Here are some new requirements I'm thinking about for the coin:
1) All-Star Dev team: All the devs are already lined up. They are good. Fast, responsive, serious and will be taking care of the protocol.
2) Forum: this is important so we don't always have to clog the alt-forum up. I'm working on this.
3) Plug-and-Play with Bitcoin: This was one of the features that I really liked about Terracoin, the ability to build apps and services that could be plug and play for Bitcoin. It's important to me that people learn about crypto with this alt-chain, and can apply that knowledge back to bitcoin. I'd like to help neutralize the argument that alt-chains drain brain power from bitcoin.
4) Different Address format: No more sending your coins to the wrong blockchain address. The address format will be different.
5) SHA-256: I know I was thinking scrypt/sha mix, but the reasons for going for SHA-256 will become obvious when it's announced.
6) Mailing list for Dev Team: You will be able to be in touch with the devs to talk serious questions. The forum will be for 'consumer level' questions.
7) Multi-Sig: I don't know how many alt-coins implement this yet, Terracoin has it and it's important.
Secret Sauce
9) More secret Sauce. :-)
There will be working block explorers and faucets already up and running when I make a formal announcement plus tutorials on how to solo mine. I may reset the terrawallet to work as an instawallet for this.
The community will probably be split about having an exchange- I will let others make that decision and I will focus on promoting the chain itself.
Still looking for pool operators to be ready to go, although the difficulty will be low enough (at the start) that solo-mining will work well.
Any requests?
It won't be ASIC proof as we need ASIC's for security. However there maybe a social element that protects the coin at the start.
