[PPC] Bounty Project Discussion

[Sunny King]

Use the space here to offer your bounty proposals/discussions for PPC.

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[Market Acceptance - SUSPENDED] https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=142295.msg1937308#msg1937308

Sunny: pledge 100 PPC to bounty hunter for each retailer adopted up to first 20, through May 2013.

[OpenCart Support - see below for description]

[OpenCart bounty proposal - SUSPENDED]
After seeing the opencart btc/ltc payment demo, I like the project very much. So I am going to offer my first bounty project:

Completing an opencart ppc module based on
https://github.com/btcgear/OpenCart_Bitcoin
https://github.com/live627/OpenCart_Litecoin

hooked to bitparking exchange rate.

If there needs to be bitcoin 0.7 features I could provide patch support before ppcoin's refresh to bitcoin's 0.7.

Requirement:
1) demo a successful opencart transaction paid by PPC.
2) PPC payment amount calculated based on bitparking exchange rate.
3) fork published on github.

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[AndyRossy]

Ill contribute another 5k PPC.

[FuzzyBear]

After all the frustration I have had with linking up a Terracoin Wordpress plugin and the Terracoin Armory project of late... I'm feeling a need for something new so i'm having a look at this now will let you know how it goes.

[FuzzyBear]

Ok so i setup a mock BTC opencart checkout to see what functionality needed to be there and i got this so far...

http://opencart-btc.btc-music.com

following the install iinstructions of https://github.com/btcgear/OpenCart_Bitcoin

I have had to add the currency BTC manually to get prices to be in BTC, but was able to install the plugin etc and just wondering if anyone else had the same internal error when checking out at the bitcoin selection payment method.... its gonna be the settings to the bitcoind running on the server.. but this is always where i seem to be falling down

looking at the code now to see what edits to make for PPC

Well initial changes made and uploaded to the github... testing now

https://github.com/FuzzyBearBTC/OpenCart_PPCoin

[AndyRossy]

If there needs to be bitcoin 0.7 features I could provide patch support before ppcoin's refresh to bitcoin's 0.7.

Also, there's a patch I wrote that provides all these features which the cart could theoretically need, somewhere in the orig PPC thread.

[FuzzyBear]

Testing PPCoin site is up

http://opencart-ppc.btc-music.com

am downloading the ppc blockchain on the server so I can test checkouts.. but other than configuration settings of the opencart talking to the ppcoind client I can see no reason why this plugin would not work.

Let me know what u think and i'm looking into the API ticker for current exchange rates.

posted above, but as an edit, so for reference here is a link to the code in the github

https://github.com/FuzzyBearBTC/OpenCart_PPCoin

I'll throw in a few screenshots of what it looks like from the admin panel to...
EDIT: added images
Install and Add PPCoin as a Payment method


clicking edit takes you here where you can enter the connection setting to ppcoind


Ok yup got to the same error point as with the btc opencart checkout... any advice anyone?? i tried lots of variations in the server host, and making sure the ppcoin.conf matches on a rpallow entry but still no joy anyone know anyone who is actually using the opencart on a live site as they may be able to help with these settings, or maybe my server not got enough ram?? or idk

[dreamwatcher]

Just a couple of thoughts...

I quickly scanned some of the code on the git, and thought of two possible issues:

1. the URI interface, through my experience only works with BTC, and even then only if installed a certain way. The scheme command looks like: (bitcoin:<address>[;version=1.0][?amount=<amount>][?label=<label>][?message=<message>][?send=<private key>])

See: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/URI_Scheme

If the cart is trying to use the URI scheme with PPC it will not work, and unless Bitcoin is installed in such a way the OS/Browser is aware of the URI, it will also fail.

2. If trying to send a raw transaction, remember PPC has the extra time stamp in the transaction. I am not sure how that works with sending a raw transaction, but it was one of the issues that I needed to address when adapting ABE to PPC.

This is just off the top of my head and I could very well be wrong about either or both issues. 

[smoothie]

Curious what the point of creating a checkout system when the POS algorithm hasn't been proven publicly that it can hold its own without checkpoints.

Just seems backwards...like the chicken and egg problem. But only difference is having a shopping cart or Point of sale system needs security first before it makes sense to use.

So when was the release of the new PPC POS algorithm?

[Sunny King]

Curious what the point of creating a checkout system when the POS algorithm hasn't been proven publicly that it can hold its own without checkpoints.

Just seems backwards...like the chicken and egg problem. But only difference is having a shopping cart or Point of sale system needs security first before it makes sense to use.

So when was the release of the new PPC POS algorithm?

You are quite correct although you miss the point that's exactly why I am organizing bounty project and not working on it myself. Instead I will concentrate on the security issues and client features.

Release is very close. Likely in a week or so.

[FuzzyBear]

Just a couple of thoughts...

I quickly scanned some of the code on the git, and thought of two possible issues:

1. the URI interface, through my experience only works with BTC, and even then only if installed a certain way. The scheme command looks like: (bitcoin:<address>[;version=1.0][?amount=<amount>][?label=<label>][?message=<message>][?send=<private key>])

See: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/URI_Scheme

If the cart is trying to use the URI scheme with PPC it will not work, and unless Bitcoin is installed in such a way the OS/Browser is aware of the URI, it will also fail.

2. If trying to send a raw transaction, remember PPC has the extra time stamp in the transaction. I am not sure how that works with sending a raw transaction, but it was one of the issues that I needed to address when adapting ABE to PPC.

This is just off the top of my head and I could very well be wrong about either or both issues. 

in answer to number 1) the only lines of code i can see that do the JSON calls are

Code:

$PPCoin = new jsonRPCClient('http://'.$this->config->get('PPCoin_rpc_username').':'.$this->config->get('PPCoin_rpc_password').'@'.$this->config->get('PPCoin_rpc_address').':'.$this->config->get('PPCoin_rpc_port').'/');

so looks like it is behaving differently but i'm starting to get into deeper waters!!

[Liquid]

Why are the items so cheap ?

[FuzzyBear]

Why are the items so cheap ?

only an example test site i threw together to test the plugin.. so I don't actually have the items for sale and chackout is not working properly yet

[smoothie]

Curious what the point of creating a checkout system when the POS algorithm hasn't been proven publicly that it can hold its own without checkpoints.

Just seems backwards...like the chicken and egg problem. But only difference is having a shopping cart or Point of sale system needs security first before it makes sense to use.

So when was the release of the new PPC POS algorithm?

You are quite correct although you miss the point that's exactly why I am organizing bounty project and not working on it myself. Instead I will concentrate on the security issues and client features.

Release is very close. Likely in a week or so.

Can there be some sort of public discussion of the POS alg you developed?

Why not?

[AndyRossy]

Curious what the point of creating a checkout system when the POS algorithm hasn't been proven publicly that it can hold its own without checkpoints.

Just seems backwards...like the chicken and egg problem. But only difference is having a shopping cart or Point of sale system needs security first before it makes sense to use.

So when was the release of the new PPC POS algorithm?

You are quite correct although you miss the point that's exactly why I am organizing bounty project and not working on it myself. Instead I will concentrate on the security issues and client features.

Release is very close. Likely in a week or so.

Can there be some sort of public discussion of the POS alg you developed?

Why not?

Ask these questions in the relevant thread?

[smoothie]

Curious what the point of creating a checkout system when the POS algorithm hasn't been proven publicly that it can hold its own without checkpoints.

Just seems backwards...like the chicken and egg problem. But only difference is having a shopping cart or Point of sale system needs security first before it makes sense to use.

So when was the release of the new PPC POS algorithm?

You are quite correct although you miss the point that's exactly why I am organizing bounty project and not working on it myself. Instead I will concentrate on the security issues and client features.

Release is very close. Likely in a week or so.

Can there be some sort of public discussion of the POS alg you developed?

Why not?

Ask these questions in the relevant thread?

Can you cry in another thread? lol

Was a simple question given Sunny responded about POS.

Chill Andy lol

[mech]

I join!
Show a working site with payment in PPC and 5k PPC will be yours.

[AndyRossy]

Sunny, can you keep track of the bounties in the op?

Andy

[Sunny King]

Sunny, can you keep track of the bounties in the op?

Andy

Sure, I will compile the list the projects and status as new proposals coming in and projects complete.

[FuzzyBear]

just to let you all know I tried to setup and run the bitcoin version of the opencart plugin both locally and on the server, and came to the same error spot so I have emailed the original developer to see if he can help me work out what is wrong with my setup.. once this is achieved I should be able to show the PPC version fully working and processing checkouts, also I have started to look into the API data from bitparking, so i'll let you know when I have more success, but it is close!! I can feel it (well I got the weekend to work on it ) so get ur bounties ready!! and any more requests

[Sunny King]

Thanks Fuzzy you are always so diligent Keep the good work up!