attempted to create a DAO via a monolithic smart contract, Decred will build a DAO in several steps, ensuring each component works independently before putting it into production.
- Hard fork voting - Stakeholders will be able to vote on all hard fork changes to Decred, with only those changes obtaining greater than 75% support being activated.
- Public proposal system - After hard fork voting is in production, we will create an off-chain system where Decred users can submit proposals for future work to be performed by the development organization, Decred Holdings Group (“dev org” or “DHG”).
- Decentralized control of DHG funds - Currently, the control of DHG funds is centralized, and this will be resolved by creating a system whereby control of these funds is decentralized, e.g. based on stakeholder voting.

Lightning Network support - The lightning network is the most directly useful application of smart contracts to date since it allows for off-chain transactions that optionally settle on-chain. This infrastructure has clear benefits for both scaling and privacy.

Improved GUI wallets - We have made substantial progress with GUIs, Paymetheus (Windows) and decrediton (Windows, OS X, and Linux), and will continue to improve the user experience.

RFP process change - To date, the RFP process has involved giving quotes on deliverable sets, and this system is cumbersome to administrate and maintain. The RFP process will change to one where individuals and businesses will be contracted on a longer term basis to work for the project. As part of the RFP changes, we will be looking for contractors to do marketing, advertising, documentation and community management work.

Presence at events - With hard fork voting nearly ready for production, we have some legitimately interesting content to discuss at events. Our presence at events will ramp up starting in late Q1 2017.

Enhanced privacy - Starting in late Q2 or early Q3 2017, we will propose a new initiative to enhance user privacy.

Payment integration support - Instead of only focusing on Decred from a speculative position, we will support efforts to integrate Decred as a payment method for businesses starting in Q1 2017.

[magpr]

2017 Decred Roadmap

Full overview available here: https://forum.decred.org/threads/2017-decred-roadmap.4937/
If you have any questions, join official slack here: https://slack.decred.org/

Convert Decred into a stakeholder-directed DAO - While other projects have attempted to create a DAO via a monolithic smart contract, Decred will build a DAO in several steps, ensuring each component works independently before putting it into production.
- Hard fork voting - Stakeholders will be able to vote on all hard fork changes to Decred, with only those changes obtaining greater than 75% support being activated.
- Public proposal system - After hard fork voting is in production, we will create an off-chain system where Decred users can submit proposals for future work to be performed by the development organization, Decred Holdings Group (“dev org” or “DHG”).
- Decentralized control of DHG funds - Currently, the control of DHG funds is centralized, and this will be resolved by creating a system whereby control of these funds is decentralized, e.g. based on stakeholder voting.

Lightning Network support - The lightning network is the most directly useful application of smart contracts to date since it allows for off-chain transactions that optionally settle on-chain. This infrastructure has clear benefits for both scaling and privacy.

Improved GUI wallets - We have made substantial progress with GUIs, Paymetheus (Windows) and decrediton (Windows, OS X, and Linux), and will continue to improve the user experience.

RFP process change - To date, the RFP process has involved giving quotes on deliverable sets, and this system is cumbersome to administrate and maintain. The RFP process will change to one where individuals and businesses will be contracted on a longer term basis to work for the project. As part of the RFP changes, we will be looking for contractors to do marketing, advertising, documentation and community management work.

Presence at events - With hard fork voting nearly ready for production, we have some legitimately interesting content to discuss at events. Our presence at events will ramp up starting in late Q1 2017.

Enhanced privacy - Starting in late Q2 or early Q3 2017, we will propose a new initiative to enhance user privacy.

Payment integration support - Instead of only focusing on Decred from a speculative position, we will support efforts to integrate Decred as a payment method for businesses starting in Q1 2017.

Decreed have excellent roadmap for this year. With the release of a new wallet version (I hope that this will happens today) will start a new era in the development and popularization of Decreed for many investors. Extensive innovation, production of which is planned within this year, will strengthen the status of the Decreed as one of the best on the crypto coins market.

[pauloaragaomelo]

Thanks for the roadmap!
It's very important to follow the advance!

[B8888]

Roadmap looks great. I am especially looking forward to the privacy enhancements.

[Alexoz]

Get ready for the release, it's gunna be huuuuge!!! www.facebook.com/Decredcash

[liputin]

whats with all this delay? giving Insiders more time to accumulate ha?? i know you devs, what you are capable of, release the kraken already 

[dbt1033]

One more delay guys/girls. 

Decred v0.8.0 is ready for launch, however, the extra requirements placed on the dev team by marketing are taking more time than expected. 

v0.8.0 is the biggest release in the history of Decred, so we want to make sure it's absolutely perfect before it is released.


Reasons for further delay include:  hf demo page, a testnet faucet, setting up a testnet stake pool, and updating that testnet stakepool UI to allow selecting the "Abstain/Yes/No" options for the vote. 


v0.8.0 should be ready for release early next week. 

We appreciate your patience; it will be well worth the wait.

[IncludeBeer]

One more delay guys/girls.  

Decred v0.8.0 is ready for launch, however, the extra requirements placed on the dev team by marketing are taking more time than expected.  

v0.8.0 is the biggest release in the history of Decred, so we want to make sure it's absolutely perfect before it is released.


Reasons for further delay include:  hf demo page, a testnet faucet, setting up a testnet stake pool, and updating that testnet stakepool UI to allow selecting the "Abstain/Yes/No" options for the vote.  


v0.8.0 should be ready for release early next week.  

We appreciate your patience; it will be well worth the wait.

Pretty bummed, but that's ok.  Thanks for the prompt update on 0.8 release status.  I'm looking forward to next week!

[dbt1033]

One more delay guys/girls.  

Decred v0.8.0 is ready for launch, however, the extra requirements placed on the dev team by marketing are taking more time than expected.  

v0.8.0 is the biggest release in the history of Decred, so we want to make sure it's absolutely perfect before it is released.


Reasons for further delay include:  hf demo page, a testnet faucet, setting up a testnet stake pool, and updating that testnet stakepool UI to allow selecting the "Abstain/Yes/No" options for the vote.  


v0.8.0 should be ready for release early next week.  

We appreciate your patience; it will be well worth the wait.

Pretty bummed, but that's ok.  Thanks for the prompt update on 0.8 release status.  I'm looking forward to next week!

I understand man.  One thing about Decred is that we will always be honest with the community about what's going on.  Delaying things is the last thing we want to do, but when you all see what we are releasing, you will be blown away.

[the_drugs]

I'm new to the world of DCR but from what I've seen I'm very impressed with the tech behind this coin as well as development, and especially its performance! I'm interested in not just mining but also participating in POS, but I'm not sure how to really get started. I understand how to configure and set everything up, but I have a couple of questions
How much DCR do you need to start staking? How much can you make staking these days? How often can you vote with a ticket? After you no longer want to vote with a ticket, and want to receive your funds for the ticket back, how long does that process take?
Really any advice or info here would be great, or a link back in the thread if this has already been addressed!

[dbt1033]

I'm new to the world of DCR but from what I've seen I'm very impressed with the tech behind this coin as well as development, and especially its performance! I'm interested in not just mining but also participating in POS, but I'm not sure how to really get started. I understand how to configure and set everything up, but I have a couple of questions
How much DCR do you need to start staking? How much can you make staking these days? How often can you vote with a ticket? After you no longer want to vote with a ticket, and want to receive your funds for the ticket back, how long does that process take?
Really any advice or info here would be great, or a link back in the thread if this has already been addressed!

Hey come by the slack and hang out!  Myself and others are happy to assist you with any questions you might have.  Live conversation should be much better suited to this task. 

See you there!  https://slack.decred.org/

[magpr]

One more delay guys/girls. 

Decred v0.8.0 is ready for launch, however, the extra requirements placed on the dev team by marketing are taking more time than expected. 

v0.8.0 is the biggest release in the history of Decred, so we want to make sure it's absolutely perfect before it is released.


Reasons for further delay include:  hf demo page, a testnet faucet, setting up a testnet stake pool, and updating that testnet stakepool UI to allow selecting the "Abstain/Yes/No" options for the vote. 


v0.8.0 should be ready for release early next week. 

We appreciate your patience; it will be well worth the wait.

Ok, no problem, we can wait for new perfect Decred wallet some days more. The main thing that all the new features of the Decred wallet worked well and without problems. After the Decred v0.8.0 release of the popularity of this project should seriously grow up, which will contribute to major innovations in the upcoming release.

[targetmlrd]

One more delay guys/girls. 

Decred v0.8.0 is ready for launch, however, the extra requirements placed on the dev team by marketing are taking more time than expected. 

v0.8.0 is the biggest release in the history of Decred, so we want to make sure it's absolutely perfect before it is released.


Reasons for further delay include:  hf demo page, a testnet faucet, setting up a testnet stake pool, and updating that testnet stakepool UI to allow selecting the "Abstain/Yes/No" options for the vote. 


v0.8.0 should be ready for release early next week. 

We appreciate your patience; it will be well worth the wait.

Ok, no problem, we can wait for new perfect Decred wallet some days more. The main thing that all the new features of the Decred wallet worked well and without problems. After the Decred v0.8.0 release of the popularity of this project should seriously grow up, which will contribute to major innovations in the upcoming release.

How many remember their trade on Decred, in the first half of 2016 the price has reacted to the DCR wallet upgrade, in the second half of 2016, it came out about 4-6 wallet updates, and DCR price remained unchanged, although the logic would have to grow, so this update I think nothing will happen

[template]

Price for 2017 is $1.5-$4 so it is not for fast profit. it is good for your baby 

[brigabriela470]

Very exciting coin Decred, I bought at 250K, then still bought for 100k at 50k I was afraid to fly, but given recent developments that have taken place with the DCR is very exciting and interesting, I liked this growth, because in the end I went to a good profit

good hope here is being made by you ....excellent ...and i am doing hope for the best for you...

[B8888]

I think 500k levels are possible, within the near future. Depending on how release goes.

[rotzbouf]

Decred is currenly my favorite coin. The dev team just delivers great work.